Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that Honda's cumulative worldwide motorcycle production reached the 200 million-unit milestone at the end of September 2008. Honda achieved this milestone in the 60th year since the company began motorcycle production in 1949 with the Dream D-type.

Honda's wholly-owned solar cell subsidiary Honda Soltec Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kikuchi-gun, Kumamoto; President and CEO: Akio Kazusa) will begin sales throughout Japan of thin-film solar cells for public and industrial use on October 24, 2008.

Dongfeng Honda officially confirmed that it will roll out a B-class car based on the Acura platform by the second half of 2009, Beijing Times said today, citing top executives of Dongfeng Honda Automobile.

Honda Pledges Long-Term Commitment to Thailand Inaugurates Bht. 6.2 Billion Second Auto Plant

Guangzhou Honda Automobile announced it was recalling 134 City sedans from October 21, 2008 because of problems with rear brake shoes, xinhuanet.com said yesterday, citing the notice issued by China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) on October 20.

Dongfeng Honda plans to independently develop a hatchback model by 2010, which will share the platform with the existing Civic sedan, xinhuanet.com said today.

Honda announced that sales in Japan of the all-new Odyssey will begin October 17, 2008. The fully remodeled Odyssey features a low-floor and low center-of-gravity package that enables a low profile roofline and performance beyond ordinary minivans together with a spacious cabin.

A top executive of Dongfeng Honda said that the joint venture has raised its sales target for 2008 from 150,000 units to 160,000 units or more, based on the growing sales of its two models: the CR-V SUV and the Civic sedan, said xinhuanet.com today. The company has decided to develop a new hatchback model for its market growth.

Honda Exhibits World Premiere V4 Concept Model, Signifying a New Era at the International Motorcycle Show held in Cologne, Germany

Guangzhou Honda will soon begin production of Honda's brand-new City car, the Beijing news reported today.

The Honda Foundation, co-founded by Soichiro Honda and his younger brother Benjiro Honda, and currently headed by Hiromori Kawashima, is pleased to announce the Honda Prize for the year 2008 will be awarded to a German team of researchers of electron microscopy led by Dr. Maximilian Haider, Dr. Harald Rose, and Dr. Knut Urban.

Honda of Canada Mfg. (HCM) officially opened its newest investment in Canada– a state-of-the art $154 million engine plant. The new facility will produce 200,000 fuel-efficient four-cylinder engines annually for Civic production in response to growing North American demand for vehicles that provide excellent fuel economy.