Brief history of honda

Honda is well known worldwide due to it's various models of cars, motorcycle, power equipment, marine
engines and automobile engines. Honda is now the six largest auto manufacture in the world. Honda is
known to be of one of the worlds biggest motorcycle and engines making company since 1959. Within 5
years, it became the largest motorcycle distributors in the market at that time. October 1949, Honda's
founder Soichir Honda established a research institute in Hamamatsu, Japan. He there developed and
produced small 2-cycle motorbikes engines. Later on, in 1948, Honda Motor Company was created. Then
in 1959, Honda established its first store front in Los Angeles. By 1962, Honda moved into the truck and
automobile sales. By then they controlled 65% of Japanese motorcycle market. During the 60's, America
opened doors for Honda to manufacture motorcycles for millions of Americans.

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Brief history of nissan

Nissan started in 1911 when it was originally founded under the name Kwaishinsha Motor Car Works by
Masujiro Hashimoto. Three years later, the company produced its first car, the DAT, which was an
acronym of the three investing partners’ surnames. Nissan went through several name changes
throughout the 1920s, and it wasn’t until 1934 that Nissan Motor Company was used for the first time.

A company called Nihon Sangyou, or Japan Industries, merged with what would become Nissan Motor
Company in 1931. The CEO of Nihon Sangyou, Yoshisuke Aikawa, was excited about starting an auto
division of the company, so when other shareholders were less enthusiastic, Aikawa bought them out
and began focusing on building Nissan manufacturing plants.

Nissan continued making Datsuns, the kind of car they’d been making for years, as well as producing
trucks and planes for the Japanese army. After the war, Nissan partnered with various automakers to
build vehicles for them, including Austin Motor Company in the 1950s and 1960s and a merger with
Prince Motor Company in 1966, which introduced vehicles to the Nissan lineup that are still in
production to this day.
1953 was a dramatic moment in Nissan’s history because of anti-communist sentiments after the Korean
War ended. Nissan’s labor union acted harshly and fired hundreds of workers, and even had union
leaders arrested. Eventually a new union was formed that helped Nissan expand rapidly, in terms of
technology.

Nissan started expanding worldwide in the late 1950s, when it realized that the small Datsun would fill a
hole in the Australian and US auto markets. Nissan showed cars at the Los Angeles Auto Show in 1958
and then opened a subsidiary in the US in 1960. A plant was built in England in 1986 and by 2007
produced over 400,000 vehicles per year, which became the highest producing plant in Europe. Nissan
also has plants in Brazil and sells cars all over the world. Nissan is especially popular in China, where it
sold more than half a million units in 2009.

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NISSAN PHILIPPINES CLOSES FY2018 WITH RECORD 58.5% MONTHLY GROWTH

MONDAY | APRIL 22, 2019

MANILA, Philippines – According to the latest figures released by the Chamber of Automotive
Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI), Nissan in the Philippines closed its fiscal year with 58.5%
growth in March. Nissan rose to third place within the automotive manufacturers ranks, up from sixth
place last year. Nissan now holds 11.3% market share amongst CAMPI members, also increasing from
last year’s 6.1%. The announcements coincide with the highest total sales for the Japanese automaker in
the Philippines since 2017.

The Nissan Navara drove the sales record for Nissan, accounting for 47.4% of total sales, and becoming
one of the pick-up segment’s top-selling models. Notably, the Nissan Terra already contributed 16.3% of
the total sales since the brand started selling the M-SUV last August. Other models that performed well
include the Nissan Urvan and Nissan Almera, contributing 16.9% and 14.9% of the total sales,
respectively.

“Nissan’s achievements come from putting the customer at the heart of everything we do, and
transforming the way people drive and live in the Philippines,” says Atsushi Najima, the new president
and managing director of Nissan in the Philippines. “Our success is built upon the strong foundations laid
by my predecessors, the people of Nissan, and the dealer network. From here, our goal is to sustain this
game-changing growth by focusing on delivering quality service, exceptional customer experience, and
exciting products equipped with Nissan Intelligent mobility.”

As part of its future development plans, the company recently announced that it would be launching the
Nissan LEAF in the Philippines by 2020. Nissan also has plans to expand its dealership network to more
areas in the country and improve its branches through the global retail visual identity known as the
Nissan Retail Concept.

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