2021 May Newsletter

During the post-war period, Soichiro Honda and a team of twelve men created engines to attach to bikes. Honda Motor Company became the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer in 1964.
2. Many Hondas are produced in the U.S.

Honda is a Japanese company, but not everyone realizes that Honda has several manufacturing facilities in America.
3. The Honda Accord was the first foreign vehicle manufactured in the U.S.

The 1982 model was produced in Honda’s Marysville, Ohio plant.
4. Honda makes more than cars and motorcycles

Honda is involved in the manufacturing of other products like watercraft, ATVs, aircraft, mountain bikes, lawn equipment, and solar cells. They even created a humanoid robot called ASIMO.
5. Honda has its own airport

It’s located in Japan near its main plant.
6. Honda is a major exporter of soybeans

They began shipping soybeans from the U.S. to Japan in 1986 because the crop was plentiful in Ohio, Japan had a market for it, and they wanted to invest in the state they were operating in.
7. Honda dominates the Indy 500

Honda-built engines have won more Indy 500 races than any other manufacturer.
8. Honda makes a private jet aircraft

The HA-420 HondaJet is powered by Honda engines.
9. Honda is the largest engine manufacturer in the world

The company makes over 14 million engines a year.
10. The Honda Gold Wing motorcycle has been in production for over 40 years

The first Gold Wing was manufactured in 1974.
11. The Honda Civic was Honda’s answer to the 1973 oil crisis

The first Civic got 40mpg on the highway.
12. Honda made the first four-wheel drive car

It was the 1987 Honda Prelude.
13. Joe drove his 1997 Honda Accord over one million miles

Joe Cicero of Maine reached one million miles in 2011 on the original engine and transmission. Honda gave him a parade and a new 2012 Accord.
14. Early Honda CR-Vs had picnic tables

From 1997 to 2006, every Honda CR-V had a folding plastic picnic table under the cargo area.
15. The Honda Acura is the first Japanese automotive luxury brand

The first Acura was released in America in 1986.
16. The first car mass-marketed by Honda was the S600

It was available as a convertible and fastback coupe.
17. Kelley Blue Book thinks they’re a good buy

In 2016, Kelley Blue Book awarded the “Best Buy of the Year” to the 2016 Honda Civic, CR-V, Pilot, and Odyssey, in their respective classes.