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NZ Autocar
24-05-2025
- Automotive
- NZ Autocar
Honda achieves a milestone that few will emulate
Japanese motorcycle manufacturer is about to produce bike number 500,000,000. Honda Super Cub Few car makers have managed single models that really sell well, like Corolla and Golf, both around the 50million mark. But Honda eclipsed that with its Super Cub (above), managing over 100 million in its lifetime. And now Honda reports that it is about to build bike number 500 million in India, an Activa scooter. It has taken 76 years, the first Honda motorcycle produced in 1949. And that would be the Honda Dream D type (below). 1949 Dream D Type Since its founding in 1948, Honda has developed and provided products that meet the needs of customers in many countries and regions based on its belief that 'the purpose of technology is to make people's lives easier.' Honda motorcycle and scooter production facilities exist in 23 countries. The firm achieved its 100 million-unit milestone in 1997, its 200 million-unit milestone in 2008, and its 300 million-unit milestone in 2014. In 2018, Honda's annual production exceeded 20 million units for the first time in its history, and cumulative global production reached 40 million units in 2019. Honda's CB750 saw the rise of Japanese bike manufacturers worldwide. After COVID-19, demand has steadily recovered worldwide to pre-pandemic levels. In 2024 Honda had its 'first year of global expansion' for electric powered two-wheelers. Honda's annual production capacity now is more than 20 million units in 23 countries and 37 production entities. There are more than 30,000 Honda dealers worldwide. The next goal for Honda is achieving carbon neutrality, including through electrification. Toshihiro Mibe, Director, President and Representative Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co recently commented on the achievement. 'For Honda, motorcycle business…will continue to be the company's core business. 'We have built the trust of our customers through our many products and services, which has enabled us to achieve a cumulative production volume of 500 million units. 'I would like to thank our customers and all stakeholders who were involved in achieving this milestone, from development to production, sales, and service. 'Honda will continue to take on the challenge of expanding the joy of our customers around the world.' 1948 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. founded 1949 First full-fledged motorcycle model, the Dream D-type, launched 1958 First Super Cub model, the Super Cub C100, launched 1959 Honda becomes world's largest motorcycle manufacturer 1968 Cumulative global production reaches 10 million units 1969 The CB750 goes on sale 1975 The GL1000 Gold Wing goes on sale 1984 Cumulative global production reaches 50 million units 1986 The XRV650 Africa Twin joins the range 1992 The CBR900RR FireBlade goes on sale 1997 Cumulative global production reaches 100 million units 2004 Annual production exceeds 10 million units for the first time 2008 Cumulative global production reaches 200 million units 2014 Cumulative global production reaches 300 million units 2014 The Honda Super Cub becomes the most produced motorcycle in history (87 million units) 2018 Cumulative annual production exceeds 20 million units for the first time 2019 Cumulative global production reaches 400 million units 2022 Honda's electrification journey begins in Europe 2023 Honda introduces its Honda E-Clutch technology 2024 Honda introduces new V3 concept engine with unique electrical compressor 2025 Cumulative global production reaches 500 million units 2025 2025
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Alaska Bush Pilot Community Rallies to Find, Rescue Family Whose Plane Crash-Landed on Frozen Lake
Alaska's tight-knit community of bush pilots came together in a big way this week to help save one of their own. Thanks to their coordination and efforts, the Alaska National Guard was able to rescue a missing pilot and his two daughters, who'd crashed into a frozen lake on the Kenai Peninsula Sunday night. They'd spent around 12 hours on one of the wings of the partially submerged plane by the time the airborne cavalry arrived, according to the Associated Press. The National Guard confirmed with Alaska's News Source that the pilot and his daughters were rescued from the half-sunken plane around 10:30 a.m. Monday, and taken directly to a hospital, where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The plane was first reported missing around 10:30 p.m. Sunday by the pilot's father, John Morris. This kicked off a series of social media posts by family friends and other concerned locals, some of whom joined the effort to search in their own planes Monday morning. 'I'm proud of the guys that stepped up and went out and helped out,' a family friend and one of the original posters, Scott Holmes, told reporters. 'My daughter told me there was 420 shares on my post.' Terry Godes, of Soldotna, was 'one of the guys,' and the pilot who first got eyes on the crashed plane. Godes tells Outdoor Life that he'd seen another Facebook post by his friend Leonard Perry late Sunday night. Perry asked anyone who was able to help search for the missing plane to rally at first light on Monday. 'He is a friend of mine, and if he asks for help on a search, and I'm available, I'm in,' says Godes, who flies a special kind of Super Cub, a StolQuest 2. 'So I contacted him Monday morning to coordinate our flights.' Read Next: The Bush Plane Engine Died Mid-Flight — and Other Close Calls While Flying the Alaskan Wilderness The missing pilot and his daughters, who have not been identified, were reportedly on a sightseeing trip from Soldotna to Skilak Lake when their Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser went down Sunday evening. Tustumena Lake, which sits at the foot of Tustumena Glacier, was their last known cellular location, according to Dale Eicher, another local pilot who was involved in the search and shared details with ANS. 'There were half a dozen other [pilots] that were in the air between Skilak and Tustumena,' Godes says of the coordinated search. 'I was just the guy that saw the plane first.' He told the AP he was heartbroken when he first saw the wreckage. Then Godes saw the three figures on the wing waving at him, and he immediately radioed in their location. Eicher, who heard the call on his radio and was still in cell range (unlike Godes), relayed the GPS coordinates to the Alaska State Troopers. The Troopers then coordinated with the National Guard, which sent out a C-130 transport plane and a rescue helicopter. 'The C-130 guys and the ones in the chopper should really get the credit,' Godes says. 'They had to come up with a non-standard recovery because the ice was too soft to land on, and the rotor wash threatened to blow the children off their safe perch on the wing. Read Next: This Happened to Me: I Should Have Died in a Floatplane Crash 'They performed a flawless, one-off recovery,' he adds. 'Those guys are solid!'
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Honda's Most Entry-Level Cruiser Is Going Clutchless To Make It Even Easier To Ride
Back in the 1950s, Honda struck gold with the Super Cub — a compact, lightweight scooter built to take anyone anywhere for any reason. It appealed to non-motorcyclists, it beat walking, and to this day it's the best-selling motor vehicle in the world. Honda's been chasing that high ever since, constantly making bikes for people who don't know how to ride, and its latest attempt is this: A low-seat cruiser with manageable entry-level power that doesn't even need you to learn a clutch. Here in the States the Honda Rebel line starts at 300 ccs, but back home in Japan Honda still sells the good old Rebel 250. New for 2025 that little 250 gets the option of Honda's E-clutch system from the 650 bikes, making for an entry-level ride that requires absolutely zero left-hand finesse. It isn't quite as refined as the dual-clutch automatic offered on Honda's Rebel 1100 or Africa Twin, but should be good enough to get some riders on two-wheels who have never ridden before. The E-clutch is an odd system, because riders still have to shift — it's just the clutchwork that's taken out of the picture. Up and down still happen with your left foot, but they operate on a quickshifter-like system that handles everything without requiring a pesky second lever. You can still use the clutch if you choose to, but you never have to — not a bad way to ease automatic transmission drivers into the world of shifting on two wheels. We won't be getting the Rebel 250 with the E-clutch over in the United States, but don't be surprised if the tech shows up on our Rebel 300 in time. Honda wants to turn drivers and bicyclists into motorcyclists, and the company will keep testing new methods of making bikes easier to ride until it finds another Super Cub. h/t RideApart For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
