The company has a strong racing heritage, as Hirotoshi Honda began building his own racing car in a workshop at his father's house, shortly before he graduated from Nihon University in 1965.
A compañía ten unha forte herdanza de carreiras, xa que Hirotoshi Honda comezou a construír o seu propio auto de carreiras nun taller na casa do seu pai, pouco antes de graduarse da Universidade de Nihon en 1965.