Honda Collection Hall
Transport museum in Motegi, Japan
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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.
Exterior view of Honda Collection Hall in 2011 | |
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| Established | 1998 |
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| Location | Motegi, Japan |
| Coordinates | 36.527°N 140.227°E |
| Type | Transport museum |
| Collection size | 350 completely restored items[1] |
| Public transit access | Motegi Station - 20 min. by bus[2] |
| Website | world |
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]
