Honda
Honda Motor Company, Ltd. Japanese: 本田技研工業株式会社;Honda Giken Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha; Honda Technology Research Institute Company, Limited
listen? (TYO: 7267) is a Japanese multinaitional corporation primarily kent as a manufacturer o automobiles an motorcycles.
Honda is the warld's lairgest manufacturer o motorcycles as well as the warld's lairgest manufacturer o internal combustion ingines measured bi volume, producin mair than 14 million internal combustion ingines each year.[1] Honda surpast Nissan in 2001 tae become the seicont-lairgest Japanese automobile manufacturer.[2][3] Bi August 2008, Honda surpast Chrysler as the fowert lairgest automobile manufacturer in the Unitit States. Honda is the saxt lairgest automobile manufacturer in the warld.
Leadership[edit]
- 1948–1973 — Soichiro Honda
- 1973–1983 — Kiyoshi Kawashima
- 1983–1990 — Tadashi Kume
- 1990–1998 — Nobuhiko Kawamoto
- 1998–2004 — Hiroyuki Yoshino
- 2004–2009 — Takeo Fukui
- since 2009 — Takanobu Ito
References[edit]
- ↑ Miller, Edward. "FIRST MOTORCYCLE AIRBAG EARNS TAKATA AND HONDA 2008 AUTOMOTIVE NEWS PACE INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP AWARD", Honda.com, 2008-04-18. Retrieved on 28 Julie 2009..
- ↑ Honda overtakes Nissan to become Japan's second-largest carmaker. - Latest Car News from 4Car. Channel4.com. Retrieved on 22 November 2009. .[deid airtin]
- ↑ The History of Honda. Cars-directory.net. Retrieved on 22 November 2009. .
External links[edit]
- Honda Warldwide site
- Honda Press Library (Japanese, but wi graphical timelines o caur an bike models)
- Airticles wi deid fremmit airtins from September 2010
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- Companies based in Tokyo
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