Inilah motor yang telah membina Honda Motor Co. dari abu-abu kemusnahan Perang Dunia Kedua. Tanpa motor ni, tak akan ada motor-motor Honda lain, termasuk lah kereta-kereta Honda yang ada sekarang ni. Ni lah dia 'atuk' kepada CBR, VFR, Accord, Civic, CR-V, enjin VTEC, pasukan Formula 1 Honda, NSX dan bermacam macam lagi.
The Honda Super Cub has been around for 50 years now with more than 60 millions of the motorcycle on the road worldwide. The Super Cub had a convenient automatic centrifugal clutch and a four stroke economical and clean engine even back in 1957.
When R&D was done, the motorcycle was so revolutionary at that time that Honda targetted sales of 30,000 units a month at a time where the total sales for motorcycles a month in Japan was 40,000 units. Today it is still very much relevant in the current economic situation with, close to 5 million units produced annually.
What’s next for the Honda Super Cub? Honda has produced a new global advertisement for the Super Cub and if whatever they are saying in the ad is true, they are determined to make a product that will open roads to a much larger success compared to the Super Cub.
Could there be an electric equivalent of the Honda Super Cub? It could be, as the commercial video shows two people riding what seems to be a bike… but the background is silent, as if the bike runs on a quiet motor.
Selamat Ulangtahun Atuk!
(Artikel dalam Bahasa Inggeris aku amik dari PaulTan.Org, sebuah blog automotif yang terkenal.)
P.S. - Aku pernah tulis pasal Honda Cub satu ketika dulu. Kalau nak baca, klik sini.
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