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Honda. A history of leadership.
1964 First Honda four-stroke outboard introduced.
1967 First Honda outboard introduced in the U.S.
1985 Honda has the first full line of four-stroke outboards.
1990 Our BF45 wins the IMTEC Innovation Award.
1994 Our BF90 prototype wins the IMTEC Innovation Award.
1995 The BF90 wins Popular Mechanics "Design and Engineering Award. "
1998 Honda Marine is the only marine engine manufacturer offering over
15 models of four-strokes from which to choose.
2001 The world's first 225 HP four-stroke is introduced. VTEC
is also introduced in a marine engine.
2002 Hundreds of BF225 s are put into service for the U.S. Coast Guard's Homeland
Security Initative.
2004 Our BF150 and BF135 are introduced. We also received the NMMA's CSI Award.
2005 We won our second consecutive NMMA CSI award and ranked highest in
customer satisfaction with four-stroke outboards in a tie by J.D. Power and
Associates.
2006 The all new BF90 and BF75 are introduced with Multi-Port Electronic Fuel
Injection and are the lightest four-strokes in their class. We won our third
consecutive NMMA CSI award and received a customer satisfaction award
for four stroke outboards from J.D. Power and Associates.
2007 Honda ranks highest in customer satisfaction for four-stroke outboards
according to J.D. Power and Associates.
2008 Introduced the redesigned best-in-class BF40 and BF50 and won our fifth
consecutive NMMA CSI award.
2009 Introduced the best-in-class BF60 and won our sixth consecutive NMMA CSI
award and a top customer satisfaction award from J.D. Power and Associates.
2010 Introduced the best-in-class BF115 and won our seventh consecutive
NMMA CSI award.
2011 Introduced the best-in-class BF250 with an industry first dual intake circuits
and AMP+, an idle charging system. The BF250 won the 2011 IBEX
Innovation Award. We won our eighth consecutive NMMA CSI award.
2012 We won our ninth consecutive NMMA CSI award. Honda Marine continues
to support the U.S. Coast Guard's Homeland Security Initiative.
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