Honda to Debut All-New 2019 Passport in LA
The rumors were true. Honda has confirmed that it is reviving the Passport with an all-new model that will debut at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show on November 27. The original Passport, a five-seater sold from 1994 to 2002, was Honda’s first SUV. The new 2019 model will be positioned somewhere between the five-seater […]
IIHS Names 8 Pre-Owned Hondas as Safest For Teens
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has recognized a total of eight older Honda models as being among the safest choices for teen drivers. As the leading cause of death among American teenagers is motor vehicle crashes, and as teenagers are more likely to drive used cars, the IIHS strives to find the best used […]
Honda Truck Sales Continue Strong in October
American Honda trucks were up 6.5 percent in October, setting a new record and helping the brand along to its fourth best October performance of all time. Excluding Acura, passenger cars were down 14.8 percent while truck were up 5.1 percent, resulting in a 5.3 percent deficit compared October 2017 vehicle sales. Nonetheless, the future […]
Honda Celebrates 10 Years of Production in Indiana
On Tuesday, October 9, associates and state and local government officials at Honda’s manufacturing plant in Indiana, Greensburg, celebrated 10 years of automobile production. The first vehicle that ever rolled off the assembly line in Greensburg was the four-cylinder Honda Civic Sedan on October 9, 2008. At the time, 1,000 associates worked at the plant […]
Honda Reports Record Truck Sales in September
American Honda truck sales soared in September, continuing the trend of declining passenger car sales and increasingly popular large vehicles, even as gas prices go up. With the CR-V once again taking the charge, Honda’s truck division set a new September record, up 6.3 percent over 2018. The CR-V was just shy of a personal […]
August Sales Increase for Honda Thanks to Refreshed 2019 Pilot
August proved to be a successful month for Honda in America, with overall sales up 1.3 percent thanks to the newly refreshed 2019 Honda Pilot.
2019 Honda HR-V Now Available in Dealerships at $20,520
The 2019 Honda HR-V is now finally available at dealerships nationwide with a starting MSRP of $20,520, excluding a $995 destination and handling charge and representing an $850 increase over the 2018 model. New for 2019 is a Sport trim and a Touring trim, refreshed styling, additional technology, and some performance refinements. Also of note […]
Honda’s July 2018 Truck Sales Up Over 8 Percent
While cars suffered throughout the month, Honda’s July 2018 truck sales were up more than eight percent, putting the automaker on track to sell more light trucks than passenger cars for the first time in its history. Because there was one less sales weekend in July, Honda’s overall monthly sales dipped a little, but customers […]
Honda Accord & Ridgeline Earn J.D. Power 2018 APEAL Awards
The 2018 Honda Accord and Ridgeline have both been named J.D. Power & Associates “2018 APEAL Award” winners in the organization’s latest study, which ranks vehicles based on owners’ emotional attachment and level of excitement toward their car. APEAL stands for “Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout,” and to measure that aforementioned and vague quality, J.D. […]
Honda Sets New June Sales Record
After setting a new record for truck sales in May, Honda did itself one better in June with a new overall record for total vehicles and trucks. American Honda, including the Honda and Acura divisions, was up 4.8 percent over June of last year on sales of 146,563 units, and the Honda division alone was […]
Honda Announces 2019 Insight Pricing and 55 MPG
Honda has finally revealed further details about the pricing and EPA ratings for the all-new Insight sedan. The car will start at $22,830 (excluding an $895 destination charge) and will boast an estimated 55 mpg in the city, 49 mpg on the highway, and 52 mpg combined. The new hybrid will be available at three […]
Honda Trucks Set Sales Record in May
If you feel like the roads have had fewer cars and more trucks lately, you may be on to something. Though car sales were down, truck sales (including SUVs) were up across the industry, and one of the brands that benefited the most was Honda. With Honda division truck sales totaling 79,808, making an impressive […]
Red Bull Will Compare Honda & Renault at Canadian GP
Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has said the team wants to compare the Honda and Renault engines at the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix, which will take place in two weeks. Though Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul had given Red Bull until the end of May to decide, that deadline seems mostly meaningless to its current […]
Honda Named in Autotrader’s ‘10-Best Non-Luxury CPO Programs for 2018’
Honda was one of ten automotive brands to be named in Autotrader’s list of the 10 best non-luxury CPO programs for 2018, and was further cited as being “an obvious choice” by the publication. The awards recognize the best CPO programs in the nation based on a variety of factors, including the length of the […]
Toro Rosso Believes It Can Win With Honda
The idea that a team would believe it had no chance to win in any given motorsport seems almost ludicrous—after all, why else do they compete?—but in Formula One, which is often a technological arms race between manufacturers where those with the biggest budgets succeed, the sentiment is quite common. Toro Rosso, for instance, which […]
Honda Clarity Series Earns 2018 California Air Quality Award
The 2018 Honda Clarity Series has earned the 2018 California Air Quality Award for Corporate Environmental Stewardship by the Coalition for Clean Air, a non-profit organization that aims to promote clean and healthy air in California as well as advance technologies, laws, and environmental practices to that end. The Honda Clarity Series is a lineup […]
Honda’s April 2018 Sales: Trucks Up, Cars Down
In a stunning twist that will shock no one, American Honda reported that it sold fewer cars and more trucks in April 2018 than it did in April 2017. Given Americans’ current proclivity for unnecessarily large vehicles, this is a conclusion nobody could have seen coming. In total, Honda was actually down across the board, […]
2019 Honda Odyssey Arrives at $31,065
The 2019 Honda Odyssey is finally on sale and will start at $31,065 including the destination and handling charge, representing just a $100 increase over last year’s base price, though the family-friendly minivan is largely unchanged. Under the hood is the same trust 3.5-liter V6 producing 280 horsepower and 262 lb-ft of torque, which uses […]