Power equipment

Production started in 1953 with H-type engine (prior to motorcycle). [54]

Honda power equipment reached record sales in 2007 with 6.4 million units.[55] By 2010 (Fiscal
year ended 31 March) this figure had decreased to 4,7 million units.[56] Cumulative production of power
products has exceeded 85 million units (as of September 2008). [57]
Honda power equipment includes:

 Engine
 Cultivator
 Lawn mower
 Robotic lawn mower
 Riding mower
 Trimmer
 Mower
 Blower
 Sprayer
 Hedge trimmer
 Snowthrower
 Generator, welding power supply
 Pump
 Outboard engine
 Inflatable boat
 Electric 4-wheel Scooter
 Compact Household Cogeneration Unit
Engines

Honda Outboard motor on a pontoon boat

Honda engines powered the entire 33-car starting field of the 2010 Indianapolis 500[58] and for the
fifth consecutive race, there were no engine-related retirements during the running of the Memorial
Day Classic.[59]
In the 1980s Honda developed the GY6 engine for use in motor scooters. Although no longer
manufactured by Honda it is still commonly used in many Chinese, Korean and Taiwanese light
vehicles.[60]
Honda, despite being known as an engine company, has never built a V8 for passenger vehicles. In
the late 1990s, the company resisted considerable pressure from its American dealers for a V8
engine (which would have seen use in top-of-the-line Honda SUVs and Acuras), with American
Honda reportedly sending one dealer a shipment of V8 beverages to silence them.[61] Honda
considered starting V8 production in the mid-2000s for larger Acura sedans, a new version of the
high-end NSX sports car (which previously used DOHC V6 engines with VTEC to achieve its high
power output) and possible future ventures into the American full-size truck and SUV segment for
both the Acura and Honda brands, but this was canceled in late 2008, with Honda citing
environmental and worldwide economic conditions as reasons for the termination of this project. [62]