Honda reached a big milestone this week by hitting a cumulative international manufacturing of 500 million bikes. To have a good time the event, the corporate hosted a ceremony on the Honda Bike and Scooter India Non-public Restricted facility in India’s Ahmedabad District on Could 22.
Honda’s first motorbike produced was the Dream D-Sort in 1949. Its 100-million-unit milestone was achieved in 1997, taking 48 years to achieve. The following milestones got here extra shortly, with 200 million models produced by 2004, 300 million models in 2014, and 400 million in 2019. All through that point, the corporate has continued opening manufacturing in international locations around the globe. Its first abroad manufacturing facility opened in Belgium in 1963.
Honda started North American motorbike manufacturing in 1979 at its plant in Marysville, Ohio, beginning with the CR250R dirtbike. The corporate has since produced 30 motorbike fashions within the U.S. and simply over 1 million models, with the 2 most industrially produced fashions being the Shadow and Gold Wing platforms.
At the moment, the corporate has an annual manufacturing capability of greater than 20 million models in 23 international locations and 37 manufacturing entities, delivering merchandise by way of its community on greater than 30,000 sellers.
“I want to thank our clients and all stakeholders who have been concerned in reaching this milestone, from growth to manufacturing, gross sales, and repair,” stated Toshihiro Mibe, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.’s president, CEO, and consultant director. “Honda will proceed to tackle the problem of increasing the enjoyment of our clients around the globe.”
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