Honda Motor Company, Ltd. ; /ˈhɒndə/ is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda surpassed Nissan in 2001 to become the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer. As of August 2008, Honda surpassed Chrysler as the fourth largest automobile manufacturer in the... United States. Honda is the sixth largest automobile manufacturer in the world. Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, in 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Honda also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft and power generators, amongst others. Since 1986, Honda has been involved with artificial intelligence/robotics research and released their ASIMO robot in 2000.
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| Founded: | September 24, 1948 |
| Headquarters: | Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Annual revenue: | $105,102,000,000 |
| Operating income: | $5,254,000,000 |
| Employees: | 144,785 |
| Industries: | Automobile, Manufacturing, Motor Vehicles and Passenger Car Bodies, Truck, Aerospace |