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Honda Motor Co., Ltd., is engaged in the designing, manufacturing and marketing of automobiles, scooters, commercial vehicles, motorcycles and luxury vehicles. On the other hand, the company also produces water pumps, electrical generators, garden equipments, Jet aircraft, Jet engines, robotics, Solar cells and others. It specializes in motorcycles, automobiles and power products. Honda Motor Company started its production of motorcycles in the year 1955. Today, Honda is one of the best selling motorcycle brands in the globe.
The company began its operations on 24 September 1948 under the leadership of Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa in Hamamatsu, Japan. It has grown to become one of the world's largest automakers. Honda Motor Company has a primary listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and secondary listings on the New York Stock Exchange. its manufacturing facilities are located in several countries across the world, among them few are Canada, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Mexico, Philippines, England, Thailand, the United States, India, Turkey and Brazil. Corporate office of the company is situated in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Honda Motor Company has divided its business into Three divisions: Acura, Honda and Honda Motorcycles.
The company is among the top eight largest manufacturing companies of automobiles in the world measured by Revenue and employees. Honda Motor Company got revenue of $104 Billion USD and approximately 190,338 in the year 2013. Its subsidiary companies are American Honda Motor Company, Honda Seil Cars India, Honda Pakistan, Honda Airways, Honda Canada Inc., Honda Taiwan, GE Honda Aero Engines, Guangqi Honda Automobile, Honda UK ltd etc. American Honda Motor Company, Inc is the flagship and first overseas subsidiary company of Honda Group. American Honda Motor was formed in 1959 in Los Angeles. Honda Motor Company produced nearly 4,110,000 vehicles in the year 2012. Its mainstream models of automobiles include Accord Hybrid, N-Box, StepWGN Spada, N-One, Crosstour, Accord Type S, Civic Hybrid, Civic 5DR, Fit Aria, Inspire, ZEST, Accord Type S etc. Honda Motor company sponsor various national sports teams. It is the major sponsor of Los Angeles Marathon.