Honda Sells 60 Millionth Super Cub

Little cycle the best-selling motorized vehicle ever
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted May 24, 2008 4:23 PM CDT
Honda Sells 60 Millionth Super Cub
Honda Motor president Takeo Fukui rides on the first model of the company's mega hit motorcycle 'Cub' series after a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on May 21, 2008.   (AFP/Getty Images)

Honda’s Super Cub motorcycle may look mundane, but it's also the best-selling motorized vehicle in history, Wired reports. In fact, Honda recently sold its 60 millionth. The Cub first put Honda on the map by making motorcycles safe for suburbanites. But the ultra-dependable little bike isn’t available in the US anymore; it was discontinued back in the 1980s. (More Honda stories.)

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