c|net roadshow: Honda's very first car in the US is a restored sight to behold. October 18, 2016 by Garret Vreeland in Vehicles, History It arrived in the US in 1969, sporting a 0.6-liter, two-cylinder engine that revved to a still-astounding 9,000 revolutions per minute. Wonder why they dropped the green paint. Seems very conservative now.