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Honda has shown off a roadster version of its best-selling CR-V crossover that it says will go on sale in the United Kingdom at the start of next month. Though it should be obvious this is an April Fool’s joke, the automaker nonetheless made sure to remind us that it was, and we must admit…

Photo: Honda Following the publication of Formula 1’s new regulations for 2021, Honda has committed to staying in the sport for at least another two years after extending its engine deal with the Red Bull organization. Honda will continue to provide engines to Red Bull Racing and its junior team Scuderia Toro Rosso through 2021,…

Honda is celebrating the 20th anniversary of production at Honda of South Carolina, where the automaker’s all-terrain vehicles and side-by-side vehicles are built for North American and global markets. When it was first established in 1998, HSC employed 200 people. Now it is up to 1,000 associates and the plant has quadrupled in size to…

The Honda Accord and Civic Type R were selected by the editors at Automobile magazine as “2018 Automobile All-Stars,” making Honda the only automaker to receive more than a single honor in the annual awards. Because Automobile makes no distinctions between class and price, the two Honda vehicles seem almost out of place in the…

Photo: Honda Honda is celebrating the production of the company’s 20 millionth vehicle in Ohio, a state that is home to three Honda manufacturing plants, including the automaker’s first in America. The Marysville Auto Plant initially represented a $35 million investment in 1979 to build motorcycles. Three years later it began producing cars, and since…

Sales of the 2014 Honda CR-V helped American Honda’s April sales climb 1.1 percent. American Honda Motor has announced that combined sales of Honda and Acura vehicles totaled 132,456 in April, resulting in a 1.1 percent year-over-year increase. Honda Division also posted a 1.1 percent increase with 118,334 units sold, thanks to the strength of…

John Mendel: Honda will not do “stupid things…that damage the [consumer].” American Honda’s market share in the first seven months of the year have slipped from 9.7 percent to 9.1 percent, but John Mendel isn’t worried. Mendel, the executive vice president of sales for American Honda, says that the company will not resort to rash…

American Honda and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund announced 16 winners of $5,000 in scholarship assistance at the Scholar Awards Breakfast in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday. These sixteen Latino undergraduate students were selected for their exemplary academic performance, interest in pursuing a career in science and engineering, and a working knowledge of the automotive industry. All…

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…

The latest episode of Tuned features a car that’s not exactly synonymous with cool: a Honda Odyssey. But what makes this particular one so special? Just the fact that it features a 1,000-horsepower engine. The audaciously-powerful Odyssey is the product of Bisimoto Engineering, an auto shop in Ontario, California, that is owned and founded by…

2014 Honda Odyssey Recall stems from side airbag issue A 2014 Honda Odyssey recall was recently issued by Honda and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The recall comes shortly after a recall for previous generation Odysseys, a whopping 86,000 of ‘em. This most recent recall of the 2014 Honda Odyssey affects nearly 25,000…

The Honda Accord (shown here at the Chicago Auto Show) was named KBB’s Best Mid-Size Sedan. Kelley Blue Book handed out their annual 5-Year Cost to Own Awards last week at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show, and the 2014 Honda Accord reigned supreme as their 2014 Best Mid-Size Car. Not only was the Accord the…

Photo: Honda The 2020 Honda HR-V began arriving in Honda showrooms around the country on Monday with a starting price of $20,820, excluding a destination and handling charge of $1,095. This represents just a $200 increase over the 2019 model. The new HR-V, one of many subcompact crossovers on the current car market, seats five…

The 2019 Honda Pilot is finally going on sale at dealerships this week and comes with only a modest price bump over the 2018 model. It will start at $31,450, excluding a $995 destination charge, marking only a $550 increase over last year’s base LX trim. For that, customers get a good amount of new…

Even though the current version of the Honda Odyssey is the best-selling minivan in North America, it’s scheduled to be discontinued following the 2017 model year and replaced with a new fifth-generation van. However, before the next-gen Odyssey makes it to US dealerships, you can still get the fourth-gen Odyssey before it’s gone forever. For…

After some extensive testing, Cars.com has announced a winner in the “Three-Row SUV Challenge,” recognizing the redesigned 2016 Honda Pilot with the top honor. Cars.com tested eight different three-row SUVs that were priced below $45,000 (including destination fee). The Pilot finished first, earning 782 points from the panel of expert judges. The Pilot beat out…

If you follow the exciting world of car commercials, you know that Chevy recently tried (and failed) to court the Millennial market with a horrible, terrible, no-good song about emojis. Now, Honda is trying to appeal to the older end of the 18-to-34-year-old demographic with the classic Weezer hit “Buddy Holly,” which the automaker says…

2014 Honda Pilot The 2015 Honda Pilot is already one of the more valuable offerings on the market, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping Honda from adding a little more on top. The Japanese automaker has just announced a new-for-2015 Honda Pilot Special Edition (SE) trim that will include styling, technology, and convenience upgrades…

After an explosive start to the year, the Honda award train has finally slowed a tad, but still shows no sign of coming to a stop. The latest recognition for the brand comes from Car & Driver magazine, which bestowed eight Honda models with its 2018 “Editors’ Choice” awards. Mid-Size Sedans: 2018 Honda Accord Compact…

As a family vehicle, the Honda Odyssey has always made the pursuit of safety one of its biggest priorities. Clearly, that hasn’t changed with the 2018 Honda Odyssey, which has just earned the highest possible safety ratings from both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NTHSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). In…

American Honda is reporting a slight dip in January 2018 sales compared to the previous year. The Honda Division (excluding Acura vehicles) was down 1.6% on sales of 95,634 vehicles. Cars were down 1.3% on sales of 45,224 units and trucks down 1.8% on sales of 50,410 units. Overall, however, the trend remains that of…

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…

The all-new 2020 Honda Jazz gets a first-in-segment front-center airbag Photo: Honda Honda wants its all-new Jazz e:HEV to be one of the safest vehicles around, so it did one of the things it does best: innovate. The result is new first-in-class, first-for-brand front-center airbag technology that keeps drivers and passengers safer in the event…

Will a week ever go by without the 2018 Honda Accord adding another award to a trophy case that, at this point, likely needs to be extended to another wall? Maybe, but it is not this week. This time around, the highly acclaimed car has earned its award from Autotrader, of which you may have…

It seems that just about every other piece of news about Honda pertains to some award or other its vehicles have earned. And, you’ve guessed it, this article is no different. Once more, the brand has earned a trifecta of awards, this time from the New York Daily News and with the honor going to…

The 2018 Honda HR-V will go on sale at dealerships nationwide today, carrying a starting Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of $19,570. That represents a $205 increase in price over the 2017 model year, and does not include the tax, license, registration, or $940 destination charge. The minor change in price represents minor changes to the…

The new 2017 Honda Accord Sport Special Edition Good Housekeeping has announced its “Best New Cars Awards for 2017” awards, among which was a Best Sedan trophy for the new 2017 Honda Accord Sport. The winners, which appear in the February issue of the magazine currently on newsstands, also include the Volkswagen Golf (Best Compact), BMW M240I…

The 2016 Honda Accord Sedan Touring and Accord Coupe Touring After premiering last month in Silicon Valley, the new 2016 Honda Accord has received official pricing in advance of its sales debut. The base Accord Sedan LX with 6-Speed manual transmission carries a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of $22,105; representing the same price as the…