Happy 40th Birthday Honda Australia
Wednesday February 4, 2009, posted by Staff
4 February 2009 –
In the year that Neil Armstrong touched down on the surface of the moon, Honda touched down in Australia.
Honda Australia celebrates its 40th birthday on Wednesday, 4th February 2009.
From its humble beginnings in a two-bedroom flat in the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, Australia is now one of Honda’s leading markets.
Honda Australia’s first General Manager, Mr. Hidehiko Shiomi, set up business in a Millswyn Street flat and represented half of the initial workforce. His colleague at this time was Mr. David Morwood.
There are now over 500 people employed by Honda in Australia including the Motorcycle, Power Equipment and Marine Company (Honda MPE) and the Automotive division.
The Honda Accord Euro was awarded the 2008 Wheels Magazine Car of the Year.
Honda’s Australian business was primarily based on motorcycles for the first ten years with Power Equipment and vehicles being added to the corporate line-up when private distributors handed distribution rights back to Honda Australia.
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