HONDA'S FACTS AND FIGURES

68,000 - vehicles Honda expects to sell in India during this fiscal year which ends next month

90,000 - vehicles Honda expects to sell in India next year

160,000 - vehicles Honda expects to sell in India in 2010

1,100,000 - approximate total number of vehicles sold in India last year

405,000,000 - money, in USD, poured into Honda's Greater Noida plant in India since 1997

28 - race victories taken by Honda in the Indy Racing League from 2003-2005 before Honda became the sole engine supplier

166,608 - total number of miles driven by IRL drivers - with Honda engines of course - in 2007

1 - total number of in-race engine failures during those 166,608 miles

65 - race victories taken by Honda in CART, another major open-wheel; Formula style series in America, during Honda's nine seasons of competition in that series

1 - IRL/Champ Car series created by this past week's merger of the two competing open-wheel series' in America

2,000,000 - vehicles built at Honda's Swindon, England plant during its 16 year lifespan as of last week when a silver CR-V rolled off the line

25 - growth, measured in percent, of production volume at the Swindon plant over the last eighteen months

80,000,000 - added investment, in pounds sterling, that Honda will put into the Swindon plant

0 - total wins expected in the Formula 1 season by Honda's own technical director - the very-famous former Ferrari tech director - Ross Brawn, who said, "Today we don't have a car to win, we will see what happens during the year, but in 2009 and 2010 we can be more optimistic."