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and S2000. An early proponent of developing vehicles to cater to different needs and markets worldwide, Honda's lineup varies by country and may feature vehicles exclusive to that region. A few examples are the latest Acura TL luxury sedan and the Ridgeline, Honda's first light-duty pickup truck. Both were engineered primarily in North America and are exclusively produced and sold there.

The Honda Civic is a line of compact cars developed and manufactured by Honda. In North America, the Civic is the second-longest continuously-running nameplate from a Japanese manufacturer; only the Toyota Corolla, introduced in 1968, has been in production longer. The Civic, along with the Accord and Prelude, comprised Honda's vehicles sold in North America until the 1990s, when the model lineup was expanded. Having gone through several generational changes, the Civic has become larger and more upmarket, and it currently slots between the Fit and Accord.

2008 Honda Accord (USA spec)

Eight Generation Honda Civic (Philippine Version)

Honda Automobiles is one of the Big Asian Four (with Toyota, Nissan and Hyundai).^[23]

The 2006 Ridgeline was a reintroduction of the concept of a Uni-Body truck. Earlier examples of this concept are the Subaru Brat and Baja, Volkswagen Rabbit pick-up, and Dodge Rampage/Plymouth Scamp.

Honda increased global production in September 2008 to meet demand for small cars in the U.S. and emerging markets. The company is shuffling U.S. production to keep factories busy and boost car output, while building fewer minivans and sport utility vehicles as light truck sales fall.

Honda produces the Insight, an affordable hybrid electric vehicle that competes with Toyota Prius

Its first entrance into the pickup segment, the lightduty Ridgeline, won Truck of the Year from Motor Trend magazine in 2006 (also in 2006, the redesigned Civic won Car of the Year from the magazine, giving Honda a rare double win of Motor Trend honors).

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See also: Honda F1

Rubens Barrichello driving for Honda

Honda entered Formula One as a constructor for the first time in the 1964 season at the German Grand Prix with Ronnie Bucknum at the wheel. 1965 saw the addition of Richie Ginther to the team, who scored Honda's first point at the Belgian Grand Prix, and Honda's first win at the Mexican Grand Prix. 1967 saw their next win at the Italian Grand Prix with John Surtees as their driver. In 1968, Jo Schlesser was killed in a Honda RA302 at the French Grand Prix. This racing tragedy, coupled with their commercial difficulties selling automobiles in the United States, prompted Honda to withdraw from all international motorsport that year.

After a learning year in 1965, Honda-powered Brabhams dominated the 1966 French Formula Two championship in the hands of Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme. As there was no European Championship that season, this was the top F2 championship that year. In the early 1980s Honda returned to F2, supplying engines to Ron Tauranac's Ralt team. Tauranac had designed the Brabham cars for their earlier involvement. They were again extremely successful. In a related exercise, John Judd's Engine Developments company produced a turbo "Brabham-Honda" engine for use in IndyCar racing. It won only one race, in 1988 for Bobby Rahal at Pocono.

Honda returned to Formula One in 1983, initially with another Formula Two partner, the Spirit team, before switching abruptly to Williams in 1984. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Honda powered cars won six consecutive Formula One Constructors Championships. WilliamsF1 won the crown in 1986 and 1987. Honda switched allegiance again in 1988. New partners Team McLaren won the title in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991. Honda withdrew from Formula One at the end of 1992, although the related Mugen-Honda company maintained a presence up to the end of 1999, winning four races with Ligier and Jordan Grand Prix.

Honda debuted in the CART IndyCar World Series as a works supplier in 1994. The engines were far from competitive at first, but after development, the company powered six consecutive drivers championships. In 2003, Honda transferred its effort to the rival IRL

IndyCar Series. In 2004, Honda-powered cars

overwhelmingly dominated the IndyCar Series, winning 14 of 16 IndyCar races, including the Indianapolis 500, and claimed the IndyCar Series Manufacturers' Championship, Drivers' Championship and Rookie of the Year titles. In 2006, Honda became the sole engine supplier for the IndyCar Series, including the Indianapolis 500. In the 2006 Indianapolis 500, for the first time in Indianapolis 500 history, the race was run without a single engine problem.

During 1998, Honda considered returning to Formula One with their own team. The project was aborted after the death of its technical director, Harvey Postlethwaite. Honda instead came back as an official engine supplier to British American Racing (BAR) and Jordan Grand Prix. Honda bought a stake in the BAR team in 2004 before buying the team outright at the end of 2005, becoming a constructor for the first time since the 1960s. Honda won the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix with driver Jenson Button.

It was announced on 5 December 2008, that Honda would be exiting Formula One with immediate effect due to the 2008 global economic crisis. The team was sold to former team principal Ross Brawn and renamed Brawn GP.

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Honda headquarters building in Japan

Honda is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Their shares trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, as well as exchanges in Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto, Fukuoka, London, Paris and Switzerland.

The company has assembly plants around the globe. These plants are located at China, USA, Pakistan, Canada, England, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, New Zealand, Indonesia, India, Thailand, and Turkey.

Honda's Net Sales and Other Operating Revenue by Geographical Regions in 2007

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For a list of motorcycle products, see List of Honda motorcycles.

During the 1960s, when it was a small manufacturer, Honda broke out of the Japanese motorcycle market and began exporting to the US. Taking Honda’s story as an archetype of the smaller manufacturer entering a new market already occupied by highly dominant competitors, the story of their market entry, and their subsequent huge success in the US and around the world, has been the subject of some academic controversy. Competing explanations have been advanced to explain Honda’s strategy and the reasons for their success.

The first of these explanations was put forward when, in 1975, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) was commissioned by the UK government to write a report explaining why and how the British motorcycle industry had been out-competed by its Japanese competitors. The report concluded that the Japanese firms, including Honda, had sought a very high scale of production (they had made a large number of motorbikes) in order to benefit from economies of scale and learning curve effects. It blamed the decline of the British motorcycle industry on the failure of British managers to invest enough in their businesses to profit from economies of scale and scope.

2004 Honda Super Cub

The second explanation was offered in 1984 by Richard Pascale, who had interviewed the Honda executives responsible for the firm’s entry into the US market. As opposed to the tightly focused strategy of low cost and high scale that BCG accredited to Honda, Pascale found that their entry into the US market was a story of “miscalculation, serendipity, and organizational learning” – in other words, Honda’s success was due to the adaptability and hard work of its staff, rather than any long term strategy. For example, Honda’s initial plan on entering the US was to compete in large motorcycles, around 300 cc. It was only when the team found that the scooters they were using to get themselves around their US base of San Francisco attracted positive interest from consumers that they came up with the idea of selling the Super Cub.

The most recent school of thought on Honda’s strategy was put forward by Gary

Hamel and C. K. Prahalad in 1989. Creating the concept of core competencies with Honda as an example, they argued that Honda’s success was due to its focus on leadership in the technology of internal combustion engines. For example, the high power-to-weight ratio engines Honda produced for its racing bikes provided technology and expertise which was transferable into mopeds.

Honda is a dirtbike manufacturer as well, the new release of the 2010 CRF450R with electronic fuel injection, is revolutionary in the history of Motocross. Many riders love the crisp feel of a EFI, because it gets rid of the small lag a carb. give

riders. Also, because at different altitudes changing the jetting (the air to fuel ratio) is no longer needed.

Honda's entry into the US motorcycle market during the 1960s is used as a case study for teaching introductory strategy at business schools worldwide.

It created the first luxury Japanese car (1985 Legend) and motorcycle (2006 Gold Wing bikes) equipped with an airbag, as well as the first mid-size pickup truck with independent rear suspension (2006 Ridgeline).

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ASIMO at Expo 2005

ASIMO is the part of Honda's Research & Development robotics program. It is the eleventh in a line of successive builds starting in 1986 with Honda E0 moving through the ensuing Honda E series and the Honda P series. Weighing 54 kilograms and standing 130 centimeters tall, ASIMO resembles a small astronaut wearing a backpack, and can walk on two feet in a manner resembling human locomotion, at up to 6 km/h (3.7 mph). ASIMO is the world's only humanoid robot able to ascend and descend stairs independently.However, human motions such as climbing stairs are difficult to mimic with a machine, which ASIMO has demonstrated by taking two plunges off a staircase.Honda's robot ASIMO (see below) as an R&D project brings together expertise to create a robot that walks, dances and navigates steps.

2009 Honda Civic GX hooked up to Phill refueling system

Top: Brazilian flexible-fuel Honda Civic. Below: US Honda Civic Hybrid.

2010 Honda Insight hybrid electric vehicle (Second generation).

Honda FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell vehic

The Honda Civic GX is the only natural gas vehicle (NGV) commercially available in some parts of the US.^[30][31] The Honda Civic GX first appeared in 1998 as a factory-modified Civic LX that had been designed to run exclusively on compressed natural gas. The car looks and drives just like a contemporary Honda Civic LX, but does not run on gasoline. In 2001, the Civic GX was rated the cleanest-burning internal combustion engine in the world by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency‎ (EPA).

First leased to the City of Los Angeles, in 2005, Honda started offering the GX directly to the public through factory trained dealers certified to service the GX. Before that, only fleets were eligible to

purchase a new Civic GX. In 2006, the Civic GX was released in New York, making it the second state where the consumer is able to buy the car. Home refueling is available for the GX with the addition of the Phill Home Refueling Appliance.

Geely Automobile (simplified Chinese: 吉利汽车; traditional Chinese: 吉利汽車; pinyin: Jílì Qìchē) (SEHK: 0175) is a Chineseautomaker and is the first independent and largest private automobile manufacturer in the People's Republic of China. The parent company is Geely Holding Group (simplified Chinese: 吉利控股集团; traditional Chinese: 吉利控股集團; pinyin: Jílì Kònggǔ Jítuán), which began manufacturing in 1986 in Taizhou in Zhejiang province. In 2009, Geely announced that it was close to an agreement to acquire Volvo Cars from Ford Motor Company.Geely signed a deal with Ford to acquire Volvo Cars for $1.8 billion on March 28, 2010 and is expected to close the deal by the third quarter of 2010.

Geely

Type	Holding company
Industry	Automotive industry
Founded	Taizhou, People's Republic of China (1986)
Founder(s)	Li Shufu
Headquarters	Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Li Shufu Chairman of the Board Yue Guisheng CEO
Products	Automobiles, Engines, Transmission
Profit	▲ RMB¥ 879 million (2008)
Employees	12,000 (2009)
Website	Geely.com

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Shaanxi Automobile Group is one of the biggest truck manufacturers in China. It recruits more than 13,000 employees. It manufactures heavy duty truck, buses (chassis), medium-size heavy truck and heavy duty axles for trucks. It utilizes Magna Steyr and MAN SE technologies. It's bus chassis business is organized under the Eurostar Bus brand.

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Hafei centre in Chile

Hafei was formerly owned by Aviation Industry Corporation of China. But prompted by Chinese State policy encouraging the consolidation of automakers, in 2009 the state-run parent of Chongqing Changan Automobile (SZSE: 000625) took over most Hafei-related assets including Harbin Hafei Automobile Industry Group and Harbin Dongan Auto Engine (SSE: 600178).

As of 2009, the company has exported products to a total of 40 nations, including Russia.

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The Dongfeng (Eastwind) EQ2050 (left) and HMMWV (right).

There are at least two

Chinese automobile manufacturers building HMMWV copies, possibly with the assistance of AM General. Both HMMWV copies rely heavily on imported U.S.-made parts including chassis, gear box, and diesel engine. It appears that at least one company, Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM), has the full consent and cooperation of AM General. Both manufacturers claimed that they will be able to gradually increase the percentage of indigenously made content on the vehicles in the future, since the PLA is unlikely to be willing to accept any equipment that relies largely on foreign made parts.

The Shenyang Aircraft Industry Co (SAC) version called "Zhanshen," for God of War, is trying to impress the PLA with a vehicle-mounted mobile air defence missile system jointly developed with NORINCO, the primary weapon manufacturer in China. The missile system, mounted on an SAC SFQ2040, is similar to the U.S. Army HMMVEE-mounted Avenger air defence system. SAC also emphasizes the low cost of its SFQ2040, only one third of the price of the U.S.-made HMWW

The Shuanghuan Noble (left) and Smart ForTwo (right).

The Shuanghuan Noble has caused numerous controversies, with Mercedes-Benz even filing a lawsuit against Shuanghuan because of the similarities with the Smart Fortwo. Mercedes-Benz also persuaded the Italian court to prohibit the car from being exhibited at the Bologna Motor Show,^[25] but this was violated and the car was put on display.^[26]

In May 2009 a Greek judge ruled against Daimler and cleared the car allowing sales to begin in Greece. The judge answering to Daimler's demand to ban the Chinese vehicle from entering the Greek market said that “The impression the Noble makes on a third and informed party by its visual appearance is different to the one that is made to the same person by the Smart . . . It is commonly accepted that the decision over buying a new car cannot be based only on the exterior characteristics but many other technical specifications such as the power of the engine, fuel consumption, trim specification, retail price and dealers’ network.”^[27]

The ruling states that the latter party’s doings “cannot possibly misguide the public” as the German company claimed in its legal request. The judge noted the salient fact that “the plaintiff is no longer selling the specific generation of the Smart which claims to have been copied, but a different vehicle, with much different characteristics.”

The judge also accepted in whole the defendant’s argument that cars of the same segment cannot avoid a certain level of re

semblance due to technical restrictions, similar purposes and goals, especially when it comes to such small cars that present a challenge to design.The ruling concludes that “there is no competition between the two companies.”Also, in Germany legal action was taken by BMW which resulted in a ban on sales of the Shuanghuan SCEO due to its strong resemblance to the BMW X5.

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In December 2006 Fiat claimed that Great Wall Motor's new A-segment Peri (called Jing Ling in China) is a copy of Fiat's popular second-generation Panda.

On July 16, 2008, a Turin court upheld Fiat's claim and banned Great Wall from importing the Peri into Europe, stating that the Peri “doesn’t look like a different car but is a (Fiat) Panda with a different front end. A copyright infringement case filed by Fiat in China has been lost by the Italian manufacturer.

As well as this, the Great Wall Safe has been criticized for looking like a 2nd generation Toyota 4Runner, the Great Wall Florid for looking like 1st generation Toyota ist and the Great Wall Hover for looking like an Isuzu Axio

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The QQ became the center of an industrial copyright and intellectual rights controversy, as General Motors claimed the car was a copy to the Daewoo Matiz (which is marketed outside South Korea as the Chevrolet Spark). GM executives demonstrated the extent of the design duplication, noting for example that the doors of the QQ and those of the Matiz are interchangeable ^[19] without modification.

GM China Group indicated the two vehicles "shared remarkably identical body structure, exterior design, interior design and key components. MotorAuthority.com^[20] and Car and Driver called the QQ a "carbon copy", while the International Herald Tribune, in a 2005 article, referred to it as a clone.

As well as this, the Chery Tiggo was criticized for resembling a 2nd generation Toyota

honda automobile

Honda Automobile (China) Company is Honda's importer in Guangdong Province, China. It is 10% owned by Dongfeng Motor Corporation, which also has a manufacturing joint venture with Honda through the Dongfeng Honda Automobile Company. Honda's other joint venture in China is Guangzhou Honda (joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group).

Honda Automobile (China) is the only automotive joint-venture in China that has a majority of non-Chinese ownership. Honda controls 55% of the joint-venture.

Honda Automobile (China) also operates the Guangzhou plant in Guangdong province which produces the Honda Jazz, primarily for export.

These joint ventures allows Honda to control their name in the Chinese market and offer a cheaper place to manufacture cars in Asia. There are 44 Honda dealers in China.