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Honda

Cars, motorcycles and power equipment developed by a Japanese engineering company.

Designed inTokyo, Japan
Made inGlobal factories, depending on product and market
Known forCivic Type R
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01 / Story

Japanese design, global production.

Soichiro Honda founded the company around small engines and motorcycles. Honda’s unusually broad engineering culture now covers transport, power equipment, marine products and aviation.

  1. 1948

    Honda Motor is founded

    Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa build a motor company.

  2. 1958

    The Super Cub

    A practical motorcycle begins an extraordinary global run.

  3. Today

    Engineering across categories

    Transport, power equipment, marine products and aviation share one culture.

02 / Flagships

Start with these.

Three products that define Honda.

03 / Origin

What the design claim covers.

The claim follows the product line, not just the logo.

Covered design work
  • Civic Type R
  • Super Cub C125
  • EU2200i Generator

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Sources & further reading1 official source
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Honda — official sourceOfficial source
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Brand statements and product ranges change. Verify the current country-of-origin marking on the exact model before purchase.

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Manufacturing is global and product-specific; Japanese brand identity is not a country-of-origin label.

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