Honda Australia


The Honda brand arrived in Australia in the mid 1950s, when independent firms imported Honda motorcycles. By the 1960s, motorcycles were joined by Honda vehicles, notably the tiny Honda S600 sports car and Honda N360 or Honda Scamp|Scamp] and later the accord and civic.
In the late 1960s, Honda Motor Co. decided on a national approach to motor vehicle sales. On February 4, 1969, Japanese Manager Hidehiko Shiomi set up Honda Australia Pty Ltd. It was the first Honda subsidiary in the world set up primarily to sell cars. By 1987, all of the private distributors of Honda motorcycles and power equipment had relinquished distribution rights and Honda Australia became sole importer of all Honda products.
In 1991, motorcycles and power equipment were relocated to Campbellfield to become Honda MPE, while Honda Motor Vehicles remained at Tullamarine.
In recent years Honda Australia has supported motorsport teams such as Wall Racing in TCR Australia. It also supported Jenson Button in his FWD lap record attempt at Mount Panorama.

People

Hiroyuki Shimizu is the with effect from 1 April 2017. Mr Shimizu served as Director and Vice President, Honda Automobile in his last assignment.
Stephen Collins' current role is Director of Honda Australia, a position he has held since October 2012. Mr Collins is also Chairman of The Honda Foundation.
Ms. Carolyn McMahon is the Director of Honda Australia Pty Ltd with effect from 1 April 2017.

Models and manufacturing

Nationally there are 107 Honda dealerships across Australia:
Launching within Australia in 1969, Honda has been a mainstay within Top 10 selling brands. In the 1990s, Honda established itself as quickly growing brand, and, within the 2000s, Honda Australia excelled itself, reaching 50,000 units between 2006 and 2008, and again in 2018, gaining it a higher position on the top selling brands charts. Throughout its establishment, Civic, and later CR-V and Accord Euro, nameplates have been very popular with Australian buyers, with each selling over 400,000, 125,000 and 60,000 vehicles throughout their tenancy.

Awards

Wheels Car Of The Year
Drive Car Of The Year
Australia's Best Cars
NRMA
RACV
RAA
RACQ
Carsales
Wheels and Which Car Annual Quality Ratings
Peoples Car of Australia Award
Australian International Design Award
Motor Performance Car Of The Year