I thought Honda just made, cars, lawn mowers, generators and motorcycles ...

[Mr Quatro]

Now they make jet engines and have been developing this one since the 1980's

http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/21/5735796/honda-is-making-a-luxury-jet-with-really-weird-engines

The six-passenger bullet cruises at 420 knots — about 0.63 Mach — and gets power from a pair of specially designed turbofans developed through a joint venture with General Electric.

Honda just announced this week that the first production HondaJet is now in final assembly. The road to this point hasn't been an easy one — the high-tech transport has been beset with delays, most recently due to an engine failure during testing — but the company says it's tracking for FAA certification in the first quarter of 2015.

Start saving your pennies: the aircraft will command around $4.5 million when it goes on sale.