Honda Motor Company, Ltd. (Japanese: 本田技研工業株式会社, Honda Giken Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha?, Honda Technology Research Institute Company, Limited) 
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multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and
motorcycles.
Honda is the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles as well as the world's largest manufacturer of
internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year.
[3] Honda surpassed
Nissan in 2001 to become the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer.
[4][5] As of August 2008
[update], Honda surpassed
Chrysler as the fourth largest automobile manufacturer in the United States. Honda is the sixth largest automobile manufacturer in the world.
Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand,
Acura, in 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Honda also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft and power generators, amongst others. Since 1986, Honda has been involved with artificial intelligence/robotics research and released their
ASIMO robot in 2000. They have also ventured into aerospace with the establishment of
GE Honda Aero Engines in 2004 and the
Honda HA-420 HondaJet, scheduled to be released in 2011. Honda spends about 5% of its revenues into R&D.
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