Posts Tagged ‘takanobu ito’

Honda plans to build “Green” sports cars in the future

Honda CEO, Takanobu Ito, revealed at the Tokyo Motor Show 2009 that Honda would consider to build “green” sports cars in the future that would represent the technology of Honda. He also mentioned that he made the decision to stop the development of the NSX successor. He did point out that the approach of the [...]

Honda will not return to Formula One

It was shocking news few months ago, when Honda announced retirement from F1. Many were expecting that Honda might return to F1, however it was confirmed by the new chief executive Takanobu Ito, that Honda won’t participate in the future. Formula One has changed and the interest is reduced due to the new regulations; that  [...]

Honda Announces New President-CEO and Management Changes

Honda announced that management changes will be made this year. Mr. Takanobu Ito will be the new President and CEO and will take the place of  Mr. Takeo Fukui by the end of June 2009. Mr. Ito joined Honda back in 1978, and began his career in the automobile’s R&D department, mainly as an engineer [...]