Because Honda's family is not rich, or it can be said that it is very poor, so Honda was sent to be an apprentice blacksmith when he was a child. However, the operation of the blacksmith's shop has not made the family rich, and most of them are just self-reliant, as poor as knocking on the anvil with a hammer.
After Japan popularized six-year preschool education, Shoichiro Honda became a primary and secondary school student like other children around him. However, the real change began when Honda first saw the vehicle, and he fell in love with this "mechanical equipment monster" from then on.
Two years later, Shoichiro Honda, who was promoted from elementary school to junior high school, did not choose to study again. Without hesitation, he rushed to a garage in Tokyo, Japan, and became an ordinary apprentice. Under the guidance of the teacher with the best hobbies, Shoichiro Honda not only studies hard, but also forgets to eat and sleep.
With the continuous development of the enterprise, at this time, Shoichiro Honda gradually found that many parts in the car were unqualified or the design scheme was worth improving, and the parts on the market usually failed to meet the requirements. So, he seized the opportunity and prepared to leave the repair industry ahead of time and enter the processing and manufacturing industry. This is just like the Cantonese saying that "eating bowls depends on porcelain bowls", but it also shows that at that time, Shoichiro Honda did not make mistakes.
As everyone knows, at that time, because of the shortage of combat resources, most raw materials were used to produce munitions, and the Japanese government's control order on raw materials made the processing and manufacturing industry not as happy as it seemed. This situation has driven Shoichiro Honda to think about what to do for a long time. Honda's idea is that goods that consume too much raw materials must not be produced. Finally, he chose the engine piston with less raw materials but the key influence.
1937, Tomichiro Honda, whose product development orientation is clear, founded Donghai Seiki Industry Co., Ltd. and served as the president. Naturally, the research and development of the engine piston was not smooth, because of the lack of experience, the production and manufacture of the engine piston was not as simple as expected, and because the professional knowledge of the metallurgical industry was basically zero, at that time, under the recommendation of his partners, Shoichiro Honda went back to school to study and train. After all, his diploma can be described as unbearable.
Not long after the establishment of Tokai Seiki, Toyota, Japan's largest automobile manufacturer, found Shoichiro Honda. After discussion, the two reached a purchase agreement, and Toyota decided to buy 30,000 engine pistons from the newly developed Donghai Seiki. For a new enterprise, the significance of this cooperation is obvious.
However, Honda's fortune is like a roller coaster ride. All employees of Honda and Donghai Seiki made 1000 engine pistons early in the morning, and 50 of them were screened out and sent to Toyota for quality inspection. Only three of them reached the standard. Compared with Honda Akira, who has obvious expectations for success, it is certainly not easy to give up. After re-investing in scientific research, the company finally suffered first, then sweet, and ensured the quality to complete the regulations mentioned by Toyota within the required time period. The experience of delivering goods to Toyota not only makes Donghai Seiki one of the excellent domestic distributors, but also makes Zongyilang understand the necessity of product quality again.
With the advent of World War II, Japan gradually implemented China's general mobilization, requiring all kinds of domestic automobile manufacturers to vigorously develop the military industry, including the emerging East China Sea Seiki, and the future of the enterprise is not as clear as Honda's imagination. In order to better promote the smooth development of manufacturing industry, the government decided that Toyota would contribute 40% to Donghai Seiki and send full-time personnel to participate. In this way, Toyota gradually became a shareholder of Donghai Seiki, and Donghai Seiki also became a chessboard in the hands of Japanese government departments. Under the orders of government departments, Tokai Seiki had to produce a large number of aero-engine parts and their engine pistons for ships at this time, which was completely different from Honda's idea. At this stage, everyone was listless.
1944, Honda's processing factory was attacked by American bombers, and its processing factory was hit hard again in the earthquake disaster in central and western Japan the following year. With the defeat of Japan at the end of World War II, the heartbroken Honda Tomichiro sold the remaining 60% equity of Donghai Seiki Heavy Industry Machinery to Toyota, and he completely left the company that had been full for two years.
A year later, 40-year-old Honda Tomichiro gradually started his second venture and started a new business in his hometown of Hamamatsu. The name of this enterprise is Honda Technology Research Office.
Japan was already a defeated country at that time. In addition, resources are very scarce. Vehicles have no gasoline and diesel on the road, so the general public can't consume it. Trains have to be overloaded and often stop. The rugged new road makes cyclists feel very difficult. At this time, Shoichiro Honda, who saw the business opportunity, bought a batch of surplus Dongfa generator sets from the Ministry of National Defense at a low price, converted them into auxiliary car engines and installed them on bicycles, using teapots as car fuel tanks. This kind of moped can not only make traffic more convenient, but also be very cheap, so it soon became a hot commodity.
This kind of moped with casual eyes is just like the electric donkey running on the street now. Needless to say, the key is easy to use, so many people buy it again.
1947, Shoichiro Honda and Chuan Dao (the second president of Honda) successfully manufactured the Type A auxiliary automobile engine for bicycles, which was also the first automobile engine with Honda logo. 1948, Honda shoichiro founded Honda technology research industrial production institute.
After that, it was like this. With the development of 12 years, Honda has become the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world with 1959.
With its assets, Honda gradually entered the automobile industry and expanded its overseas sales market. Initially, Honda mainly produced and manufactured super sports cars, large trucks and mini cars.
After two years' development trend, after the enterprise stepped on the right track, 1970, Honda released two cars, Z360 and Z600, and the successors of these two cars happened to be the famous Honda Civic. At the same time, Honda is actively developing sales markets outside Japan, and its products are sold to European and American countries and other countries.
1973, soichiro Honda resigned as the director of Honda's technology research industry, and Chuan Dao liked to take over the real power. At that time, it happened to be the first oil crisis, and the economic development of Hyundai Company slowed down obviously, while Honda entered a rapid promotion, among which Honda's rational car was obvious to all.
This kind of success was also unexpected by Honda, as Cantonese often say, "Eat shit and eat beans". Then Honda also attacked the high-end sales market, released high-end cars such as Accord and Legend, and also released the big brand Acura, which is now Acura.
In fact, Honda's halfway or some episodes can also be said to be driven by Japanese government departments, and Honda gradually caused it.
1963 when Honda was first established, Japanese government departments announced that due to China's free automobile import economy, China's automobile industry would be merged, leaving only three. At that time, Toyota and Nissan had already set two places. Compared with Subaru and Mitsubishi, which had a military environment at that time, Honda was just a motorcycle factory.
As the saying goes, a dog jumps over a wall, not to mention, people jump into the river easily to commit suicide. Shoichiro Honda then used technology to gradually push government departments to allow it to happen, stumbling all the way to participate in motorcycle races and F 1 races, creating a foreign-made Kun for Honda in the 1970s and 1980s. Let Honda's influence in Japan be enhanced and gain a firm foothold.
Therefore, over the years, Honda has always insisted on relying on its own diligence to create a sky, from motorcycles to private jets to marine engines, as well as other driving products including agricultural machinery. Honda has made great achievements, and it is also the largest automobile engine manufacturer in the world. Facing the sluggish economic development, Honda is more adaptable to the complex natural environment than Nissan.
Honda is a classic, inspiring and unique character. Compared with Nissan, the royal family, Toyota and Honda, which have stronger overall strength, are the same as their founders, Shoichiro Honda. They come from humble origins and have no influence. At first, they were in a situation where grandma didn't feel pain and brother-in-law didn't like it. Honda ranks among the top three Japanese auto companies in the spirit of hard struggle of Honda's "technology is above everything else, technology is the best in the world".
Today, Honda is also a huge multinational company, and its antenna TV also extends to cars, motorcycles, driving goods and airports. But the key is the car engine. You also know something about Honda's stubbornness in car engines, so Honda's red-headed machine is also the belief of many loyal fans. After all, it is also the crystallization of Honda's scientific research, which has experienced thousands of difficulties and dangers and has invincible glory day and night.
The temperament that people don't like to look at other people's faces when eating is deeply buried in Honda's heart. In major projects, Honda is financially independent from beginning to end, and it is not easy to hand over the most important technology and asset base to others.
Honda's classic inspiration and its red-headed machine are also lingering marks in many men's hearts, so it is also a "lifelong Honda" in many people's hearts, and everyone will have confidence in driving Honda. After all, there is a well-known saying that "slap Honda in one day and never plow your hometown".