- First motorbike mannequin was produced in 1949
- Activa follows Tremendous Cub (100 millionth) and Gold Wing (300 millionth) as newest motorbike produced to hit main milestone
- First motorbike manufacturing facility exterior of Japan opened in Belgium in 1963
- Honda motorbike and scooter manufacturing amenities exist in 23 international locations
Honda’s cumulative international manufacturing of engine/motor-powered bikes has reached 500 million items — a world-first* achievement — 76 years after the corporate started mass manufacturing of bikes in 1949 with the Dream D-Kind.
Since its founding in 1948, Honda has developed and offered services and products that meet the wants of consumers in lots of international locations and areas primarily based on its perception that “the aim of expertise is to make individuals’s lives simpler.”
Honda started mass-production of bikes at its first abroad manufacturing facility in Belgium in 1963, and since then, has expanded its manufacturing globally in accordance with its elementary precept of “producing domestically the place there may be demand.” In consequence, Honda achieved its 100 million-unit milestone in 1997, its 200 million-unit milestone in 2008, and its 300 million-unit milestone in 2014. In 2018, Honda’s annual manufacturing exceeded 20 million items for the primary time in its historical past, and cumulative international manufacturing reached 40 million items in 2019. Though the annual manufacturing of bikes quickly declined on account of COVID-19 in 2020, demand has steadily recovered worldwide to pre-pandemic ranges since then. Along with inner combustion engine (ICE) fashions, Honda positioned yr 2024 as its “first yr of worldwide enlargement” for electrical powered two-wheelers and has began launching new fashions, creating a large and various product line up.
Honda now presents a broad number of fashions from commuters for on a regular basis use to bigger displacement fashions for weekend leisure in addition to electrical automobiles, with an annual manufacturing capability of greater than 20 million items in 23 international locations and 37 manufacturing entities. The corporate delivers services and products to clients worldwide by a community of greater than 30,000 Honda sellers.
Honda will proceed its efforts to additional solidify its motorbike enterprise, by offering enticing services and products with a multi-faceted strategy, realizing the “pleasure and freedom of mobility” for a wider vary of consumers, constructing a extremely environment friendly enterprise construction, and attaining carbon neutrality, together with by electrification.
Toshihiro Mibe, Director, President and Consultant Government Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
‘For Honda, motorbike enterprise is our ‘founder’s enterprise’, and it’ll proceed to be the corporate’s core enterprise. Within the motorbike enterprise, we now have constructed the belief of our clients by our many services and products, which has enabled us to attain a cumulative manufacturing quantity of 500 million items. I want to thank our clients and all stakeholders who have been concerned in attaining this milestone, from improvement to manufacturing, gross sales, and repair. Honda will proceed to tackle the problem of increasing the enjoyment of our clients all over the world.’
The milestone manufacturing complete might be hit in India, with the Activa, rolling off the manufacturing line on the Honda Bike and Scooter India Non-public Restricted (HMSI) Plant 4 in Vittalpur, Gujurat.
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- 1948 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. based
- 1949 First full-fledged motorbike mannequin, the Dream D-type, launched
- 1958 First Tremendous Cub mannequin, the Tremendous Cub C100, launched
- 1959 Honda turns into world’s largest motorbike producer
- 1963 Bike manufacturing begins in Belgium (first completed motorbike plant exterior Japan)
- 1967 Bike manufacturing begins in Thailand
- 1968 Cumulative international manufacturing reaches 10 million items
- 1969 The CB750 goes on sale
- 1971 Bike manufacturing begins in Indonesia
- 1971 Bike manufacturing begins in Italy
- 1975 The GL1000 Gold Wing goes on sale
- 1976 Bike manufacturing begins in Brazil
- 1979 Bike manufacturing begins within the USA
- 1980 Bike manufacturing begins in Nigeria
- 1984 Cumulative international manufacturing reaches 50 million items
- 1986 The XRV650 Africa Twin joins the vary
- 1992 Begins motorbike manufacturing in China
- 1992 The CBR900RR FireBlade goes on sale
- 1997 Begins motorbike manufacturing in Vietnam
- 1997 Cumulative international manufacturing reaches 100 million items (achieved in 48 years)
- 2001 Begins motorbike manufacturing in India
- 2001 Hornet 600 turns into the primary massive capability Honda produced exterior of Japan
- 2004 Annual manufacturing exceeds 10 million items for the primary time
- 2005 Honda introduces the world’s first airbag utility for manufacturing bikes on the GL1800 Gold Wing
- 2008 Cumulative international manufacturing reaches 200 million items (achieved in 2008 Cumulative international manufacturing reaches 200 million items (achieved in 11 years from 100 million items)
- 2009 The VFR1200F is unveiled on the Tokyo Motor Present – the world’s first twin clutch motorbike
- 2013 Begin of bike manufacturing in Bangladesh
- 2014 Cumulative international manufacturing reaches 300 million items (achieved in 6 years from 200 million items)
- 2014 The Honda Tremendous Cub turns into probably the most produced motorbike in historical past (87 million items offered in 160 international locations
- 2018 Cumulative annual manufacturing exceeds 20 million items for the primary time
- 2019 Cumulative international manufacturing reaches 400 million items (achieved in 5 years from 300 million items)
- 2022 Honda’s electrification journey begins in Europe, with the introduction of the EM1e: scooter that utilises Honda’s Cellular Energy Pack e: (MPP) expertise
- 2022 Fireblade celebrates its twenty fifth Anniversary
- 2023 Honda introduces its Honda E-Clutch expertise
- 2024 Honda introduces idea model of its first full sized EV FUN mannequin and new V3 idea engine with distinctive electrical compressor
- 2025 Cumulative international manufacturing reaches 500 million items 2025 Cumulative international manufacturing reaches 500 million items (inside six years from 400 million items)
- 2025 The Gold Wing celebrates its fiftieth Anniversary
Founding of Honda’s World Bike manufacturing websites:
- 1963 Belgium
- 1967 Thailand
- 1971 Indonesia
- 1976 Brazil
- 1976 Italy
- 1979 North America
- 1980 Nigeria
- 1986 Spain
- 1992 China
- 1997 Vietnam
- 2001 India
- 2007 Peru
- 2013 Bangladesh
- 2013 Kenya
