Honda Reaches 300 Million-Unit Milestone
Honda Reaches
300 Million-Unit
Milestone
In Cumulative
Global Motorcycle
Production
TOKYO, Japan; 9 December 2014 –
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that Honda’s cumulative worldwide motorcycle
production reached the 300 million-unit milestone, and held a ceremony at
Kumamoto Factory, Honda’s primary motorcycle production plant in Japan, to
celebrate reaching the 300 million-unit milestone.
A
2015 model Gold Wing produced at Kumamoto Factory became the 300 millionth
motorcycle Honda that produced globally.The
300 million-unit milestone was reached in the 66th year since Honda began
motorcycle production in 1949 with the Dream Type-D.
The
history of Honda’s motorcycle business began with the start of mass-production
in Japan
in 1949. Production outside of Japan
began in Belgium
in 1963, and since then Honda has been expanding its local production to many
countries around the world based on Honda’s commitment to “build products close
to the customer.” With a longstanding passion to create technologies that make
people’s lives more convenient and fun, Honda has been developing and offering
products that accommodate the diverse needs of customers in a large number of
countries and regions around the world.
Having
grown into a brand beloved by many customers around the world, Honda is
currently producing motorcycles at 33 plants in 22 countries, sharing joys with
its customers. Honda will continue offering products which fulfill the needs of
its customers around the world.
■Comments by Takanobu Ito, president and CEO of Honda
Motor Co., Ltd.
“Thanks to support from our customers and all of the people
involved in development, production and sales, Honda was able to reach the 300
million-unit milestone. We will continue to provide products that will please
our customers in each country and region in the world.”
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