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 of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., will be at the 76th 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 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.