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Honda Brasil

In Brazil since 1971 , when it began to import and produce motorcycles in Manaus (AM), Moto Honda da Amazonia Ltda. is currently the largest manufacturer of motorcycles in Brazil, with more than 20 million units produced . Since 2001, the company produces, also in Manaus , models of stationary engines and also sells generators , water pumps , brush cutters , lawn mowers and outboard motors imported from other units of the brand worldwide. A year later, Honda began producing quads in the unit . In 1992 , with the creation of Honda Cars of Brazil Ltda. , the company entered the competitive Brazilian automobile market also through imports and, since 1997 , with domestic production of cars in Sumaré (SP) . In 2013, Honda announced its second automobile plant in Itirapina , São Paulo , scheduled to open in 2015 . In an innovative initiative in the automotive segment in the country , the company started in the same year the construction of its first wind farm in the town of Shangri-La , in Rio Grande do Sul. To manage the operations of the park, which will supply all the electricity demand of the factory of Sumaré , Honda Energy was created in Brazil . In the country , it is also part of the group Honda Financial Services, which includes the National Consortium Honda, Insurance brokerage Honda, Honda Leasing and the Bank Honda, present in the authorized network throughout Brazil facilitating customer access to products brand