Honda Motorcycles For Sale In Canada

Show search form Honda (Honda Motor Company, Honda Giken Kogyo KK), a Japanese company specializing in the production of cars and motorcycles, various special equipment, and various engines. It manufactures part of its products under the Daihatsu brand. The headquarters is located in Tokyo.

Founded in 1946 by the enterprising engineer Soichiro Honda as the "Honda Technical Research Institute" and originally produced small engines and mopeds based on them. In 1948, the Institute was transformed into a company with its present name, which initially focused on the production ofusuke quickly became famous motorcycles. Since 1949, Takeo Fujisawa, who is rightfully considered the second founding father of the company, began his work as a member of the Board of Directors of the company. Honda devoted himself entirely to manufacturing technology and Fujisawa to corporate governance.

In 1948 the company started producing motorcycles: in 1949 the Dream model was released with a two-stroke 98 cc engine, which embodied all the dreams of its creators. Simultaneously with the release of this model to the market, a new approach was developed.to the organization of sales: from now on, the company appointed distributors to sell certain products in a certain territory, which in turn developed a dealer network.

The next important step in the history of the company was the creation of a new four-stroke engine (1952) and a new motorcycle (1953) based on it. Already in 1955, the company "Honda Motor Co., Ltd." begins to lead in annual production in the Japanese domestic market.

In 1959, a division of the company was created in the USA under the name American Honda Motor Company, andin 1982 the company opened a car manufacturing plant in the United States, Ohio.

Having made a name for itself in the production of motorcycles, in 1962 the company also began manufacturing automobiles. The first appeared the cargo van, the next model was the two-seater sports car.

In 1964 he commissions a plant designed for mass production. In addition, in 1962, Honda created a plant for the production of equipment for its factories, which would later become the basis of the company "Honda Engineering Co., Ltd."

In 1972, with the appearance of the Civic, the Honda "has won recognition as a manufacturer of compact, inexpensive cars of sufficiently high quality.

On the basis of the Civic, the CRX mini sports car was released in 1992. A new two-seater Honda CRX was released in 1994.

A special version of the Civic with an oversized Orthia station wagon was first shown in the summer of 1999.

The Accord model is world famous. The first generation of this model was introduced in 1976, initially with a hatchback body. In 1977, the production of the Honda Accord with a sedan body began. In the fall of 1998, the sixth generation Honda Accord appeared...

The luxury modification of the Accord Honda Inspire / Saber was first introduced in September 1989. The new modification appeared in 1995.

The PRELUDE model was first released in 1978. PRELUDE has a special place among Honda vehicles. It is a sports coupe equipped with a powerful engine.

In the 1980s, when almost every company tried to introduce its own supercar, the Honda NSX model confidently won over many. Equipped with the latest technical and electronic innovations, this model has firmly established the company in the Grand Turismo car market. CarsIt was put into production in the summer of 1990. In November 1992, a lightweight model NSX-R was created, in 1995 - a variant of the NSX-T with a removable roof.

The Honda Integra sedan and coupe were first introduced in February 1985. In the United States, the model is sold under the Acura Integra brand. In the fall of 1997, a more powerful model, the Integra Type R, a sports coupe, was introduced.

The small car HONDA Life (Today) was released in September 1985. In January 1993, a new generation of Honda Life cars appeared. In April 1997, the Life microvan was launched.

The Honda HR-V prototype was unveiled in Chicago in February 1989.This is an original car that went into production in the summer of 1990. The modern modification was introduced in Tokyo in 1998.

For the first time, the Legend sedan was presented in October, the coupe - in November 1990. In 1996, the third generation of the Honda Legend was presented in Geneva. Sold in the USA under the Acura brand.

In October 1994, the Odyssey minivan (Shuttle in Europe) was introduced. The North American Odyssey, which appeared in late 1998, is noticeably larger than the Japanese one. Since the fall of 1999, this car has appeared in Japan, but under the name Lagreat.

In October 1995, the H multipurpose station wagon was releasedonda CR-V. The four-wheel drive model has been on sale in Europe since the spring of 1997.

At the Tokyo Motor Show in the fall of 1995, the HONDA S-MX minivan was presented. It went on sale in November 1996. Produced for the domestic market only.

Hoping for good demand among Europeans in October 1996, after a 12-year hiatus, the new Honda model - Logo (previously it was the Honda Jazz) returned to Europe.

The current fifth generation of the Prelude family went on sale in Europe in early 1997. The exterior design of the model matches the coupé: long bonnet, low roof, pp.many lines.

In March 1999 at the international motor show in Geneva S2000 model was awarded the title of "Convertible of the Year". The launch of this car was timed to coincide with Honda's 50th anniversary celebrations in the fall of 1998. The Honda S2000 is the successor to the first sports car, the Honda S800, launched in 1965.

1999 saw the premiere of the Insight two-seat sports coupe at the Detroit Auto Show. The European premiere of the already serial model took place in the autumn of the same year in Frankfurt am Main.

At the end of 1999, Japanese buyers were presented withand a new model of the 5-door luxury station wagon Avancier, similar in size to the Inspire / Saber.

Today the company ranks first in the world in the production of motorcycles and is among the top ten world car manufacturers. In addition, the company's power products (generators, cultivators, lawn mowers, boat motors, etc.) are very popular in the world. Honda now has 119 manufacturing plants in 33 countries. In 2000, 2,540,000 cars, 5,160,000 motorcycles, 4,080,000 power units were sold worldwide.products with the brand "Honda".

Over the past year, Honda has launched a new generation of i-series engines and a new "global compact platform", shown concurrently with the latest Civic model.

List of the Honda models