Honda has been making motorcycles in the USA since 1979. Today Honda announced that they will stop manufacturing motorcycles here to concentrate on automobile production.
Here's an excerpt from DaytonDailyNews.com:
"Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. announced today that it will discontinue production of motorcycles in spring 2009 as part of what the company calls 'a global strategy that will focus on its leader role in Honda's North American automobile operations.'"
Read more.
Here's another story from detnews.com.
Here's what Honda says on its Web site.
Definitely the end of an era.
What do you think? Leave your comments below.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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