20th Century Transportation, Globalization, Diversity

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20th Century Transportation, Globalization,
Diversity

• Worldwide, what is the best selling motorized
  vehicle model of all time?

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Is it the Model T?
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The Model T is Number 3.

• The first production Model T Ford was assembled
  at the Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit on
  October 1, 1908. Over the next 19 years, Ford
  would build 15,000,000 automobiles with the Model
  "T" engine, the longest run of any single
  automobile model made in the United States. From
  1908-1927, the Model T would endure with little
  change in its design. Henry Ford had succeeded in
  his quest to build a car for the masses

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IS IT THE VOLKSWAGON BEETLE?
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The Volkswagon Beetle is No. 2.

• First massed producted in 1946, in 1991 the
  Volkswagen Beetle was acclaimed Car of the
  Century, an accolade awarded by a panel of 100
  motoring journalists from 37 different countries
  including Britain. The original rear engine, air
  cooled, Beetle refused to die, being produced in
  increasing quantity in Mexico until 2003. It's
  hardly surprising it was voted Car of the
  Century. What other car can boast such huge
  sales, over 21 million, what other car can boast
  such a long production period, 57 years,

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No car can match the Beetle, but a motorbike
can! -- The Honda Cub
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The best selling transportation vehicle of the
20th Century was the Honda 50 Cub.

• Since 1958, Honda has stamped out 60 million Cubs
  and exported them to more than 160 countries.
  Though originally produced only at Honda's Sayama
  plant north of Tokyo, the cycle now rolls off
  production lines in The Philippines, Thailand,
  India, Brazil, Taiwan, Vietnam, China and
  Indonesia, where more than one million Cubs are
  still turned out a year.

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No longer made sold in the United States.

• "It's not a big motorcycle, just a groovy little
  motorbike," chirped the Hondelles on their early
  '60s pop song, Little Honda. Back then, only a
  dictatorial parent could deny their teenager the
  harmless joy of Honda's Super Cub -- the most
  significant motorcycle of the post World War II
  era, and a vehicle that stands equal to Ford's
  Model T and the VW Beetle in its contribution to
  personal transportation.

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Best Advertising
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Hondas Rise Demonstrates Much About the 20th
Century

• The Reemerginse of the Pacific Rim after World
  War II.
• Think Global, Act Local
• Diversity