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| 1950's |
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'59 |
| American Honda Motor Co., Inc. established.
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| 1960's |
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'63 |
| ' Nicest People ' campaign introduced in U.S. |
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'69 |
Canadian Honda Motor Ltd. (now Honda Canada Inc.) established.
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| 1970's |
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'71 |
Knockdown motorcycle production in Mexico begins.
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'79 |
| Honda of America Mfg., Inc. begins motorcycle production. |
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| 1980's |
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'82 |
| Honda of America Mfg., Inc. begins Accord production. |
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'84 |
| Honda Research of America (now Honda R&D Americas, Inc.) established. |
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'85 |
Honda de Mexico S.A. de C.V. established.
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| Motorcycle engine production in U.S. begins. |
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'86 |
American Honda's Acura sales network begins operation.
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'87 |
Honda North America Inc. established.
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'88 |
Honda Engineering North America Inc. established.
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| Export of U.S.-made Accord Coupe and Gold Wing begins. |
| Motorcycle production in Mexico begins. |
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'89 |
Second automobile plant in U.S. begins production in East Liberty, Ohio.
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| Accord becomes best-selling car in U.S. |
| 1990's |
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'90 |
| Acura dealerships in the U.S. win 5th consecutive first-place ranking on the Customer Satisfaction Index by J. D. Power and Associates. |
| Expansion of research and development in U.S. announced. |
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'95 |
| Civic LEV goes on sale in California. |
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'96 |
Sales of the Acura CL, developed and produced in North America, begin in U.S.
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'97 |
Accord LEV and Civic LEV sales in U.S. and Canada begin. |
Accord ULEV sales in California begin.
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'98 |
Civic GX (CNG vehicle) production in Ohio , U.S. begins.
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| Canadian-made Odyssey launched in North America . |
| New ATV factory in US begins operation. |
| 2000's |
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'00 |
| Accord production in U.S. reaches 5 million units. |
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'01 |
| Production of automobiles in North America reaches 10 million units. |
| Production at Alabama factory begins. |
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'02 |
FCX first fuel cell vehicle to receive U.S. government certification.
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| Acura sales reach 2 million units. |
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'04 |
| Honda and GE join hands to form a joint venture for compact business jet aircraft engines. |
| Honda Aero, Inc. is founded in Virginia State as a jet engine business affiliate company. |
| Acura brand sales begin in Mexico. |
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'05 |
| Construction of new transmission plant in Georgia (U.S.) begins. |
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'06 |
| Airframe design, manufacturing and sales unit Honda Aircraft Co. established. |
| Honda begins taking orders for HondaJet. |
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'07 |
| Acura Design Studio opens in the U.S. |
| Motorcycle production reachs 200,000 units in Mexico. |
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'08 |
| Honda Aircraft Company expands HondaJet sales to Mexico and Canada. |
| New engine plant Canada begins operation. |
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