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1946 |
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Soichiro Honda establishes Honda Technical Research Institute |
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1947
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Honda’s first product, the A-type bicycle engine, produced
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1948
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Honda Motor Co., Ltd. incorporated (capital: 1 million yen)
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1949
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Dream D-type (2-stroke, 98cc), Honda’s first motorcycle, produced
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1952
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Head office moved to Tokyo
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1953
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H-type engine, Honda’s first power product, produced
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1957
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Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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1958
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Super Cub motorcycle released
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1959
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American Honda Motor Co., Inc. established
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Honda racing team participates in the Isle of Man TT Race, taking sixth place in the 125cc class |
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1960
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Motorcycle production begins at Suzuka Factory
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Honda R&D Co., Ltd. established |
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1961
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Honda racing team sweeps first 5 places in Isle of Man TT Race
(125cc, 250cc)
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1962
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American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) issued at market price.
Adopts consolidated accounting using U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) standards
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Construction of Suzuka Circuit completed (Mie Prefecture) |
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1963
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Honda Benelux N.V. (Belgium) begins production of motorcycles
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Honda’s first sports car (S500) and light truck (T360) released |
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1964
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Automobile production begins at Sayama Factory (presently Saitama
Factory)
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Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Thailand) established |
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1965
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Thai Honda Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Bangkok) established
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Honda (U.K.) Limited established in London |
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Honda wins its first F1 victory, in Mexico |
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1966
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S800 sales and export begins
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1967
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Automobile production begins at Suzuka Factory |
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Motorcycle production begins in Thailand |
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1968
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Cumulative motorcycle production reaches 10 million units
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1969
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Canadian Honda Motor Ltd. established (presently Honda Canada Inc.)
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Automobile and motorcycle production begins in Malaysia |
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Cumulative domestic power product production reaches 1 million units |
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1971
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Honda Motor do Brazil Ltda. established in Sao Paulo (presently Honda
South America Ltda.)
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Knockdown motorcycle production begins in Mexico |
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1972
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Details of CVCC low-emission engine system announced
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CVCC engine, world’s first to comply with the U.S. Clean Air Act of 1975, released |
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1973
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Motorcycle production begins in the Philippines
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1974
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Motorcycle production begins in Indonesia
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1975
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Automobile production begins in Indonesia
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1976
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Kumamoto Factory begins operation
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Motorcycle production begins at Honda Italia Industriale S.p.A. |
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Accord introduced |
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Civic cumulative production reaches 1 million units |
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1977
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ADRs listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
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Consolidated financial disclosure begins |
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Motorcycle production begins at Moto Honda da Amazonia Ltda. in Manaus, Brazil |
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1979
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Quarterly financial disclosure begins
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Honda of America Mfg., Inc. begins motorcycle production |
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1981
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Listed on the London Stock Exchange
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1982
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Honda of America Mfg., Inc. begins automobile production
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1983
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Listed on the Zurich, Geneva and Basel stock exchanges
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Cumulative automobile production reaches 10 million units |
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1984
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Automobile production begins in Thailand
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Cumulative motorcycle production in Belgium reaches 1 million units |
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1985
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Listed on the Paris Stock Exchange
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Motorcycle engine production begins in the U.S. |
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Motorcycle production begins in India
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Motorcycle engine production begins in Malaysia |
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Cumulative power product production reaches 10 million units |
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1986
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Automobile production begins at Honda Canada Inc.
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Motorcycle production begins in Spain |
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Power product production begins in France |
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1987
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Honda North America, Inc. established
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Cumulative motorcycle production in Brazil reaches 1 million units |
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Cumulative motorcycle production reaches 50 million units, a world first |
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Cumulative Civic production reaches 5 million units |
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1988
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Automobile production begins in Mexico
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High-performance VTEC engine announced |
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1989
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Common stock-to-ADR exchange ratio changed from 10 shares of
common stock to 1 ADR, to 2 shares of common stock to 1 ADR.
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Second automobile plant in the U.S. begins production in East Liberty, Ohio |
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Honda Motor Europe Limited (U.K.) established |
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1991
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Honda posts its 60th Grand Prix victory in the Brazil GP
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1992
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Automobile production in the U.K. begins
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Cumulative Super Cub production reaches 20 million units, a world record
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Cumulative automobile production reaches 20 million units |
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Cumulative power product production reaches 20 million units |
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Automobile production begins in the Philippines |
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1993
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Honda’s GX120 power product engines meet California emission
regulations, a world first
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1994
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Automobile production begins in Pakistan
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1995
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Honda introduced first gasoline-powered vehicle to meet ULEV
(Ultra Low Emission Vehicle) standards in California, the U.S.
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Cumulative world production for the Civic reaches 10 million units |
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Cumulative automobile production in North America reaches 5 million units |
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Cumulative automobile production reaches 30 million units |
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1996
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Motorcycle production begins in Turkey
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1997
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Automobile production begins in Brazil
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Automobile production begins in Turkey |
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Motorcycle production begins in Vietnam |
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Cumulative motorcycle production reaches 100 million units |
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Construction of Twin Ring Motegi completed (Tochigi Prefecture) |
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1998
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Honda celebrates 50th anniversary
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Automobile production begins in India |
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1999
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Automobile production begins at Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co.,
Ltd. in China
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Fuel cell vehicle FCX-V1 and FCX-V2 announced |
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2000
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Cumulative Accord production in the U.S. reaches 5 million units
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ASIMO humanoid robot announced |
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2001
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Cumulative automobiles production in North America reaches 10 million,
first for the Japanese automobile manufacturers
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Motorcycle production begins at new production company in India |
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Minimum investment unit lowered to 100 shares, from 1,000 |
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Second automobile plant in the U.K. begins operations |
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Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC in the U.S. begins operations |
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2002
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Common stock-to-ADR exchange ratio changed from 2 shares of
common stock to 1 ADR, to 1 share of common stock to 2 ADRs
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Celebrated 25th anniversary of listing on the NYSE; ASIMO rang the opening bell for trading |
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New automobile plant in Taiwan begins operations |
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Honda FCX fuel cell vehicle delivered both in Japan and the U.S. |
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2003
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Cumulative world production for the Civic reaches 15 million units
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Cumulative automobile production in the U.K. reaches 1 million units |
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New automobile plant in Indonesia begins operations |
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New automobile plant in Malaysia begins operations |
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Honda FC STACK, a next-generation fuel cell stack capable of starting in sub-zero temperatures, announced |
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Cumulative motorcycle production in Indonesia reaches 10 million units |
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Cumulative automobile production in the U.S. reaches 10 million units |
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2004
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Cumulative automobile production in Canada reaches 3 million units
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Honda enter cooperative agreement with General Electric to jointly market our independently developed HF118 jet engine
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Cumulative motorcycle production in Thailand reaches 10 million units |
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Honda Motor (China) Investment Corporation, Limited established |
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Honda Motor RUS LLC (Russia) established
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Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co. Ltd. in China begins automobile production
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Second line at Alabama plant in the U.S. begins operations |
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Honda FC STACK-equipped FCX leased to New York State |
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2005
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New power product plant, Kumamoto factory begins operations
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Cumulative automobile production in the United States reaches ten million units |
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Honda FC STACK-equipped FCX leased to Hokkaido Prefectural Government in Japan |
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Cumulative motorcycle production reaches 150 million units |
Annual
Report 2005
