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Honda R engine

Honda R engine (ホンダRエンジン): Honda's SOHC i-VTEC inline-four family (R18A/R18Z 1.8 L, R20A 2.0 L, plus a 2.0 L hybrid), used in the Civic, CR-V, Accord, Stream, City, and ILX from 2005, emphasizing low-end torque and fuel economy.

Honda RC213V

The Honda RC213V is Honda's MotoGP prototype motorcycle, introduced in 2012 for the 1000cc formula. It won six riders' championships between 2013 and 2019, all with Marc Márquez.

Honda Research Institute

Honda Research Institute is the family of advanced research organizations founded by Honda R&D in 2003, with bases in Japan, the United States, and Europe.

Honda Ridgeline

The Honda Ridgeline is a midsize pickup truck built by Honda for North America, sold in two generations since 2005 and distinguished by unibody construction and a lockable in-bed trunk.

Honda S2000

The Honda S2000 is a two-seat, rear-wheel-drive roadster Honda produced from 1999 to 2009, known for its high-revving VTEC four-cylinder engine and 50/50 weight distribution; more than 110,000 were sold worldwide.

Honda S660

The Honda S660 (エスロクロクマル) is a two-seater, mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive open-top kei sports car Honda built in Japan from April 2015 to March 2022, with 38,916 units made and no exports.

Honda Shadow

The Honda Shadow is a family of cruiser motorcycles built by Honda since 1983, beginning with the Shadow 750 and Shadow 500, its first purpose-built American-style customs.

Honda ST series

The Honda ST series, also known as the Honda Pan European, covers two unrelated Honda motorcycle families: small Dax minibikes and large sport-tourers built from 1990.

Honda Stepwgn (ホンダ・ステップワゴン)

The Honda Stepwgn (ステップワゴン) is a seven- or eight-seat minivan Honda has built for the Japanese market since May 1996, when it became Japan's first front-wheel-drive tall minivan.

Honda Stream

The Honda Stream is a compact seven-seat minivan Honda built in Japan on the Civic platform from 2000 to 2014, competing chiefly with the Toyota Wish.

Honda Super Cub

The Honda Super Cub, also known as the Honda 50 or Honda C90, is a step-through underbone motorcycle Honda introduced in 1958, with over 110 million produced.

Honda Type R

Honda Type R, also called Type R or Acura Type R, is Honda's designation for track-focused high-performance variants of the NSX, Integra, Civic, and Accord, first applied in 1992.

Honda V6 hybrid Formula One power unit

The Honda V6 hybrid Formula One power unit is the family of 1.6-liter V6 turbo hybrid engines Honda supplied to Formula 1 teams from 2015 to 2021, winning the 2021 title with Max Verstappen.

Honda Valkyrie

The Honda Valkyrie is a Honda power cruiser built on Gold Wing flat-six platforms in three generations: the F6C of 1997–2003, the 2004 Rune, and the 2014–2015 revival.

Honda VFR800

The Honda VFR800 is a sport-touring motorcycle with a 782 cc liquid-cooled 90-degree V4 engine descended from the RC45 racer, produced by Honda from 1998 through 2022.

Honda VTX Series

The Honda VTX Series was a family of V-twin cruiser motorcycles Honda produced from 2002 to 2009; the VTX1800 launched with the largest-displacement production V-twin engine available at the time.

Honda X-ADV

The Honda X-ADV is a 745 cc crossover motorcycle from Honda, combining adventure-bike ability with the automatic Dual Clutch Transmission and practicality of a large scooter.

Honda XR series

The Honda XR series is a family of Honda four-stroke single-cylinder off-road and dual-sport motorcycles, beginning with the 1973 XR75 and still produced today in models like the XR650L.

Hondsbosse and Pettemer sea defences

The Hondsbosse and Pettemer sea defenses are a sea dike on the North Holland coast between Petten and Camperduin, replaced by sandy dunes in 2015.

Honest Ed's

Honest Ed's was a discount department store at Bloor and Bathurst in Toronto, opened by Ed Mirvish in 1948 and closed on December 31, 2016, after 68 years.

Honey badger algorithm

The honey badger algorithm (HBA) is a nature-inspired metaheuristic for numerical optimization that mimics honey badger foraging, introduced by Fatma A. Hashim and colleagues in 2021.

Honeybee Robotics

Honeybee Robotics is a space-robotics engineering company founded in 1983 in New York and acquired by Blue Origin in 2022, known for drilling and sampling tools on NASA's Mars rovers.

Honeycomb paperboard

Honeycomb paperboard, also called honeycomb fibreboard, is a lightweight sandwich panel of paper faces bonded to a hexagonal paper core, used in packaging, furniture, doors, and construction.

Honeypot (computing)

A honeypot is a decoy computer system set up to attract attackers so their probes can be detected, deflected, or studied, producing attack telemetry with very low false detections.

Honeywell H2 trapped-ion quantum computer

The Honeywell H2 (System Model H2) is a commercial trapped-ion quantum computer sold by Quantinuum and deployed in 2023, offering at least 56 fully connected qubits and mid-circuit measurement.

Honeywell RQ-16 T-Hawk

The Honeywell RQ-16 T-Hawk is a ducted-fan VTOL miniature drone used by US Navy and Army units to find roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Honeywell System Model H0

Honeywell System Model H0 was the first commercial quantum computer from Honeywell Quantum Solutions, a 6-qubit trapped-ion processor delivered in 2020 with a record quantum volume of 64.

Honeywell TFE731

The Honeywell TFE731 is a family of geared, dual-spool turbofan engines producing 3,500 to 5,000 pounds of thrust, first certified in 1972 for business jets like the Learjet.

Hong Kong Airlines (香港航空有限公司)

Hong Kong Airlines, formerly CR Airways, is a full-service airline based in Hong Kong, established in 2006, with an all-Airbus fleet flying to close to 30 Asia-Pacific cities.

Hong Kong Baptist Hospital

Hong Kong Baptist Hospital (香港浸信会医院) is a private, non-profit Christian hospital in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, affiliated with the Baptist Convention of Hong Kong and operating since 1963.