Honda: Virtual tour through history
BACKGROUND A visit to the museum can also be a virtual experience. The Honda Collection Hall at the Twin Ring Motegi track in Japan invites visitors to take a very special tour through the history of Honda. The exclusive and also largest collection includes over 300 exhibits, from cars to motorcycles to power products [...]
The exclusive and also largest collection includes over 300 exhibits, from cars to motorcycles to power products - racing included.
History of the brand on three floors
The virtual tour takes visitors through Honda's 70-year history, showing the most exclusive and important exhibits from every angle, with the opportunity to get a close-up look at one or two products in special videos.
Power products and automobiles
From the history on the first floor, the staircase leads directly to the second floor, with the cars, motorcycles and power products that have carried the Honda name around the world for seven decades. The exclusive exhibits include the S500 from 1963, Honda's first compact sports car, as well as the Prelude, the NSX or the Civc, which was also successful in Switzerland.
Micro cars and micro vehicles
Of interest are the successful micro-cars and micro-vehicles that have shaped Japan's streetscape for decades, and which represent the evolution of the Japanese vehicle market in the Honda Collection Hall. These include the N360, which Honda manufactured from 1967 as the first micro vehicle in series production. Other icons include the CB750, the world's first series-produced motorcycle with a four-stroke engine, and the legendary NR with its oval-piston engine.
Motorsport on two and four wheels
The third floor is dedicated to racing, from the monoposti to the GTs and the motorcycles that made history and some of which are still on the racetracks of the world today.
Visitors can see rarities such as Ayrton Senna's McLaren-Honda or the 6-cylinder RC166 with which Mike Hailwood excelled at the Isle of Man TT.
Bike engine kits
The exhibits date back to the 1940s, when Soichiro Honda installed the generator to power a radio set in his wife's bicycle to make daily shopping easier. In 1946, he developed this idea further by selling the kits known as Honda Bicycle Engines, which included gasoline tanks, throttles, power cables and other parts. This was followed in 1948 by the founding of the Honda Motor Company. This began a path that is still called "The Power of Dreams" today.
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