A Message to Fellow Enthusiasts All Over the World of HONDA

A Message to
Fellow Enthusiasts All Over the World of
HONDA Sports 2-seaters (1963-70)
from Your Friends in Japan:
"Join us this autumn at a great event to
commemorate the 50th anniversary of
Honda Sports 500/600/800 Series!"
DATE:
13th & 14th (Sun & Mon)
October 2013
LOCATION:
Twin Ring Motegi Circuit
in Tochigi Prefecture, North of Tokyo
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Dear Friends,
On behalf of the enthusiastic owners in Japan of Honda
Sports (S500, S600 and S800) cars, built between 1963
and 1970, we would like to encourage all the similarly
passionate aficionados (owners or not) around the world
of those coupes and convertibles to come visit Japan in
October 2013, to participate the two-day memorial event
to celebrate the historic car model's half-century
anniversary.
In the autumn of 1963, at the annual Tokyo Motor Show,
Japan's foremost motorcycle manufacturer Honda
unveiled its first passenger car for the commercial
market -- a tiny convertible called S500. Fully featuring
advanced engineering know-how which Honda had
acquired since the early 1950s, with its 2-wheeler
product development and international motorcycle
racing activities, the S500 was simply an extraordinary
performance car at its birth. With its all-aluminum,
DOHC engine's displacement soon to be expanded to
600 cc, and then to 800 cc, the Honda Sports was to
become an automotive legend.
"Without doubt," wrote Britain's Autocar magazine, after
testing an S800 in 1967, "It is the fastest production
one-litre car in the world. From an engine of just 791cc,
it offers more performance than its 1.3-litre European
competitors."
The rest, as cliche goes, is the history. And now, to
celebrate the 50th birthday of our most beloved Honda
Sports models, members of several owners' clubs in
Japan are preparing for a two-day event on 13-14
October of 2013, with such programs as time trial,
parade circuit run, talk shows, and much more!
Participants from overseas will be very welcome -please feel free to contact us for details of the event.
We look forward to meeting all of you at Twin Ring
Motegi!
Best wishes,
May 2013
Members of Organizing Committee
Honda Sports 50th Anniversary, October 2013
Honda Twin Cam Club, Tokyo
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FB:
http://www.facebook.com/HondaSports50thAnniversary
Twin Ring Motegi:
http://www.mobilityland.co.jp/english/motegi/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Ring_Motegi
For Google Map search:
Twin Ring Motegi, 120-1 Hiyama, Motegi, Tochigi, Japan