Photo: Honda Historically, automakers have prioritized rugged performance over comfort when it comes to trucks. If you’re looking for a truck that’s comfortable for long drives but also rugged enough to take on dirty trucks, take a look at the 2020 Honda Ridgeline. Now in its second generation, this ride has the features it needs…
Outgoing Honda CEO Takanobu Ito Amid a series of recalls in Japan, Honda president and CEO Takanobu Ito took the first steps toward automotive seppuku when he accepted a voluntary pay cut for his transgressions back in October 2014. Now his long, ritualistic suicide is complete, as Honda announced today that Ito will be stepping…
Photo: JD Hancock via CC Today, Honda surprised many by reporting a 20% increase in fiscal first quarter profits. Apparently, the costs of the Japanese automaker’s airbag recall were offset by the benefits of a cheap yen. Honda’s April-June net profit was 186 billion yen ($1.5 billion USD), representing a 155.6 billion yen year-over-year increase….
Chicago meets the 2016 Honda Pilot at its glitzy debut Photo: Honda via YouTube “The Year of Honda” continues at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show. As one of the first brands to present this week in the Windy City, Honda has debuted its highly-anticipated, redesigned eight-seater: the 2016 Pilot SUV. The automaker intends to bring “new…
The 2015 Honda Fit American Honda Motor Co. has reported March 2015 sales figures, with a total of 126,293 Honda and Acura automobiles sold last month. Honda vehicles accounted for 111,623 of those sales, representing a 5.2% decrease in comparison to March of last year. But it wasn’t all doom and gloom for Honda, as…
Recently, longtime rivals Ford and General Motors put aside their differences and teamed up to create a 10-speed automatic transmission for their high-horsepower vehicles. GM first debuted the 10-speed gearbox in the automaker’s 2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1, and announced plans to offer the transmission in seven other vehicles by 2018, while Ford will first feature…
2022 Acura MDX Advance Though it was clear the automotive industry was quickly bouncing back to pre-COVID shutdown levels of sales, we didn’t think it would take less than a year for manufacturers to set new records. And, yet, American Honda and Acura have reported a new March record for total vehicle sales, with nearly…
The 2018 Honda Accord and Ridgeline have both been named J.D. Power & Associates “2018 APEAL Award” winners in the organization’s latest study, which ranks vehicles based on owners’ emotional attachment and level of excitement toward their car. APEAL stands for “Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout,” and to measure that aforementioned and vague quality, J.D….
Photo: Honda With a shutdown lasting from the end of March to early May, 2020 was a difficult year for every car manufacturer. But sales had rebounded by the fall season, and by the end of the year, brands like Honda had managed to recuperate some of their losses. The Japanese automaker reports that in…
“She has the range, darling” Photo: Kia As part of its Plan S strategy to introduce 11 dedicated EVs by 2026, Kia has debuted the 2022 Sorento Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV). The SUV has the same redesigned exterior as its gasoline-powered and hybrid variants, but it has the ability to go even further with an impressive…
This 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 is on the full list of affected vehicles in the Takata airbag recall Yesterday, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration formally demanded a nationwide Takata airbag recall, with Japanese officials following suit soon after. Since then, both Honda and Toyota have released statements encouraging an “industry-wide joint initiative to independently test…
Honda Sales in March were sky high thanks in part to the Honda Civic. While many American carmakers are seeing a slight sales decrease due to the harshest winter we’ve had in many years, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. continues show a large sales growth after posting its March Honda sales report. With total Honda…
The 2004 Toyota Matrix is one of…well…lots of vehicles involved in the Takata recall Honda, Nissan, and Mazda have recalled nearly three million cars wordwide for faulty airbag deflators supplied by Takata on the condition that they could, seemingly without warning, explode. The addition of 2.03 million Hondas, 775,000 Nissans, and 159,807 Mazdas brings the…
Honda is going all out for this year’s Super Bowl: in addition to buying ad time to give the all-new 2017 CR-V it’s television debut, the automaker is also sponsoring a unique way for fans to make their own game day snacks without having to take a trip to the grocery store. Honda is teaming…
Given how well 2018 went for Honda, it’s no surprise to see it doing so well again in yet another round of awards. Both the 2019 Honda Accord and 2019 Honda CR-V were named overall winners in the 2019 AutoWeb Buyer’s Choice Awards, and with five more awards in tow, Honda firmly led all brands…
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