Honda Promotes First-Ever Female Operating Officer

Honda CEO Takahiro Hachigo at the Detroit Auto Show In an effort to further diversify its top executives, Honda Motor Co. today named its first-ever female operating officer, Asako Suzuki. Suzuki is presently the president of Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., one of the Japanese automaker’s joint ventures in China. When she assumes the role of…

Honda Decries Formula One’s New Three-Engine Limit

Photo: Bertho RF1 Honda’s Formula One project leader, Yusuke Hasegawa, has called the sport’s move to a three-engine limit per season “unreasonable.” In an effort to cut costs, F1 regulations have increasingly limited the number of engines teams can use throughout the course of a season. In the early 2000s, the richest teams used a…

Honda Civic and Accord Lead Industry in Sales to Millennials

The 2015 Honda Accord is what the kids are into these days Honda is winning the battle for the hearts and minds of Millennials—and they’re doing so without actually having to release that ridiculous, youth-oriented HR-V “Selfie Edition.” The Japanese automaker recently announced that over the past 11 years, the Accord and Civic have been…

Another 2017 Honda Ridgeline Teaser Image Revealed

The final 2017 Honda Ridgeline teaser image Honda released another teaser image of the upcoming 2017 Honda Ridgeline pickup today, while also announcing that the truck will make its world debut at 1:15 pm on January 11, 2016, at the 2016 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The photograph shows the truck’s bed, confirming…

2016 Honda Pilot Begins Production, Goes on Sale Next Month

Associates at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, in Lincoln, Alabama The revamped 2016 Honda Pilot will soon be strutting its stuff in showrooms all across America. This Alabama-bred beauty, set to go on-sale next month at Honda dealerships nationwide, began mass production today. 1,500 Honda Manufacturing of Alabama associates celebrated, some holding signs, as the all-new…

2016 Honda Civic Type R Debuts (Finally) in Geneva

The 2016 Honda Civic Type R Speed demons have waited a long time for the Honda Civic Type R, which debuted in concept form a year ago at Geneva. But the production model of this Honda hot hatch finally premiered today at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, looking sharp and boasting serious power. A 2.0-liter…

Honda Presents 84-Year Old Biker with his 55th Honda Motorcycle

Honda Financial Service presents loyal owner Harry Adler with his 55th Honda motorcycle If you purchase 54 motorcycles over the course of your life, you are either a longtime enthusiast or a very accident-prone biker. Fortunately, it seems that 84-year-old biker and loyal Honda owner Harry Adler belongs to the former category. That’s why Honda Financial Service…

Honda Donates 2015 Odyssey to Ronald McDonald House of DC

Honda, the official automotive sponsor of the NHL, announced today that it would be donating a new 2015 Honda Odyssey minivan to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington DC. The charitable contribution is made in collaboration with the National Hockey League’s “The Biggest Assist Happens Off the Ice” program, the NHL’s ongoing social…

New Leasing Options Announced for Honda Fit EV

Honda Fit EVs at the Honda Smart Home in Davis, CA The all-electric Honda Fit EV just got a little more attractive to green car shoppers, thanks to new lease options for existing and prospective Fit EV lessees. This past Saturday at the Honda Smart Home in Davis, California, the automaker announced it is offering…