Honda Motor Co., Ltd.,[3] commonly known as Honda, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959,[4][5] reaching a production of 500 million as of May 2025.[6] It is also the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by number of units, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year.[7] Honda became the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer in 2001.[8] In 2015, Honda was the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world.[9] The company has also built and sold the most produced motor vehicle in history, the Honda Super Cub.[10]
