Tokyo, March 28, 2000 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that worldwide cumulative production of its power products has reached 40 million units.

Honda, which entered the power product business in 1953 with its H-type general-purpose engine for agricultural use, gradually expanded its product line to include tillers, generators, pumps, lawn mowers and outboard engines which are used in agriculture, construction and recreational activities.

Cumulative production reached 1 million units in 1969, 10 million in 1985, 20 million in 1992 and 30 million in 1997.

A rapid and steady increase in production over the last decade has pushed the total to the 40 million level today, thus making Honda's power product operations one of the company's three core businesses, together with automobiles and motorcycles.

Of those 40 million units, 4 million have been sold in Japan, whilst the remaining 36 million have been sold overseas. The breakdown of the 40 million units by product category is 21.6 million for general-purpose engines and 18.4 million for other completed power products such as generators, lawnmowers and tillers.

Overall, Honda produces 205 models in 19 power product categories, featuring a compact four-stroke engine, which is noted for its durability and fuel efficiency.

Honda's overseas sales of power products began with the export of tillers in 1963. The company began lawnmower production in the U.S. in 1984, opened a lawnmower and tiller production facility in France in 1986, and began producing generators in China in 1995. Including two power product plants in Japan located in Hamamatsu and Kumamoto, Honda has 12 production facilities in 11 countries, and sells its power products in 156 countries around the world.

Honda's Worldwide Production Figures for Power Products