Honda: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars

By Mark Weston, Katie Yamasaki.

One day in 1914 when Soichiro Honda was  seven years old, an astonishing, moving dust cloud appeared in his small  Japanese town. The cause was a leaky, noisy automobile-the first the  boy had ever seen. At that moment Honda fell in love with cars, and a  dream took hold. He would one day make them himself. It took  Honda many years to reach his goal. Along the way he became an expert  mechanic and manufacturer of car parts. After World War II he developed a  motorized bicycle, the forerunner of his innovative motorcycles.  Eventually Honda began manufacturing cars, first race cars and then  consumer cars. Constantly seeking ways to make his products better than  his competitors’, Honda grew into a global industry leader.

Soichiro Honda had an inventive mind and a passion for new ideas, and he never  gave up on his dream. A legendary figure in the world of manufacturing, Honda is a dynamic symbol of lifelong determination, creativity, and the  power of a dream.

Paper: 32 pp.

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