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NSX (1990)
Odyssey (1994)
CR-V (1995)
Fit (2001)
GoldWing Airbag (2006)
Insight (2009)
HondaJet
Major Products and
Year Noteworthy Events Technologies
1986 American Honda’s Acura brand auto sales channel opens.
Automobile production at Honda Canada Inc. begins (Accord).
Motorcycle production in Spain begins.
Power product production in France begins.
1987 Legend becomes Japan’s first vehicle with SRS airbag system.
First Formula 1 race held at Suzuka Circuit.
1988 Export of U.S.-made Accord Coupe and GoldWing to Japan begins.
R&D facility established in Europe (now Honda R&D Europe).
Power product production in India begins.
1989 Accord becomes the best-selling passenger car in the United States.
1990 Takanezawa Plant established.
NSX sports car introduced.
1992 Automobile production begins in the United Kingdom (Accord) and the Philippines.
Wuyang Honda begins motorcycle production in China.
1994 Automobile production in Pakistan begins (Civic).
Odyssey introduced.
Power product production begins in China.
1995 CR-V sports utility vehicle introduced.
Automobile production in Mexico begins (Accord).
1996 Humanoid robot prototype P2 introduced.
1997 Cumulative motorcycle production reaches 100 million units.
Automobile production begins in Brazil (Civic), Turkey (Civic), and India (City).
Motorcycle production in Vietnam begins.
Honda R&D Southeast Asia Co., Ltd. motorcycle research facility established in Thailand.
Twin Ring Motegi motorsports complex completed.
1998 Production and sales begin in the United States for the Civic GX, powered by compressed natural gas.
1999 Automobile production in China begins (Accord).
Insight hybrid car introduced both in Japan and the United States.
2000 Humanoid robot ASIMO introduced.
Zero industrial landfill waste achieved at all production facilities in Japan.
2001 Cumulative automobile production in North America reaches 10 million units.
Fit introduced.
A motorcycle sales subsidiary in Korea established, and motorcycle sales begin.
2002 Honda FCX, first fuel-cell vehicle to receive U.S. government certification for commercial use, introduced in both
the United States and Japan.
Fit becomes the best-selling model in Japan.
2003 Global cumulative automobile production reaches 50 million units.
The HondaJet prototype completes its maiden flight.
2004 Production of automobiles at Takanezawa Plant in Tochigi Factory shifted to Suzuka Factory.
Accord 2.2 i-CTD i, with Honda’s original diesel engine, introduced in Europe.
2005 Cumulative motorcycle production reaches 150 million units.
Cumulative Super Cub worldwide production reaches 50 million units.
Honda Automobile (China) Co., Ltd. begins exporting automobiles (Jazz, to Europe).
Automobile R&D established in Thailand.
2006 Three-channel automobile sales network in Japan integrated to the single Honda Cars channel.
Cumulative production of power products reaches 70 million units.
Developed world’s first motorcycle airbag system on GoldWing, for the U.S. market.
Jointly developed ethanol production process from cellulosic biomass with RITE in Japan.
HondaJet operations begin; sales pre-orders are taken.
Automobile production in Vietnam begins (Civic).
Sales of Acura brand begin in China.
2007 Sales of next-generation thin-film solar cells begin in Japan.
Honda celebrates 25 years of automobile production in the United States.
2008 Cumulative motorcycle production of 200 million units achieved.
Kumamoto Factory completed.
Freed introduced.
50th anniversary of Super Cub sales launch.
New-model City introduced in India.
Yukios introduced.
FCX Clarity introduced through lease sales in Japan and United States.
Fit becomes the best-selling model in Japan.
2009 All-new Insight hybrid car introduced.
Pianta FV200 gas-powered tillers introduced.
Established joint-venture company Blue Energy Co. with GS Yuasa.
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