Honda has been around since 1946. Technically speaking, Soichiro Honda established Tokai Seiki Heavy Industry in the 1930s. Back then, Tokai Seiki manufactured piston rings for other companies, and during World War II, Honda developed an automated process for piston ring production. After Tokai Seiki lost one manufacturing plant to a U.S. B-29 bomber attack and another to an earthquake, Mr. Honda shifted focus, eventually founding Honda Technical Research in 1946. That’s when Honda started manufacturing motorcycles. While Honda has added cars
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