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Honda Motor Company, Ltd is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. Honda headquarter is in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

It was founded on 24 September 1948 by Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa. Honda's founder, Soichiro Honda  had an interest in automobiles. He worked as a mechanic at the Art Shokai garage, where he tuned cars and entered them in races.

Honda's global lineup consists of the Fit, Civic, Accord, Insight, CR-V, CR-Z, Legend and two versions of the Odyssey.

Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959. Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, in 1986.



Honda entered Formula One as a constructor for the first time in the 1964 season at the German Grand Prix with Ronnie Bucknum at the wheel.

The Honda Civic GX is the only purpose-built natural gas vehicle commercially available in some parts of the U.S.

Honda's Brazilian subsidiary launched flexible-fuel versions for the Honda Civic and Honda Fit in late 2006. As others Brazilian flex-fuel vehicles, these models run on any blend of hydrous ethanol (E100) and E20-E25 gasoline.

In late 1999, Honda launched the first commercial hybrid electric car sold in the U.S. market, the Honda Insight, just one month before the introduction of the Toyota Prius.

In Takanezawa, Japan, on 16 June 2008, Honda Motors produced the first assembly-line FCX Clarity, a hybrid hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. More efficient than a gas-electric hybrid vehicle.