the American Dream: Honda Accord by ric gustafson
Soichiro Honda was born in 1906 southwest of Tokyo. He became a self taught engineer just like Henry Ford. In 1948, he started a company called Honda Giken Kogyo and they built motorcycles. The company became Honda Motor and in 1959, hit the US market with it's first motorcycle. The Super Cub 50 had a four stroke engine and a step on for women.
In 1962, Honda unveiled his first car, the S360. In 1963, the S500 came out. In 1976, the Honda Accord was introduced. It was bigger than the Honda Civic but lighter than the Chevrolet Nova. It had large windows and a low dashboard. It had a four cylinder engine and a overhead camshaft. It had a five speed manual transmission and broad gear spacing.
Shige Yoshida joined Honda in the early 1960's and came up with the idea of building a plant in Ohio. He wanted to call the workers ' associates'. Marysville Ohio was picked and opened in 1982.
In 1989, Honda sold 362,707 Accords. That same year, Soichiro Honda became the first Asian to be inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame.
research help: ' Engines of Change' by Paul Ingrassia
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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