 Civic, Accord, CRV, HondaJet. Honda is best known for its practical line of cars, but the Japanese automaker has dipped its toes into a variety of other businesses too. It has generators, lawnmowers, motorcycles, a friendly humanoid robot named Asimo, and now a beautiful jet designed to ferry six titans of industry to their destination in total luxury. What makes the HondaJet weird though, besides the fact that Honda is making an aircraft, is the way the engines are mounted. Most business jets, like Learjets, Gulfstreams, and the like, have a pair of turbofans mounted on either side of the rear of the fuselage. The HondaJet, on the other hand, has its engines mounted on pylons that rise from each wing. Honda claims benefits to fuel efficiency and cabin space, and on a jet this small, you need all the cabin space you can get. The plane has been in development for a long time. In fact, Honda started looking into business jets in the late 1980s, partnering with Mississippi State University on the MH-02, an even weirder looking plane that was never intended for production. The HondaJet meanwhile made its maiden flight back in 2003, and has been delayed several times since then. It turns out building a Mach.63 luxury bullet is harder than it looks. At $4.5 million each, the market for the HondaJet won't be huge, but for the executives who absolutely need to get from New York to LA in the blink of an eye, this might be one of the more attractive options out there. It'll be able to travel over 1,300 miles between refuelings with the typical load, clipping along at a brisk 420 knots at 30,000 feet. Even the pilots are wrapped in luxury. They've got access to a battery of giant displays provided by Garmin that sit in place of traditional instruments. The HondaJet's from the future, and unfortunately the future isn't cheap. If everything goes according to plan and the plane is certified for sale by the FAA early next year, it'll run you a cool $4.5 million. Start saving up.
 Civic, Accord, CRV, HondaJet. Honda is best known for its practical line of cars, but
 the Japanese automaker has dipped its toes into a variety of other businesses too. It
 has generators, lawnmowers, motorcycles, a friendly humanoid robot named Asimo, and now
 a beautiful jet designed to ferry six titans of industry to their destination in total
 luxury. What makes the HondaJet weird though, besides the fact that Honda is making an aircraft,
 is the way the engines are mounted. Most business jets, like Learjets, Gulfstreams, and the like,
 have a pair of turbofans mounted on either side of the rear of the fuselage. The HondaJet,
 on the other hand, has its engines mounted on pylons that rise from each wing. Honda
 claims benefits to fuel efficiency and cabin space, and on a jet this small, you need all
 the cabin space you can get. The plane has been in development for a long time. In fact,
 Honda started looking into business jets in the late 1980s, partnering with Mississippi
 State University on the MH-02, an even weirder looking plane that was never intended for
 production. The HondaJet meanwhile made its maiden flight back in 2003, and has been delayed
 several times since then. It turns out building a Mach.63 luxury bullet is harder than it
 looks. At $4.5 million each, the market for the HondaJet won't be huge, but for the executives
 who absolutely need to get from New York to LA in the blink of an eye, this might be one
 of the more attractive options out there. It'll be able to travel over 1,300 miles
 between refuelings with the typical load, clipping along at a brisk 420 knots at 30,000
 feet. Even the pilots are wrapped in luxury. They've got access to a battery of giant
 displays provided by Garmin that sit in place of traditional instruments. The HondaJet's
 from the future, and unfortunately the future isn't cheap. If everything goes according
 to plan and the plane is certified for sale by the FAA early next year, it'll run you
 a cool $4.5 million. Start saving up.