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Honda CEO Fukui and Jenson Button to Unveil the New Civic Type R Concept at the Honda Geneva Motor Show Booth.


Tokyo, Japan, Feb 20, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Europe Ltd. announced that Takeo Fukui, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., will be at the 76th Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland
Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva.
 Motor Show to address the members of the press on the 28th of February. The climax of this press conference will be the worldwide debut of the Honda Civic Type R The Honda Civic Type R is a high performance version of the popular Honda Civic. Type R models were preceded by the 1991 EF9 CRX SiR and the 1992 EG6 SiR II. The CRX SiR was the first Civic ever to utilize the venerable B16 engine and a helical LSD, with a stripped out interior  Concept, which strongly hints at what the production car will look like when it reaches the market in 2007.

In unveiling the Civic Type R Concept, CEO Fukui will be joined by the Honda Racing F1 Team's ever-popular driver, Jenson Button. Jenson will be making a brief "pit stop" from his busy pre-season testing schedule to help launch the exciting concept model to the press.

Honda's press conference is scheduled for 13:45 - 14:00, on February 28, 2006, at the Honda stand (No. 4250), in Hall 4 of the GENEVA PALEXPO site.

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: HMC)(LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor : HNDA.L) is one of the leading manufacturers of automobiles and power products and the largest manufacture of motorcycles in the world. Honda has always sought to provide genuine satisfaction to people worldwide. The result is more than 120 manufacturing facilities in 30 countries worldwide, producing a wide range of products, including motorcycles, ATVs, generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment and automobiles that bring the company into contact with over 19 million customers annually. For more information, please visit http://world.honda.com.

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