In early December 2019, the cumulative global production of Honda motorcycles reached 400 million units. Since the mass production of the first motorcycle “DREAM Model D”, Honda has gone through 70 years of motorcycle production.
1949 DREAM Model D model (manufacturing country: Japan)
Honda was founded in 1948, and established its first overseas motorcycle production base in Belgium in 1963, starting to produce motorcycles overseas. Since then, Honda has been adhering to the basic concept of “produce where there is demand”, and has carried out motorcycle business all over the world. Now, Honda has 35 bases in 21 countries, which can produce a variety of motorcycle models ranging from small displacement of 50cc to large displacement of 1800cc.
2019 Activa (Country of Manufacture: India)
Since its establishment, Honda has always adhered to the belief of “providing more people with convenient life through technology”, and actively developed and provided excellent products that meet the needs of users around the world, so it has also achieved outstanding results. In 1997, Honda’s total motorcycle output reached 100 million; in 2014, it reached 300 million; in 2018, Honda’s annual motorcycle production exceeded 20 million for the first time, and Honda has especially received high support from customers in Asia. In the future, Honda will continue to build and improve the development and production system with the goal of meeting higher demands. At the same time, in order to realize the “Vision 2030”, we will actively provide customers with “the joy of expanding the possibility of life”.
2019 CBR1000RR-R FireBlade/SP FireBlade (Country of manufacture: Japan)
Takahiro Hachigo, President of Honda Technical Research Co., Ltd., said: “For 70 years, Honda has continued to provide customers around the world with a convenient and joyful motorcycle driving experience. In early December this year, the cumulative production of motorcycles exceeded 400 million. , Thank you for everyone’s efforts in development, production, and sales. In the future, Honda will create more products that exceed customer expectations.”
