The Honda Collection Hall is a

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housing a collection of

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consumer- and racing-oriented artifacts. It is on the grounds of the

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race track located at

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. It opened in 1998. It is operated by Honda's subsidiary, Honda Mobilityland.

Collection

All items in the collection are maintained in running order; the museum posts times when visitors can see the display models started. The museum contains approximately 350 automobiles, motorcycles and power products. This is a sampling of items that press reports found particularly noteworthy.

Pre-20th century

* Daimler ''Reitwagen'' (replica)

20th century

* Honda Dream A — first product to carry the Honda name in 1947 * Honda RC142 — first Honda

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point by Naomi Taniguchi in 1959 * 2RC143 — Honda's first

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win in 1961 * T360 pickup truck — Honda's first four-wheel vehicle in 1963 *

RA272 The Honda RA272 was a Formula One racing car designed by Yoshio Nakamura and Shoichi Sano for the 1965 Formula One season. It was the first Japanese car to win in Formula One, achieving victory at the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix after leading every la ...

— Honda's first

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winner in 1965 *

NR500 NR500 was a racing motorcycle developed by Honda HRC in 1979 to compete in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. "NR" stands for "New Racing". Model history The motivation behind the NR500 was company founder Soichiro Honda's desire to compete using ...

— oval-pistoned race motorcycle and Honda's first V-4 in 1979

21st century

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and Honda's E series/ P series prototype

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s * Caixa folding electric scooter

References

External links

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Honda Collection Hall
from Twin Ring Motegi
Google Virtual Gallery Tour
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