It was being considered at the same time that Lamborghini and Ferrari launched their first V8s.

Late in life, long after he had retired from his namesake automotive company, Soichiro Honda was still bothered by The Myth. It held that the industrial success of post-World War II Japan was ...

Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Co. and often called the Thomas Edison of Japan, died Monday of liver failure. He was 84. Mr. Honda, along with Japanese financier Takeo Fujisawa, founded the… ...

It's not surprising; Soichiro had another proverb, "Success is 99 per cent failure." He must have failed a million times, then, because everything from the oil crisis of the Seventies onwards was ...

The first Honda motorcycle – the A Type – was an early success, proving to Soichiro that motorcycles could be the answer to cheap transportation. Early machines were refined until the ...

That's what Soichiro Honda wanted. Specifications: 1972 Honda 1300 Coupe 9 GTL. Engine79.3 cu in/1299 cc SOHC I-4, 4x1-bbl Keihin CV carburetors. Power and torque116 hp @ 7,300 rpm, 76 lb-ft ...

Soichiro Honda, the man who started the Honda Motor Company and the godfather of the Japanese bike industry, used to switch hobbies like most people flick through TV channels: one after the other ...

Soichiro built his first racing car with parts including a V8 aircraft engine, but he left racing in 1936 after a serious accident. After selling his first company, in 1948 Honda Motor Co was formed.

In 1960, Honda entered the World Grand Prix in the 125 and 250cc classes. It met with immediate success, with rider Mike ...

Soichiro Honda built his company on innovation, excitement, and excellence. Perhaps there was no greater example of this than the Honda 1300 Coupe 9. MotorTrend ...