| 1946 |
Soichiro Honda establishes Honda Technical Research Institute |
| 1947 |
Honda's first product, the A-type bicycle engine, produced |
| 1948 |
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. incorporated (capital: ¥1 million, employees: 34) |
| 1949 |
Dream D-type , Honda's first motorcycle, produced |
| 1953 |
H-type engine, Honda's first power product, produced |
| 1957 |
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 1958 |
Super Cub motorcycle released |
| 1959 |
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. established (Honda's first overseas subsidiary) |
| 1960 |
Motorcycle production begins at Suzuka Factory
Honda R&D Co., Ltd. established |
| 1961 |
Honda racing team sweeps first 5 places in Isle of Man TT Race (125cc, 250cc) |
| 1962 |
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) issued at market price. Adopts consolidated accounting using U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) standards
Construction of Suzuka Circuit completed |
| 1963 |
Honda Benelux N.V. (Belgium) begins production of motorcycles (Honda's first overseas production. The first Japanese company to open a manufacturing facility in the EEC)
Honda's first sports car (S500 ) and light truck (T360 ) released |
| 1964 |
Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Thailand) established
Automobile production begins at Sayama Factory (presently Saitama Factory) |
| 1965 |
Thai Honda Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Bangkok) established
Honda (U.K.) Limited established in London
Honda wins its first F1 victory, in Mexico |
| 1967 |
Automobile production begins at Suzuka Factory
Motorcycle production begins in Thailand |
| 1969 |
Canadian Honda Motor Ltd. established in Toronto (presently Honda Canada Inc.)
Automobile and motorcycle production begins in Malaysia (N360 ) |
| 1971 |
Honda Motor do Brazil Ltda. established in Sao Paulo (presently Honda South America Ltda.)
Knockdown motorcycle production begins in Mexico |
| 1972 |
CVCC engine, world's first to comply with the U.S. Clean Air Act of 1975, released |
| 1973 |
Motorcycle production begins in the Philippines
Civic CVCC introduced |
| 1974 |
Motorcycle production begins in Indonesia |
| 1975 |
Automobile production begins in Indonesia (TN Truck , Life , Civic ) |
| 1976 |
Kumamoto Factory begins operation
Motorcycle production begins at Honda Italia Industriale S.p.A.
Accord introduced |
| 1977 |
ADRs listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Consolidated financial disclosure begins |
| 1979 |
Quarterly financial disclosure begins
Honda of America Mfg., Inc. begins motorcycle production (The first Japanese automaker to open a manufacturing facility in the U.S.) |
| 1981 |
Listed on the London Stock Exchange |
| 1982 |
Honda of America Mfg., Inc. begins automobile production |
| 1983 |
Listed on the Zurich, Geneva and Basel stock exchanges |
| 1984 |
Automobile production begins in Thailand (Accord ) |
| 1985 |
Listed on the Paris Stock Exchange
Motorcycle engine production begins in the U.S.
Motorcycle production begins in India
Motorcycle engine production begins in Malaysia |
| 1986 |
Automobile production begins at Honda Canada Inc. (Accord )
Motorcycle production begins in Spain
Power product production begins in France |
| 1987 |
Cumulative motorcycle production reaches 50 million units, a world first |
| 1988 |
Automobile production begins in Mexico
High-performance VTEC engine announced |
| 1989 |
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.
Second automobile plant in the U.S. begins production in East Liberty, Ohio
Honda Motor Europe Ltd. (U.K.) established |
| 1991 |
Honda posts its 60th Grand Prix victory in the Brazil GP |
| 1992 |
Automobile production in the U.K. begins (Accord )
Automobile production begins in the Philippines |
| 1994 |
Automobile production begins in Pakistan |
| 1995 |
Honda introduced first gasoline-powered vehicle to meet ULEV (Ultra Low Emission Vehicle) standards in California, the U.S.
Cumulative automobile production reaches 30 million units |
| 1996 |
Motorcycle production begins in Turkey |
| 1997 |
Construction of Twin Ring Motegi completed (Tochigi Prefecture)
Automobile production begins in Brazil (Civic )
Automobile production begins in Turkey (Civic )
Cumulative motorcycle production reaches 100 million units
Motorcycle production begins in Vietnam
Automobile production begins in India (City ) |
| 1998 |
The 50th anniversary of the founding of Honda |
| 1999 |
Automobile production begins at Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. in China (Accord )
Fuel cell vehicle FCX-V1 and FCX-V2 announced |
| 2000 |
ASIMO humanoid robot announced |
| 2001 |
Motorcycle production begins at new production company in India
Second automobile plant in the U.K. begins operations
Minimum investment unit lowered to 100 shares, from 1,000
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC in the U.S. begins operations |
| 2002 |
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
New automobile plant in Taiwan begins operations
Honda FCX fuel cell vehicle first to receive certification for the commercial use in the U.S.
Lease marketing started in Japan and the U.S. |
| 2003 |
New automobile plant in Malaysia begins operations
New automobile plant in Indonesia begins operations
Cumulative automobile production reaches 50 million units
Honda FC STACK, a next-generation fuel cell stack capable of starting in sub-zero temperatures, announced |
| 2004 |
Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. established
Honda Motor RUS LLC (Russia) established
Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co. Ltd. in China begins automobile production (CR-V )
Honda enter cooperative agreement with General Electric to jointly market our independently developed HF118 jet engine |
| 2005 |
Cumulative motorcycle production reaches 150 million units
Cumulative worldwide production of the Super Cub series reaches 50 million units |
| 2006 |
Honda Philippines begins mass production at new motorcycle plant
Integrated three dealer channels into one Honda brand
Cumulative production of power products reaches 70 million units
Honda establishes subsidiary in Ukraine
Implementation of two-for-one stock split for common shares
Common stock-to-ADR exchange ratio changed from 0.5 share of common stock to one ADR, to one share of common stock to one ADR
New automobile plant in Vietnam begins operations (Civic )
Launched the Gold Wing Airbag , the first mass-market motorcycle with an airbag system
Commercialized HondaJet operations and began accepting orders
Resolved to implement quarterly dividends
New company to conduct solar cell business established
Flexible fuel vehicle introduced in Brazil (Civic FFV , Fit FFV ) |
| 2007 |
New plant of powertrain components in China begins operations |
Annual Report 2007
