Honda Motor Company Limited or simply called Honda, is a Japanese multinational corporation, engine manufacturer and engineering corporation. The company manufactures automobiles and motorcycles, trucks, scooters, robots, jets and jet engines, ATV, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies. Honda's line of luxury cars are branded Acura in North America and China. More recently they have ventured into mountain bikes. Honda is the largest engine-maker in the world, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines built each year.
Honda is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Their shares trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, as well as exchanges in Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto, Fukuoka, London, Paris and Switzerland. American Honda Motor Co. is based in Torrance, California. Honda Canada Inc. is headquartered in the Scarborough, Ontario district of Toronto, Ontario, and is building new corporate headquarters in Richmond Hill, Ontario, scheduled to relocate in 2008. Hero Honda, a joint venture between India's Hero Group and Honda, is the largest manufacturer of two wheelers in the world. Honda of Canada Manufacturing is based in Alliston, Ontario. Honda has also created joint ventures around the world, such as Honda Siel Cars India Ltd, Hero Honda Motorcycles India Ltd, Dongfeng Honda Automobile Company in China and Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan.
In 1999 Honda began selling the Insight which was the first hybrid vehicle on the market. Power is derived from a combination of a 1.0L 3-cylinder gasoline engine, and a large NiMH battery pack providing power-assist during acceleration. This computer-controlled combination provided acceptable performance with exceptionally low fuel consumption and emissions. Honda's hybrid power train is now an available option for the Civic and Accord. For the 2007 model year, Honda plans to improve the safety of its vehicles by providing front-seat mounted side airbags, side-curtain airbags, and anti-lock brakes as standard equipment in all automobiles available in North America (except the Insight and S2000, which will not have side-curtain airbags).
By 2008, Honda plans to have standard traction with vehicle stability control with rollover sensors in all light trucks, which include the CR-V, Odyssey, Pilot, and Acura MDX. Honda also plans to make its vehicles safer for pedestrians, with more safely-designed hoods, hinges, frame constructs, and breakaway wiper pivots. In 2007, Honda stated it is going to launch low-priced hybrids and advanced diesel technology in the near future.
Honda produces the following automobiles, motorcycles, mopeds, and aircraft. Honda Car models List: Acty, Accord, Airwave, Ascot, Ballade, Beat, Caren, City, Civic, CR-X (a.k.a. Ballade Sports CR-X or Civic CR-X), CR-X del Sol, CR-Z, a hybrid electric vehicle, Civic Hybrid, Concerto, CR-V, Domani, Edix, Element , EV Plus, an electric vehicle, FCX, a fuel cell vehicle, FR-V, a 6 seater, Fit, Fit Aria, Hobio, HR-V, Insight, a hybrid electric vehicle, Inspire, Integra, Jazz / Fit, Legend, Life Dunk, Logo, Mobilio, Mobilio Spike, MDX,
NSX, NSX-R, Odyssey, Orthia, Partner Van, Passport, Pilot, Prelude, Honda Quintet, Ridgeline, S2000, S600, Shuttle, SM600, StepWGN, Stream, That's, Today, Vamoz, Honda Z, Concept vehicles: HSC
Honda REMIX, Honda Step Bus, ZEST, Racing vehicles: 1964 RA271, 1965 RA272, 1966 RA273, 1967 RA300, 1968 RA301, 1968 RA302, 1969 R-1300, 2006 RA106, 2007 RA107, Former models: Avancier
Beat, Capa, Quint Integra, Lagreat, Life, Life StepVan, Life Pick-Up, Logo, S-MX, Saber, Street, N360/TN-III, TN-Acty, Today, During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Honda collaborated with Rover in the development and marketing of the Rover 200, 200/400, 600 and 800/Sterling.
