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Dream D-type (1949)
Super Cub (1958)
T360 (1963)
S500 (1963)
Dream CB750 Fou
r (1969)
Civic CVCC (1973)
Accord (1976)
Major Products and
Year Noteworthy Events Technologies
1946 Soichiro Honda establishes Honda Technical Research Institute in Hamamatsu.
1947 Honda produces A-Type bicycle engine.
1948 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. incorporated (capital: 1 million yen, 34 associates) established.
1949 Production of Dream D-Type, Honda’s first production motorcycle, begins.
1950 Tokyo sales office established.
1952 Head office moved to Tokyo.
Motorcycle exports begin.
1953 H-Type engine, Honda’s first power product, produced.
Yamato Factory (now Wako Office) begins operation.
Honda Labor Union established.
1954 Honda declares participation in the Isle of Man T.T. Race.
Production moves from Hamamatsu Yamashita Plant to Hamamatsu Aoi Plant (now Hamamatsu Factory).
1955 Honda ranks first in motorcycle production in Japan.
1956 Honda Company Principle established.
1957 Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1958 Super Cub motorcycle introduced.
1959 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (Honda’s first overseas subsidiary) established.
Honda racing team takes 6th place in 125cc class in the first entry in Isle of Man T.T. Race. Team takes the
Constructor’s Prize.
1960 Motorcycle production at Suzuka Factory begins. (Automobile production begins in 1967.)
R&D department spun off and incorporated as Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
1961 European Honda GmbH (now Honda Motor Europe (North) GmbH) (Honda’s first subsidiary in Europe) established
in Germany.
Honda racing team sweeps first five places in Isle of Man T.T. Race in both 125cc and 250cc categories.
1962 Construction of Suzuka Circuit completed.
1963 Honda’s first mini-truck (T360) and sports car (S500) introduced.
Honda Benelux N.V. (Belgium) begins motorcycle production. (Honda’s first overseas production facility. First
European (EEC) plant by Japanese manufacturers.)
1964 Honda announces and makes Formula 1 debut at German Grand Prix (places 9th).
Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Thailand) established.
Automobile production at Sayama plant (now Saitama Factory) begins.
1965 Export of automobiles (S600) begins.
1966 Honda wins Constructor’s Championship in all classes (50cc to 500cc) of motorcycle road race championship.
(First time in history.)
1967 Motorcycle production in Thailand begins.
1969 Automobile production in Taiwan begins (N600/TN600) (Honda’s first automobile production overseas).
Dream CB750 Four introduced.
Automobile (N360) and motorcycle production in Malaysia begins.
1970 Honda Engineering Co., Ltd. established.
Moka Parts Plant (now Tochigi Factory) established.
Driving Safety Promotion Center inaugurated.
1971 Motorcycle production in Mexico begins.
Honda Automoveis do Brazil Ltda. established in Brazil.
1972 Civic introduced.
CVCC low emissions engine is introduced. (The first engine to comply with the 1970 U.S. Clean Air Act.)
1973 Civic CVCC introduced (export to the United States begins in 1975).
Motorcycle production in the Philippines begins.
1974 Motorcycle production in Indonesia begins.
1975 GoldWing (GL1000) introduced in the United States.
Automobile production in Indonesia begins (TN trucks, Life, Civic).
1976 Accord introduced.
Kumamoto Factory begins operation.
Motorcycle production in Italy begins.
Motorcycle production in Brazil begins.
1977 Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
1979 Honda of America Mfg., Inc., in the United States, begins motorcycle production.
1981 Listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Electro Gyrocator (the world’s first car navigation system) introduced.
1982 Honda of America Mfg., Inc., in the United States, begins Accord production. (A first for a Japanese auto maker.)
Motorcycle production in China begins. (Technical collaboration agreement with Jialing lndustry signed.)
Beijing office opens.
1984 Honda Research of America (now Honda R&D Americas, Inc.) established.
1985 Motorcycle production in India begins.
Yokkaichi Factory of Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd. begins consignment for production of minicars.
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