50 years of the Super Cub. September 2008
"I would also like to thank Honda associates who have supported the history of Super Cub. Super Cub has continuously advanced to accommodate the needs and preferences of people throughout the world, and cumulative worldwide production of Cub series motorcycles reached the 60 million-unit milestone in April of this year."
Since the introduction of the first Super Cub C100 model in1958, Super Cub has been a long-selling product sold in more than160 countries* to date, and customers around the world enjoy using Super Cub every day. Production of Super Cub in regions outside of Japan began in 1961 in Taiwan, with production based on component parts sets provided from Japan and was expanded to other countries based on Honda's commitment to "build products close to the customer."
The Honda Cub series is currently being produced at 16 plants in 15 countries around the world.
* Honda's internal data
Key milestones of Honda Super Cub
August 1958 Sales of Super Cub C100 begin (air-cooled 4-stroke, single-cylinder OHV, 49cc, 4.5hp)
1959 Exports to U.S.A. begin
1960 Production at Suzuka Factory begins
1961 Cumulative production reaches 1 million-unit milestone
Production based on component parts sets begin in Taiwan (first production outside of Japan)
1964 Sales of Super Cub C65 (the first OHC engine) begins
1966 Sales of Super Cub C50 (OHC engine) begin
1967 Cumulative production reaches 5 million-unit milestone
1974 Cumulative production reaches 10 million-unit milestone
1983 Fuel consumption of 180km/liter (30km/h constant-speed test value) achieved (Super Cub 50 Super Custom)
1988 Sales of Press Cub begin
1991 Production transferred to Kumamoto Factory
1992 Cumulative production reaches 20 million-unit milestone
1997 Sales of Little Cub begin
2005 Cumulative production reaches 50 million-unit milestone
2007 An electronically-controlled fuel injection system, Honda's PGM-FI, installed on Super Cub 50, Press Cub 50 and LittleCub.
2008 Cumulative production reaches 60 million-unit milestone.
