Honda Sets New Monthly Sales Records in July

In what has become something of a trend, last month Honda enjoyed record sales, while the company’s luxury brand Acura continued to underperform. Today the automaker reported total sales of 152,799 Honda and Acura vehicles, setting a new July record and representing a 4.4% gain over last July. The record sales were driven almost entirely…

All 2018-19 Honda Models Claim 5-Star Safety Rating

As the year comes to a close, Honda has something big to celebrate: every 2018-2019 model tested this year has earned the highest-possible five-star score for overall vehicle safety in crash testing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, making the Honda lineup one of the safest in the industry. Of the 12 tested models,…

Whoa — Check Out The Honda E’s Infotainment Display

Photo: Honda Honda has announced that reservations for its new all-electric model, simply dubbed the e, have now been open in select European markets. Originally presented in prototype form as the Urban EV Concept two years ago, the Honda e represents a major step forward for Honda, blending retro styling with a sporty, rear-drive electric…

Learn to Speed Read with New Honda YouTube Videos

The Honda Civic Type R speeds by in the new Honda YouTube video ad, “Keep Up” “I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes,” Woody Allen used to joke in his stand-up act. “It involves Russia.” Similarly, we took a speed-reading course and read this wordy new Honda YouTube video…

2016 Honda Civic Named AJAC Canadian Car of the Year

Honda Canada President Jerry Chenkin accepts the 2016 AJAC Car of the Year award After being selected as one of three finalists at last month’s Montreal International Auto Show, the redesigned tenth-generation 2016 Honda Civic has won the prestigious Canadian Car of the Year award. The selection was made by the Automobile Journalists Association of…

Honda F1 Gauging ‘Very Complicated’ Penalty Call

Max Verstappen in the rain in Germany Photo: Honda Honda F1 technical director Toyoharu Tanabe says the manufacturer is facing a “very complicated” decision regarding when to trigger a grid penalty in the second half of the 2019 season. Formula One teams are limited to three engines per season, with any extra new parts incurring…

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2016 Honda Battle of the Bands Recognizes Student Musicians, Difference-Makers

Bethune-Cookman returned to the 2016 HBOB for the 11th time The 14th annual Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) Invitational Showcase was a rousing success, as over 63,000 spectators gathered in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome to watch eight marching bands from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) put on a display of their choreography and musical…

Honda Starts 2015 with Record January Sales

The 2015 Honda CR-V The so-called “Year of Honda” is off to a pretty good start, as the brand sets a monthly sales record in January 2015 with 90,202 vehicles sold. That marks an 11.6% increase over American Honda’s January 2014 sales. America’s best-selling SUV in 2014, the Honda CR-V continued its dominance by moving…

Your Daily US Honda Civic Type R Rumor

Because Honda has made us wait so long for the European-spec production model of the Civic Type R hot hatch, we’ve had plenty of time to speculate on whether or not an American version will ever materialize. In December, there were serious rumors that a US Honda Civic Type R model was in the works,…

Sato Heads Honda Podium Sweep in Portland

Honda came out the definitive winner of the first IndyCar race at the Portland International Raceway in a decade, with Takuma Sato claiming victory and fellow Honda drivers Ryan Hunter-Reay and Sebastian Bourdais completing the podium. It marked Sato’s first win since last year’s Indy 500 and it was his ability to balance speed and…

Honda Scores Podium Finish at INDYCAR Grand Prix

After a disappointing qualifying on Friday, Scott Dixon and the Honda-powered Chip Ganassi Racing team rebounded to score a strong second-place finish at the INDYCAR Grand Prix held at the road course within the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With his tires having lost heat, Dixon had only managed to qualify 18th during his qualifying runs, but…