Born in 1983, the four-stroke general purpose engine GX series obtained support from a wide range of industries as a world-class power unit for various machinery such as small construction machines and agricultural machines by employing a light and compact inclined cylinder with a low center of gravity and little engine vibration for the first time in the world. The current lineup of GX series offers seven models with a range of total engine displacement from 118cm3 to 389cm3. As the cumulative number of units of the entire lineup produced has exceeded 50 million.