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Show , Unlike the Research and i Development departments J at many firms, at Honda " Motor Co., R&D is a sepa- rate company, charged with j the task of conducting high- , level research and delivering i blueprints for new products J to the parent manufacturing , company. In this way, , Honda R&D's independence ; is assured. s As part of its high-level research, Honda R&D has been investigating the transportation trans-portation priorities of the '80s for the past seven years. Result: the creation of a technology that exploits ex-ploits the fuel efficiency of small engines without sacrificing sacri-ficing acceptable levels of performance, and the embodiment em-bodiment of that technology tech-nology in a new kind of high-performance vehicle. The Honda CX500 TURBO, the first mass-produced tur-bocharged tur-bocharged motorcycle was the answer. |