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The Honda Odyssey is a minivan manufactured by Japanese automaker Honda since 1994, marketed worldwide, and now in its fourth & fifth generation in North America and Japan, respectively. The Odyssey had originally been conceived and engineered in Japan, in the wake of country's economic crisis of the 1990s – which in turn imposed severe constraints on the vehicle's size and overall concept, dictating the minivan's manufacture in an existing facility with minimal modification.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Honda Worldwide )〕 The result was a smaller minivan, in the Compact MPV class, that was well received in the Japanese domestic market〔 and less well received in North America.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Insideline, Greg Anderson, Jan 1, 1999 )〕 The first generation Odyssey was marketed in Europe as the Honda Shuttle. Subsequent generations diverged to reflect market variations, and Honda built a plant in Lincoln, Alabama, incorporating the ability to manufacture larger models.〔 Since model year 1999, Honda has marketed a larger (large MPV-class) Odyssey in North America and a smaller Odyssey in Japan and other markets. Honda also offered the larger North American Odyssey in Japan as ''Honda LaGreat'' between 1999 and 2004. ==First generation (RA1-RA5 chassis) (1994–1999)== The Honda Odyssey was a raised wagon from Honda and was launched in Japan and North America in 1994.〔http://www.sae.org/automag/globalview_03-00/02.htm Global Viewpoints Honda's Japanese Odyssey〕 It was offered with an optional 4WD (with RA2 and RA4 chassis), and 3.0L J30A engine with the RA5 chassis (Prestige version). L and Aero models were equipped with a sunroof. All the JDM Odysseys had the double-air conditioning system, separate for the front and rear seaters. Since the first generation all the models have been six or seven seater versions. In 1995, it won the Automotive Researchers' and Journalists' Conference Car of the Year award in Japan. In Japan, the Odyssey competed with Toyota Gaia, Toyota Ipsum and the Nissan Bassara. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Honda Odyssey (international)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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