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Honda to Build a Motorcycle Plant in Ohio

Formed in December 1975 to determine the feasibility of U.S. automobile manufacturing, the group now began to focus on the following two requirements:

1) The cost of manufacturing automobiles must be plausible when compared to the price of Japanese-made cars sold in the U.S.

2) Quality must be secured on a level equal to those completed in Japan.
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The CR250R, first of Honda’s motorcycles to be produced at HAM, rolled off the production line on September 10, 1979. Shown aboard the bike is Kazuo Nakagawa, HAM’s inaugural president.
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