Our favorite accessible luxury jet has been a huge success for Honda. We featured the HondaJet a while back and here is an updated piece with images courtesy The Car Guide. – TTT
HondaJet is the luxury marvel of aviation
Honda has never been just about cars. For over 68 years, the Japanese brand has one of the most diversified portfolios in the industry. Long before Honda founder Soichiro Honda started manufacturing cars, he ruled the roost as the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer?a title the company still holds today. It wasn’t until the early ’60s that Honda produced its first car, and another 10 years until the Civic landed on North American soil. Along the way, Honda was the first to create its own luxury brand in Acura; followed by some dabbling in ATVs, lawnmowers, and even its own robot named Asimo. Honda isn’t new to innovation, but when I received the invite to check out the Honda HA-420 HondaJet at the Buttonville Municipal Airport, just north of Toronto, even I was surprised. However, I wasn’t sure what surprised me the most; the fact that I never heard of the HondaJet?a company that was founded in 2006 by designer and engineer Michimasa Fujino, a former vice president at Honda R&D Americas?or that it was a state-of-the-art business jet that starts at USD$4.85 million"

Honda has long been renowned for its solid reputation for reliability, safety and comfort in a reasonably priced package. And here I was staring...