Honda Super Cub - Model History

Model History

Production history

Annual Super Cub production from 1958 through 2008, the year cumulative production passed the 60 million units milestone.
Timeline of production locations
  • 1958 Yamato Plant, Japan
  • 1959 Hamamatsu Factory, Japan
  • 1960 Suzuka Factory, Japan
  • 1961 Taiwan
  • 1963 Belgium
  • 1966 Bangladesh
  • 1967 Thailand
  • 1969 Malaysia
  • 1971 Indonesia
  • 1973 Philippines
  • 1980 Mauritius
  • 1981 Colombia
  • 1981 Nigeria
  • 1985 India
  • 1988 Mexico
  • 1989 Brazil
  • 1991 Kumamoto Factory, Japan
  • 1997 Vietnam
  • 2002 China
  • 2004 Laos
  • 2005 Cambodia
  • 2006 Argentina
  • 2007 Peru
Sites no longer making Super Cubs in italic

The Honda Super Cub debuted in 1958, ten years after the establishment of Honda Motor Co. Ltd. The original 1952 Honda Cub F had been a clip-on bicycle engine. Honda kept the name but added the prefix 'Super' for the all-new lightweight machine. The Super Cub sold poorly at first, owing mainly to the recession in Japan, and then 3 months after the 1958 launch, customer complaints began rolling in about slipping clutches. Honda salesmen and factory workers gave up holidays to repair the affected Super Cubs, visiting each customer in person. When it was imported to the US, the name was changed to Honda 50, and later Honda Passport C70, and C90, because the Piper Super Cub airplane trademark had precedence. Similarly, in Britain they were only badged 'Honda 50', 'Honda 90' etc. as the Triumph Tiger Cub preceded.

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