Honda Commemorates 50 years of Innovation in America

...but Honda missed a trick with the Prius!

I enjoyed very much reading the book about "Soichiro Honda", the founder and the first engineer of Honda motors. His achievements during his time were extremely high. Have anyone known that the variable-valve timing technology, which is commonly used today by every single automaker has developed by Honda since they were still producing a motorcycle? They gave the other automakers free license to this patent, only under one condition that they should promote the Honda's name as the inventor of the technology. The very first automakers to except this technology were Toyota, Ford and BMW. Of course, each company improved the original concept in their own ways, but it was Honda who lighted up this innovative idea and makes their name to stay in the same roll like the others.