Honda Collection Hall

Honda Collection Hall

Exterior view of Honda Collection Hall in 2011
Established	1998;26 years ago (1998)
Location	Motegi, Japan
Coordinates	36°31′37″N140°13′37″E / 36.527°N 140.227°E / 36.527; 140.227
Type	Transport museum
Collection size	350 completely restored items [1]
Public transit access	Motegi Station - 20 min. by bus [2]
Website	world.honda.com/collection-hall/

The Honda Collection Hall is a transport museum housing a collection of Honda consumer- and racing-oriented artifacts. It is on the grounds of the Twin Ring Motegi race track located at Motegi, Tochigi, Japan. It opened in 1998. ^[3] 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. ^[4] The museum contains approximately 350 automobiles, motorcycles and power products. ^[5] This is a sampling of items that press reports found particularly noteworthy.

Pre-20th century

• Daimler Reitwagen (replica) ^{[6] [7]}

20th century

• Honda Dream A — first product to carry the Honda name in 1947 ^[8]
• Honda RC142 — first Honda MotoGP point by Naomi Taniguchi in 1959 ^[9]
• 2RC143 — Honda's first Isle of Man TT win in 1961 ^[7]
• T360 pickup truck — Honda's first four-wheel vehicle in 1963 ^[10]
• RA272 — Honda's first Formula One winner in 1965 ^[11]
• NR500 — oval-pistoned race motorcycle and Honda's first V-4 in 1979 ^[12]

21st century

• ASIMO and Honda's E series/P series prototype humanoid robots ^[13]
• Caixa folding electric scooter ^[14]

References

1. Tan, Paul (October 26, 2009). "Honda Collection Hall at Twin Ring Motegi". Paul Tan's Automotive News. Malaysia: Driven Media Sdn. Bhd. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
2. Access, Honda Collection Hall
3. Honda Collection Hall information, Honda Worldwide, retrieved 2012-02-26
4. "Bonus coverage: Honda's Twin Ring Motegi Museum", Red Rider, Honda Riders Club of America, May 28, 2008, archived from the original on June 11, 2008
5. Honda Collection Hall, Japan National Tourist Organization, retrieved 2012-02-27
6. Honda Collection Hall - Collection detail , retrieved 2012-02-26
7. Ken Hutchison (December 31, 2009), Honda Collection Hall Tour, Motorcycle USA, archived from the original on 2012-04-12, retrieved 2012-02-26
8. The Honda A-Type, Honda's First Product on the Market (1947), Honda, retrieved 2012-02-26
9. Henny Ray Abrams (October 2009), Honda Collection Hall - Motegi Museum, An Inside Look At Honda's Museum At Twin Ring Motegi, Sport Rider magazine^{[ permanent dead link ]}
10. "Honda Collection Hall - Tochigi, Japan", Turbo & High-Tech Performance Magazine, Source Interlink, June 2006, archived from the original on 2011-01-31, retrieved 2012-02-26
11. Les Bidrawn (December 2002), "Motegi Twin Ring Raceway-Honda Collection Hall-Museumtour: When You Die, Have Them Spread Your Ashes Here", Modified Magazine, Source Interlink, archived from the original on 2009-05-04
12. Japanese Impressions, Part 4, Visit to the Honda Collection Hall in Motegi, Honda Europe, 2009-11-27, archived from the original on 2012-02-12, retrieved 2012-02-26
13. Donald Melanson (March 23, 2010), ASIMO slims down, gains new capabilities in latest revision, Engadget
14. Justin Kaehler (September 17, 2004), Honda Collection Hall — IGN visits a little slice of Honda heaven, IGN , retrieved 2012-02-26

External links

• Official website
• Honda Collection Hall from Twin Ring Motegi (in Japanese)
• Google Virtual Gallery Tour