- Source: Honda Australia
Honda Australia Pty Ltd, commonly known as Honda Australia, is an Australian wholly owned subsidiary of Honda Motor
The Honda brand arrived in Australia in the mid 1950s, when independent firms imported Honda motorcycles. By the 1960s, motorcycles were joined by Honda vehicles, notably the tiny Honda S600 sports car and Honda N360 and later the Accord and Civic.
In the late 1960s, Honda decided on a national approach to motor vehicle sales. On 4 February 1969, Japanese Manager Hidehiko Shiomi set up Honda Australia. It was the first Honda subsidiary in the world set up primarily to sell cars. By 1987, all of the private distributors of Honda motorcycles and power equipment had relinquished distribution rights and Honda Australia became sole importer of all Honda products.
In 1991, motorcycles and power equipment were relocated to Campbellfield to become Honda MPE, while Honda Motor Vehicles remained at Tullamarine.
In recent years Honda Australia has supported motorsport teams such as Wall Racing in TCR Australia. It also supported Jenson Button in his FWD lap record attempt at Mount Panorama.
Models and manufacturing
Honda ZR-V
Honda HR-V
Honda Civic
Honda Civic Type R
Honda Accord
Honda CR-V
Former models and manufacturing
Honda Odyssey – Japan (Honda Saitama Factory)
Honda Jazz –Thailand (Honda Ayutthaya Plant)
Honda City – Thailand (Honda Ayutthaya Plant)
Honda Civic Type R – England (Swindon, United Kingdom)
Honda NSX – USA (Honda of America)
Sales
Launching within Australia in 1969, Honda has been a mainstay within Top 10 selling brands. In the 1990s, Honda established itself as quickly growing brand, and, within the 2000s, Honda Australia excelled itself, reaching 50,000 units between 2006 and 2008, and again in 2018, gaining it a higher position on the top selling brands charts. Throughout its establishment, Civic, and later CR-V and Accord Euro, nameplates have been very popular with Australian buyers, with each selling over 400,000, 125,000 and 60,000 vehicles (respectively) throughout their tenancy.
Awards
Wheels Car Of The Year
Honda Accord – 1977
Honda Prelude – 1987
Honda NSX – 1991
Honda Odyssey – 1995
Honda Accord Euro – 2009
Honda CR-Z – 2011
Drive Car Of The Year
Honda Odyssey – Best People Mover 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Honda Accord Euro – Best Medium Car 2006
Honda Civic – Interior design 2006
Honda Accord V6 – Car of the Year 2008
Australia's Best Cars
Honda Odyssey – Best People Mover 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Honda S2000 – Best Sports Car 2000
Honda Accord V6 – Best Luxury Car under $57,000 in 2003, 2004
Honda Civic – Best Mid Size Car under $28,000 in 2006, 2007
NRMA
Honda Integra – Best Sports Car under $47,116 in 1993
Honda Integra – Best Sports Car under $50,000 in 1994
Honda Odyssey – Best Family Wagon 1996, 1997, Best Passenger Wagon 1997, 1998
Honda Civic – Best Small Medium Car
RACV
Honda Odyssey – Best Passenger Van 1995, 1996, 1997, Best People Mover 1995, 1998
Honda Prelude – Best Sports Car under $50,000 in 1994
Honda S2000 – Best Sports Car over $56,000 in 1999
RAA
Honda Odyssey – Car of the year 1995
RACQ
Honda S2000 – Best Sports Car 1999
Carsales
Honda Accord Euro – Prestige Car of the Year 2003, 2004, 2005
Honda Jazz – Small car of the Year 2003
Wheels and Which Car Annual Quality Ratings
Honda Accord – 1994, 1995
Peoples Car of Australia Award
Honda Civic – 1991
Australian International Design Award
Honda CR-Z – 2012
Honda Civic Type R – 2008
Motor Performance Car Of The Year
Honda Civic Type R – 2018
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Honda Jazz
- Honda Odyssey
- Honda Accord
- Honda CR-V
- Honda HR-V
- Repsol Honda
- Casey Stoner
- Mesin Honda L
- Honda Gold Wing
- LCR Team
- Honda Australia
- Honda CR-V
- Honda Prelude
- Honda Civic
- Honda HR-V
- Honda Fit
- Honda Odyssey (international)
- Honda City
- Honda
- Honda Accord (Japan and Europe eighth generation)
