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Honda, second from left, and Kawashima, third kind left , at the inaugural reception for new firm president Kawashima. Honda France Industriel started manufacturing of garden mowers and tillers in June 1986. Honda took its first step toward European auto manufacturing in December 1979, when it signed an settlement for technical collaboration with British Leyland Ltd. (now Rover Group Ltd.).