the first honda car was sold in america in 1969.
the first honda car was sold in america in 1969.
when was the first honda car sold in america?
1969
in the late 1960s, honda motor co. decided on a national approach to motor vehicle sales. on february 4, 1969, japanese manager hidehiko shiomi set up honda australia pty ltd. it was the first honda subsidiary in the world set up primarily to sell cars. by 1987, all of the private distributors of honda motorcycles and power equipment had relinquished distribution rights and honda australia became sole importer of all honda products.









































in 1991, motorcycles and power equipment were relocated to campbellfield to become honda mpe, while honda motor vehicles remained at tullamarine.









































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honda australia
the honda-badged version was the first honda car to be built in the united kingdom (the honda equivalent of the 200 series' predecessor, the triumph acclaim, was never sold in the uk). ballade bodyshells, and later complete cars, were made in the longbridge plant alongside the rover equivalent, with the ballade models then going to honda's new swindon plant for quality-control checks.









































although production ceased in late 1989, stocks of the car continued until early 1990 when it was replaced by the rover 400.
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