When you invest thousands and thousands of dollars into a car, you want to ensure that the vehicle you’re buying isn’t going to fall apart in the next couple years. Is there any way to know which brand is better to buy when it comes to projected vehicle longevity? There is! Today’s cars are built…
2014 Jeep Cherokee shipping out to dealers and hitting the road soon. Those of you who have been patiently waiting for the arrival of the 2014 Jeep Cherokee don’t have to wait any longer—Chrysler has announced that the newest addition to the Jeep lineup will be arriving in dealerships across the nation later this week….
The Honda Fit e:HEV hatchback, unveiled at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show, uses a two-motor hybrid system that works alongside its usual 1.5-liter combustion engine. According to Yasuaki Asaki, Honda’s head of power unit development, the automaker looked to its Formula 1 program for inspiration when building this new roadgoing powertrain. High Performance Driving: Honda…
The Kylie Tjin Edition 2015 Honda Fit, next to the “Fan Favorite’ trophy it won in the Honda Fit SEMA Project Over the past couple months, six build teams have been competing with one another in the Honda Fit SEMA Project; each group customizing their own 2015 Honda Fits as they see fit (pun intended). Their progress…
The 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Photo: Hyundai Hyundai Motor America couldn’t have asked for a better way to begin 2019, notching a 3 percent sales increase for the first month of the new year. In achieving that sales growth, Hyundai was able to overcome twin hurdles of nasty winter weather and a protracted government shutdown….
A shocking new line of Jeep vehicles Photo: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Jeep’s lineup is renowned for innovative performance features and power. But those same vehicles aren’t exactly considered the most efficient. With Jeep’s newest initiative, that could all be about to change. At the Geneva International Motor Show earlier this month, Jeep officially unveiled plug-in…
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 Roadside Assistance will be standard on all 2015 Honda vehicles, including the Fit (whenever we actually get them) Starting with the all-new 2015 Honda Pilot, which is on sale now, and the 2015 Honda Fit, which we think will be arriving sometime in our life time, all new Honda vehicles will benefit from a…
Photo: Honda The 2020 EPA Automotive Trends Report shows that Honda is leading full-line automakers in America based on real-world fuel economy and tailpipe CO2 emissions for the 2019 model year, the latest year for which data is available. Across the whole lineup, Honda vehicles have the highest average fuel economy at 28.9 miles per…
2021 GMC Canyon Denali Photo: General Motors Saving money on a car doesn’t start and stop with the sticker price. There is a long list of expenses including maintenance, loan payments, taxes, and registration fees that as a new car owner you need to factor into your budget before you make a car purchase. One…
If you take a gander over at our news page for new vehicle awards, you may find that Honda and Honda models are regular fixtures. Subjectively, it’s always felt as though Honda was outpacing the competition in this regard, and now Kelley Blue Book has all but confirmed it for us. Four Honda models were…
The Honda Accord is considered the second most American-made car in the automotive industry, beating out the Detroit Three When you think of the most “American” brand in the car industry, it’s likely you immediately think about the Detroit Three—General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles—and don’t think about a Japanese carmaker. Now, Honda’s looking…
Photo: Honda Honda America has just opened its first full-scale wind tunnel in East Liberty, Ohio. The automaker says that the new $124-million facility, called Honda Automotive Laboratories of Ohio (or HALO for short), is “the world’s most advanced wind tunnel, with three separate state-of-the-art testing functions — aerodynamic, aeroacoustics, and racing — in one…
Photo: Honda Honda is maintaining its excellent track record for automotive safety with nine new Top Safety Pick awards, including eight Top Safety Pick+ awards, the most coveted safety rating in the industry, among which were three Acura models. The award winners were the Honda Accord, Civic Hatchback, Civic Sedan, Insight, Odyssey, CR-V, Acura MDX,…
Honda’s ASIMO robot is programmed to treat all cultures with equal respect, but the company’s other employees are far more human Last week, the federal government found that American Honda Financial Corporation had violated fair lending laws by routinely charging minority customers $150 to $250 more for loans than their white counterparts. As a result, the…
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