Acura
automobile
Also known as: Honda Acura
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Honda Motor Company, Ltd.
- In Honda Motor Company, Ltd.: From motorcycles to automobiles
Honda also launched Acura in 1986, establishing the first luxury division of a Japanese automaker. The company’s other major product areas include farm machinery, small engines, and power equipment. Honda is a major Japanese exporter to the United States and other parts of the world. It operates assembly…
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use of aluminum
- In materials science: Aluminum
…in full production were Honda’s Acura NSX, containing more than 400 kilograms (900 pounds) of aluminum compared with about 70 kilograms for the average automobile, and General Motors’ Saturn, with an aluminum engine block and cylinder heads. These vehicles and others took their place alongside the British Land Rover, which…
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