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Boon Siew Honda history

 

  • Boon Siew Honda menyambut 60 tahun yang gemilang dengan pencapaian pengeluaran lima juta unit motosikal di kilang pengeluaran mereka di Pulau Pinang.
  • Apa yang bermula dengan hanya 50 buah motosikal Honda cub pada tahun 1957 telah berkembang dengan pesatnya dengan pengeluaran unit yang ke-sejuta mereka pada tahun 1986.
  • Jumlah ini terus berkembang atas jasa beberapa buah model yang amat diminati ramai seperti Honda EX5 dan yang terkini, Honda RS150R.

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Boon Siew Honda (BSH) celebrates 60 successful years with the production milestone of five million units at their Penang production plant.

What started life back in 1957 with only 50 Honda cubs grew exponentially with their first millionth unit produced in 1986.

The numbers kept growing thanks to a number of successful models including the Honda EX5 and the latest Honda RS150R.

After six decades in the Malaysian motoring industry, Boon Siew Honda (BSH) celebrates quite a historical milestone today as the manufacturer and distributor of Honda motorcycles here in the country. The celebration was further enhanced with its five millionth unit produced in their assembly plant located in Penang. (more…)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Sejarah Boon Siew Honda bermula sejak tahun 1950-an apabila seorang lelaki berusia 43 tahun dari Pulau Pinang telah pergi bercuti ke Jepun dan telah ternampak motosikal Honda Cub.
  • Mendiang Tan Sri Dato Loh Boon Siew memutuskan untuk membawa balik beberapa model ke Malaysia bagi membantu negara mencari mod pengangkutan yang sesuai dalam usaha membangunkan semula negara selepas Perang Dunia II.
  • Bersama dengan Soichiro Honda, Boon Siew Honda berjaya menjadikan motosikal Honda sebagai sebutan ramai menjelang tahun 1970-an apabila mereka memperkenalkan Honda C70 yang amat popular.

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The history of Boon Siew Honda started way back in the 1950s when a 43 year old man from Penang went for a vacation to Japan set his eyes on the Honda Cub motorcycles.

The late Tan Sri Dato Loh Boon Siew decided to ship some model back to Malaysia to help Malaysia find the right mode of transportation to rebuild the nation after World War II.

Together with Soichiro Honda himself, Boon Siew Honda managed to turn the Honda motorcycles into household names by the 1970s when they introduced the very popular Honda C70 and the rest is history.

The late Dato Loh Boon Siew with Soichiro Honda

It was sometime back in 1958 when a 43 year old man from Penang made his way to Japan and saw something that would change his life as well as the Malaysian motorcycle industry forever. At the time, the late Tan Sri Dato Loh Boon Siew witnessed a Honda motorcycle that struck his very core with its beauty as well as practicality and being the natural businessman that he was, he decided to ship over a few Honda cubs over to Malaysia to test the waters. Those models are the Honda C100 Dream and Honda Bealy. (more…)

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