Power Products History
Introducing the history of Honda’s power products by category

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Introducing the history of Honda’s power products by category

General-Purpose Engines

In post-World War II Japan, Honda yearned to make people’s lives easier, and create tools that would be useful in everyday life. This desire eventually led to the development of an auxiliary engine for bicycles, which led to the Super Cub, and ultimately to the birth of Honda Power Products.

General-Purpose Engines

Tiller Chapter 1 : Easing the labor of rural communities

Driven by the conviction that technology should make people’s lives easier, Honda began developing and selling tillers following its general-purpose engines. Amid the harsh post-World War II agricultural environment, Honda’s tillers played a major role in revitalizing postwar agriculture in Japan.

Easing the labor of rural communities

Tiller Chapter 2 : Honda’s goal was to replace the hoe

Driven by the conviction that technology should make people’s lives easier, Honda began developing and selling tillers following its general-purpose engines. Amid the harsh post-World War II agricultural environment, Honda’s tillers played a major role in revitalizing postwar agriculture in Japan.

Honda’s goal was to replace the hoe

Tiller Chapter 3 : Even Lighter, More Compact Honda Tillers

Honda has created a new market for compact agricultural machinery as a “replacement for the hoe,” making manual farmwork easier and improving people’s lives.

Even Lighter, More Compact Honda Tillers