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Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
| Type | Public (TYO: 7267) |
| Founded | September 24, 1948 |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Soichiro Honda (Founder); Takeo Fukui (CEO) |
| Industry | Automobile & Truck manufacturer |
| Products | automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, scooters, ATVs, electrical generators, robotics,
marine equipment, and lawn and garden equipment |
| Revenue | $79.222 billion USD (2004) |
| Employees | 131,600 |
| Website | www.honda.com |
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Giken K?gy? Kabushiki Kaisha) (TYO: 7267) (NYSE: HMC), is a Japanese manufacturer of automobiles, trucks,
motorcycles, and scooters. They also make ATVs, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, and lawn and garden equipment. With
more than 14 million internal combustion engines built each year, Honda is the largest engine-maker in the world. In 2004, the company
began to produce diesel motors, which were both very quiet whilst not requiring particulate filters to pass pollution standards. Honda's
high-end line of cars are branded Acura in North America. Many Japanese automakers have well-earned reputations for dependability and
longevity, with production being well quality-controlled. Honda automobiles are well known around the world to be very reliable, with
many Hondas going through their lives without needing a single major repair, and many people believe that these cars last "forever" because
after 20 years, their [Honda] cars are still running.
Honda is headquartered in Tokyo. Their shares trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, 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, CA.
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It uses material from the Wikipedia article Honda.
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