Honda Canada Donates Four Million to the Stevenson Memorial Hospital Foundation
Today the Honda Canada Foundation announced a $4 million charitable donation to the Stevenson Memorial Hospital Foundation, a hospital located near the Honda of Canada Manufacturing facilities and its more than 4,000 employees. The generous gift includes $1 million for the purchase of life-saving medical equipment, while the remaining $3 million will go to supporting […]
Honda Canada CEO and President Jerry Chenkin Announces Retirement
Today Honda Canada President and CEO Jerry Chenkin announced his intent to retire after a successful four-decade career with the automotive company. Chenkin will remain in his role until being replaced by fellow Honda Canada veteran Dave Gardner on March 31, 2017. After emigrating from London to Canada in 1975, Chenkin began his career in […]
Honda Canada Picks Up Five Awards for Value Retention
Awards season is almost always kind to the Honda brand—and that goes double for up in Canada, our world’s nicest and most generous sovereign nation. Honda Canada just received a total of five awards from Canadian Black Book (CBB) and ALG in recognition of overall best retained value and best residual value. The segment awards […]
Honda Canada Gives Away 2016 Civic at Toronto Blue Jays Game
Toronto fans who went to Sunday’s game were treated to a thrilling experience, as the Blue Jays rallied in the ninth to beat the rival New York Yankees with a walk-off RBI single from the bat of Edward Encarnación. But for three lucky fans in attendance, that wasn’t even the most exciting part of the […]
Honda Canada Helps Raise $75,000 for Make-A-Wish at Honda Indy Toronto
This past week, the 2016 Honda Indy Toronto racing event raised a whopping $75,000 for Make-A-Wish Canada. Of the total raised, $30,000 of it came from the Ontario Honda Dealers Association (OHDA) and the Honda Canada Foundation (HCF), who matched contributions made by fans. The remaining $15,000 came from new partners Tim Hortons and Johnsonville […]
Kvyat: Canada Will Test Honda’s F1 Progress
Daniil Kvyat believes the upcoming 2019 Canadian GP will be a “good test” to judge how far Honda has come with its Formula One engine. While Honda is undoubtedly having its best year yet since its return to F1 in 2015, it’s still been difficult to gauge where it stacks up with regards to the […]
The Two Millionth Honda Civic is Sold in Canada
That’s a lot of Civics, eh? Today Honda Canada Inc. announced the retail sale of the two-millionth Honda Civic in Canada, a milestone 43 years in the making. The iconic nameplate was first introduced to our neighbors to the north in 1973. The best-selling passenger car in Canada the past 19 straight years, the Civic […]
Honda Auctioning Off Seven-Millionth Vehicle Built in Canada for Charity
Honda recently celebrated the manufacturing of its 30 millionth vehicle built in North America. Though most were made here in the United States, a fair amount of those automobiles were produced by our neighbor to the North, Canada—about seven million, in fact. Now, the Japanese automaker has announced that the milestone seven-millionth Honda—a 2015 Civic […]
Honda is Leading Automaker in Cars.com 2022 American-Made Index
Honda remains the top non-American brand in the Cars.com American-Made Index, performing at the same level as most of the top American brands
Ford EcoSport Confirmed Dead in Canada as Well
Earlier this month, Ford announced some big operational changes in India that will among other things kill off the EcoSport SUV. A spokesperson from Ford of Canada confirmed that, yes, the EcoSport is as dead in Canada as it is in the United States. More Ford SUVs: New Ford Escape offers four powertrain options, including […]
Four of the Top 10 American-Made Cars are Hondas
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Turkey Will Replace Canada in 2021 F1 Season
Health authorities in Montréal and Québec could not come to an agreement on whether to approve F1’s request for an exception to the mandatory 14-day quarantine
Hyundai Sonata Named Canada’s Best Family Sedan by autoTRADER.ca
Hyundai’s efforts to keep its sedan lineup on the cutting edge have paid off. A jury of auto experts recently honored the Hyundai Sonata as the 2021 autoTRADER.ca Best Family Sedan. Another Super Hyundai Sedan: Get the details on the all-new 2021 Elantra To win this award, the Sonata successfully went up against some especially […]
Hyundai Accent Gets Canceled in Canada
The Hyundai Accent won’t return to Canada for another model year — marking the end of an era for a vehicle that used to be the country’s most popular small car. Confidence Booster: The 2020 Hyundai Elantra is loaded with advanced safety features Hyundai says that it will stop producing the Accent for Canada at […]
Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition Sold Out in 4 Minutes
When the 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition went up on Honda Canada’s website as being available to order, all 100 units allocated to that region were snapped up in a measly four minutes — before any of the buyers even knew what the car would cost. The same thing happened in the United […]
Honda Extends Production Suspension to May 1
Honda announced it has once more extended the production suspension at all of its automobile, engine, and transmission plants across the United States and Canada. Production will remain suspended through May 1. Honda began its automobile production suspension on March 23 and has since extended it again twice. Interestingly, the automaker only mentioned stopping the […]
Honda Plant Shutdown Extended to April 7
Honda has announced it will extend its production suspension at all automobile, engine, and transmission plants in the United States and Canada. The Honda plant shutdown was initially planned to take place from March 23 to March 30, with a return date of March 31. Honda has now extended the suspension by five production days, […]
Toyota Canada Receives 9 Best Retained Value Awards
Toyota Canada has received nine 2020 Best Retained Value Awards from Canadian Black Book, including two Best Overall Brand Awards. It also received seven 2020 ALG Residual Value Awards to boot. Canadian Black Book is one of the most trusted automotive resources for Canadian drivers, and each year the Best Retained Value Awards strive to […]