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“Stan Mikita’s Donuts” in the 1992 comedy Wayne’s World / Photo credit: NHL.com Honda is making the most of its title sponsorship of the 2017 NHL All-Star Game in Los Angeles this weekend, partnering with Sports Illustrated and Entertainment Weekly to open up a pop-up café, “Stan Mikita’s All-Star Café Presented by Honda.” The temporary coffee…

Honda Europe announced today that the Honda Civic WTCC car will sport an all-new look at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, which will run from June 23rd through the 26th. Honda has partnered with the Jean Graton Foundation to create the distinctive design. One of only four WTCC machines carrying a one-off artist livery,…

Honda’s United States division has reported total September 2017 sales for its cars and trucks, which were up 7.4% combined on sales of 129,776 units compared to last year. Cars and trucks both set new September records, with cars up 14.5% on sales of 69,407 units and trucks up 0.2% on sales of 60,369 units….

Joey Thompson is a comedian who has the good fortune of looking like Ryan Gosling. So for the past four years, he’s been starring in a series of comedic YouTube videos that are based on his uncanny resemblance to the hunky matinee idol—videos like 2012’s tutorial “How to Look Like Ryan Gosling,” its sequel “How…

Between the sedan, coupe, hatchback, Si, and Type R, the Honda Civic already has enough variants to satisfy most customers. But now Honda has gone one step further and done the unthinkable by converting the Civic Type R hot hatch into a pickup truck. Displayed at the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) annual…

Photo: ©Honda Honda models swept the Kelley Blue Book’s annual “Best Buy” competition, topping six of the 12 automotive categories featured: Small Car: 2018 Honda Civic Mid-Size Car: 2018 Honda Accord Electric/Hybrid Car: 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid Small SUV/Crossover: 2018 Honda CR-V Midsize SUV/Crossover: 2018 Honda Pilot Minivan: 2018 Honda Odyssey Additionally, the all-new…

It’s a good time to be the 2018 Honda Accord. Having been last week named the “Overall Best Buy” of 2018 in Kelley Blue Book’s annual competition, the all-new model was once again recognized by the publication with the 2018 Kelley Blue Book Best Auto Tech Award. According to KBB.com, technology has in recent years…

While Honda historically performs well in the awards, its 2024 showing is genuinely remarkable… Whenever the COVID-19 pandemic passes and it’s okay to go out and… Honda kicked off the year with a truly staggering number of awards,… The 2018 Honda Accord and Ridgeline have both been named J.D. Power… What makes a car cool?…

The 2018 Honda CR-V, the best-selling SUV in the United States for the past 20 years, has finally arrived in showrooms around the country with a starting Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $24,150 for the base LX, front-wheel drive trim and $34,050 for the top-of-the-line, all-wheel-drive Touring. That represents a $105 price bump over…

Urban SUV Concept Slated for U.S. Production, Likely Named Honda HR-V Last year at the Detroit Auto Show, Honda unveiled the Urban SUV concept, a Fit-based crossover that sits below the CR-V in both size and price. More recently, the Japanese production version was uncovered at the 2014 Tokyo Motor Show and bore the name…

The All-New Honda XR-V Honda has started launching new cars in China to compete with General Motors, which currently sells 40 models in the country. Honda’s latest offering is the Honda XR-V compact SUV crossover, which was unveiled at the Chengdu Motor Show. It’s really just a Chinese version of the Japanese Honda Vezel, which…

The 2017 Honda HR-V We’re starting to get into awards season, and Honda looks to be a major contender, with several popular new models out this year that are already beginning to garner attention. Today, in fact, Honda racked up three 2017 Consumer Guide Automotive Best Buy Awards. The all-new 2017 Ridgeline was recognized as…

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…

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Photo: ©Honda Another month, another slew of Honda awards. The automaker just can’t seem to stop. After Honda swept the Kelley Blue Book  “Best Buy” awards, five of its models have won in their category in the 2018 Consumer Guide Automotive Best Buy Awards. Each year, Consumer Guide Automotive editors evaluate hundreds of vehicles to…

Honda is already working on a refreshed version of the Civic Type R — you know, the hot hatchback that was launched in the United States not two years ago? — and it’s already been spotted doing hot laps around the Nürburgring, because when your main appeal is being the fastest hatchback around, well, hitting…

A shark, a dolphin, and Lisa uncover treasure in “Storytime with the Accord” episode two Back in December, Honda launched a free app for customers called Honda Road Readers, which allowed families to listen to children’s audiobooks in the car together. In keeping with the theme of kids and the power of storytelling, the automaker…

Honda Jazz Honda’s sales in Europe through the first six months of the year were strong enough to earn it the title of the continent’s fastest-growing mainstream car brand. In the first half of 2016, Honda delivered a total of 88,242 vehicles to customers across Europe, reflecting a 33.5% year-over-year increase from sales through June…

It’s finally time for the 10th-generation Honda Civic to get a makeover. For the 2019 model year, the compact Civic Sedan and Civic Coupe have been visually restyled from front to back for even higher curb appeal. The front bumper and apron, upper and lower grilles, headlights and even wheels have all gotten a touch-up….

With 388,374 units sold in 2014, the Honda Accord led the way for last year’s Honda sales record Another holiday season has come to a close, and so too has another merry Happy Honda Days season. Very merry: In spite of bad press from recalled vehicles, Honda finished strong in December, selling 67,479 units that…

Honda is recalling approximately 350,000 vehicles in China following a deluge of complaints on the microblogging website Sina Weibo, the country’s equivalent of Twitter. The recall involves the CR-V and Civic models equipped with a 1.5-liter turbocharged engine, which have been accumulating unusually high amounts of un-combusted gasoline in the oil pan. Some accumulation is,…

It seems that when Honda vehicles are taking a break from earning awards, it is Honda itself that subs in and receives the honors. Last week, the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD) presented Honda with six awards at its 3rd Annual Diversity Volume Leadership Awards, held at the COBO Convention Center in Detroit….

Photo: Honda The Honda HR-V has made big forward strides for the 2019 model year, earning Top Safety Pick certification from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety after improving in several areas over the 2018 model. The 2019 HR-V earned the highest possible score of “Good” in the moderate overlap front, side, roof strength, seat,…