Honda is the world's largest manufacturer of engines. In 2009 alone, Honda produced and marketed more than 23 million units globally for a diverse array of automotive, motorcycle, marine, and power equipment products.

Honda Engines offers a complete line of small, general purpose engines for commercial, rental industry, and consumer applications. Honda engines supply smooth and dependable power for more than 3,000 different product applications, including pressure washers, lawn mowers, and rescue and construction equipment.

Additionally, Honda engines are some of the quietest and easiest to start of their kind, even in harsh commercial and construction environments. These attributes have made Honda engines the popular choice for original equipment manufacturers looking to add value to their own brands.

Investment in America

Although Honda Engines, Power Equipment, and Marine products are produced at 11 Honda manufacturing facilities worldwide, nearly 75 percent of Honda power products sold in America are produced using domestic and globally sourced parts at the Honda Power Equipment Manufacturing, Inc. (HPE) facility in Swepsonville, North Carolina.

Opened in August 1984, has a capacity of 1.5 million engines per year.

In 1999, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. invested more than $6 million in its new Power Equipment Division headquarters in Alpharetta, GA., which oversees sales, distribution, marketing and exportation of Honda Power Equipment, Engines, and Marine products.

Currently, Honda employs nearly 27,000 people in the United States, with a U.S. capital investment of $12.1 billion.

Environmental Orientation

In January 2007, Honda Engines began certifying its models to the new, lower California Air Resources Board (CARB) 2007 and existing EPA Phase 2 emission requirements and offering 50 state compliant engines.

As a result, the overall emission levels from Honda engines since that point have been reduced by more than 32% compared to 1995.

This means that in addition to certifying to the new, more stringent 2010 CARB emission requirements, Honda’s new engines meet the current EPA requirements and will be ready for 2011 lower EPA and CARB standards.

The development of one engine for use in all 50 states reflects Honda’s forward thinking on emission regulations, air quality, and the needs of its customers.

In addition, Honda engines meet the new CARB exhaust and evaporative emissions requirements without the use of a catalytic converter.

Product Line

Honda produces 37 models in four basic series:

From these 37 basic models, Honda offers more than 400 variations to meet a wide variety of needs and applications.