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25 YEARS OF HONDA IN THE U.S.A.: Import curbs stimulated Honda's U.S. growth
credo "to go to the spot," Cohen says. "It turned out to be a smart economic decision." Corporate patriarch Soichiro Honda was a latecomer to the car business and was not part of Japan's tightly knit manufacturing community. He was an
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25 YEARS OF HONDA IN THE U.S.A.: Founder's influence was felt at first U.S. plant
factory was built long after Soichiro Honda retired, but the company founder ..... remembers playing golf with Soichiro Honda at the nationally known Oakland ..... cracking jokes all the way." Soichiro Honda , who retired in 1973, held on
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HONDA: 25 years of American manufacturing
Founder's influence was felt at first U.S. plant Honda's Marysville, Ohio, factory was built long after Soichiro Honda retired, but the company founder played a major role in the decision to assemble cars in the United States. Honda
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25 YEARS OF HONDA IN THE U.S.A.: Ohio crew blazed new trail for going global
understood the principles of founder Soichiro Honda and could apply them to a U ..... many of the same bright young men Soichiro Honda had cultivated at Honda's r ..... around Honda's r&d offices by Soichiro Honda in 1965 after his mistake had
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Honda gets a woman's touch
Matsuyama joined Honda in 1992 after reading founder Soichiro Honda 's famous advice: Work for yourself, not for a ..... uncertain. But, she says, she'll continue to follow Soichiro Honda 's credo: Work for yourself.
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Honda test-flies small jet; eyes aircraft market
aircraft has been one of Honda's goals for the past four decades, and a dream held by its late, legendary founder Soichiro Honda . The auto maker had been aiming to complete initial test flights by December 17, the centennial of the Wright brothers
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QUESTIONNAIRE: Phil Maguire, Vehicle line director, small cars, Ford of Europe
are your extravagances? Eating out and buying CDs. Do you have a hero? I'm impressed by the founder of Honda, Soichiro Honda . Where would you really like to live? Somewhere in Northern Europe. I like a temperate climate. I don't expect
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BOOK EXCERPT: Detroit loses its grip
the filthy, noisy and smelly foundries that auto companies have operated since the earliest years of the industry. Soichiro Honda would have a hard time finding anyone to slap here, and he would probably be wont to hug somebody for all the care
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BRIEFLY: Ralph Nader: Safety pie-on-ear
level respondents ranked Ghosn tops as a business leader. Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda and the late Soichiro Honda , founder of Honda Motor Co., tied for fourth with 6.4 percent of the votes. SMART ATTACK -- Italian police
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Honda founder's son held for tax evasion
Honda, 61, the president of Mugen and the scion of Soichiro Honda , together with Norio Hirokawa, 60, Mugen's former ..... central Tokyo to house a memorial museum dedicated to Soichiro Honda . Hirotoshi Honda set up Mugen in 1973 in part because
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Honda founder's son held on suspicion of tax evasion
Honda, 61, the president of Mugen and the scion of Soichiro Honda , together with Norio Hirokawa, 60, Mugen's former ..... central Tokyo to house a memorial museum dedicated to Soichiro Honda . Hirotoshi Honda set up Mugen in 1973 in part because
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ADVERTISING AWARDS: 'This ad shouts simplicity' - aimed at showing the link to great design
Honda's tagline: "Honda. The Power of Dreams." The copy reads: "Do you believe in the power of dreams? When Soichiro Honda was 8 years old he saw his first motor car. It was an early Model T Ford. Soichiro couldn't help running after
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CONFIDENTIAL: Armored Audis on upswing
Honda cars - sum it up better than most: "Do you believe in the power of dreams? When [Honda Motor Co. founder] Soichiro Honda was eight years old he saw his first motor car. It was an early edition Model T Ford. Soichiro couldn't help running
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QUESTIONNAIRE: Audi's metal guru, Wolfgang Ruch, Audi
Marrying my wife and educating our two sons together. Who do you admire most in the car business? Ferdinand Porsche, Soichiro Honda , Louis Schweitzer and Carlos Ghosn for what he has done at Nissan. Who do you admire most outside the car industry
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The Perfect Fit
managers from the outset to form the concept for a model. Honda's vehicle concept philosophy is based on founder Soichiro Honda 's motto: Break the mold and create a new standard. Take the Fit. A short nose and an aerodynamic-shaped roof
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MOTORSPORTS: Why race? It's the DNA
the Duesenbergs. Enzo Ferrari sold sports cars reluctantly; he needed the income to keep building race cars. What Soichiro Honda learned in Grand Prix motorcycle racing went into the engine of his first production car. Maybe the question we should
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All too human
Honda's technology-oriented culture. It goes back to the direction set by legendary founder and engine-tinkerer Soichiro Honda , who built an engine that can be attached to a bicycle - a step toward his first motorcycle - and dreamed of flying
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Larry Jutte, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Parts & Procurement; Motorcycle & Auto Powertrain, Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.
system. Of course -- at the same time - our mission is to produce useful products, not philosophy. As our founder, Soichiro Honda , once said "Action without philosophy is dangerous, but philosophy without action is a lethal weapon." So, while
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The Retail Revolution
personal bond between the two company founders - Datuk Loh Boon Siew of Oriental Holdings, the franchise holder, and Soichiro Honda - meant transgressions were forgiven or ignored. But with the two men gone, the relationship has become more 'business
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Some more influential millennium men
the following men have probably had a greater auto industry influence than some of the others mentioned your list: Soichiro Honda Nobuhiko Kawamoto Kiichiro Toyoda Taiichi Ohno George Turnbull Michael Edwardes John Towers Lee Iacocca Jim Mackay