Subsidiary | |
Founded | 1959 |
Headquarters | Torrance, California, United States |
Area served
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North America |
Key people
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John Mendel (EVP) |
Number of employees
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25,000 |
Parent | Honda Motor Company, Ltd. |
Website | www.honda.com |
Coordinates: 33°50′16″N 118°18′55″W / 33.8378194°N 118.3152342°W
The American Honda Motor Company, Inc. (sometimes abbreviated as AHM) is a North American subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company, Ltd. It was founded in 1959. The company combines product sales, service and coordinating functions of Honda in North America, and is responsible for distribution, marketing and sales of Honda and Acura brand automobiles, Honda power sports products, including motorcycles, scooters and all-terrain vehicles, and Honda power equipment products, including lawnmowers, tillers, string trimmers, snow blowers, generators, small displacement general-purpose engines and marine outboard engines.
Honda-brand automobile models include the Accord, Civic, CR-V, HR-V, Element, FCX Clarity, Fit, Insight, Odyssey, Pilot and Ridgeline. Acura-brand models are the RL, TLX, RLX, ILX, MDX, RDX, TSX, TL and ZDX. Honda claims several firsts for a Japanese car maker in the United States. The company was the first to create a subsidiary to market and sell its vehicles in the country, and the first to manufacture automobiles in North America.