However, reaching these anniversaries has not been easy nor something that happens overnight. Much of this is part of the effort and vision of Soichiro Honda, who since childhood cherished the dream of winning a competition of this magnitude with a self-made vehicle, but how did this dream come to fruition?
After its debut in the 1964 German Grand Prix with the RA271 single-seater, which had an engine and chassis designed entirely in Japan, in 1965 Honda presented the RA272, the most powerful competition model of the time, which had a 1.5-liter Japanese V12 engine that provided a power of 230 horsepower. With this specimen under his command, the American driver Richie Ginther won the Mexican Grand Prix, at the Autódromo de los Hermanos Rodríguez in October of that year.
With this, the Japanese automaker not only conquered a racing circuit and took home a medal, but also managed to gain a relevant place among European powers as a supplier of automotive technology.
Later, in 1985, Honda began operations in Mexico. For 2006, it introduced the Honda Civic Hybrid, the first hybrid vehicle in the country. And today, in 2025, the brand has: two plants located in the states of Jalisco and Guanajuato where the Honda HR-V and Acura DX are produced; and a portfolio of advanced hybrids made up of the Civic Hybrid, Accord Hybrid and the CR-V Hybrid, the result of technological innovation that goes from the big tracks to the roads of Mexico.
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