Apparently, The List host Bradley Hasemeyer is Honda’s official guy who points at their cars in videos. Hasemeyer’s services were first called upon last month, when he appeared in two videos for the all-new 2017 CR-V. Now he’s back, this time showing off the Honda Civic Type R prototype that headlined Honda’s “Civicpalooza” lineup at…
Photo: Honda After what it reported as an “exhaustive testing process,” Edmunds.com has for the first time published its very first editors’ choice awards, which celebrate the top cars, SUVs, and trucks of 2019. Having scrutinized over 300 vehicles on the road and the track and in the process driving more than half a million…
The Toyota Tacoma As last month drew to a close, Toyota had some celebrating to do. With the first six months of 2015 out of the way, the automaker was pleased to report 1,231,440 units sold—marking a 5.6% increase over the same time period the previous year. In June alone, Toyota Division moved 183,791 units,…
The 2016 Honda Civic Sedan Touring trim If you weren’t invited to any 2016 Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards watch parties last night, then you missed seeing a Titanic-like performance by Honda (we mean like how the Titanic movie did at the Academy Awards in 1997, not like how the Titanic ship did at…
A CR-V full of Mike and Ike candy, part of the Honda trick-or-treating on Twitter Even if you’re too old to go door-to-door this evening, you can still score some free Mike and Ike’s today by taking part in the Honda trick-or-treating event on Twitter. Just take a picture of yourself in your costume and…
Photo: Honda Honda is celebrating the production of the company’s 20 millionth vehicle in Ohio, a state that is home to three Honda manufacturing plants, including the automaker’s first in America. The Marysville Auto Plant initially represented a $35 million investment in 1979 to build motorcycles. Three years later it began producing cars, and since…
Sales of the 2014 Honda CR-V helped American Honda’s April sales climb 1.1 percent. American Honda Motor has announced that combined sales of Honda and Acura vehicles totaled 132,456 in April, resulting in a 1.1 percent year-over-year increase. Honda Division also posted a 1.1 percent increase with 118,334 units sold, thanks to the strength of…
John Mendel: Honda will not do “stupid things…that damage the [consumer].” American Honda’s market share in the first seven months of the year have slipped from 9.7 percent to 9.1 percent, but John Mendel isn’t worried. Mendel, the executive vice president of sales for American Honda, says that the company will not resort to rash…
After setting a new record for truck sales in May, Honda did itself one better in June with a new overall record for total vehicles and trucks. American Honda, including the Honda and Acura divisions, was up 4.8 percent over June of last year on sales of 146,563 units, and the Honda division alone was…
After some extensive testing, Cars.com has announced a winner in the “Three-Row SUV Challenge,” recognizing the redesigned 2016 Honda Pilot with the top honor. Cars.com tested eight different three-row SUVs that were priced below $45,000 (including destination fee). The Pilot finished first, earning 782 points from the panel of expert judges. The Pilot beat out…
After an explosive start to the year, the Honda award train has finally slowed a tad, but still shows no sign of coming to a stop. The latest recognition for the brand comes from Car & Driver magazine, which bestowed eight Honda models with its 2018 “Editors’ Choice” awards. Mid-Size Sedans: 2018 Honda Accord Compact…
February is not usually a peak time for new car sales; in fact, it tends to be a slow time in automotive sales. Even so, the month of February saw quite the drop in sales. Last February, United States’ new car sales rolled in at around 1.3 million vehicles across all automotive brands. Those numbers…
Today the Honda Aircraft Company announced that the HondaJet has received its type certificate from the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency. The advanced lightweight jet earned the certification on August 8, 2017, and the official announcement was made at the annual Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE) 2017, which is being held at…
Honda was one of ten automotive brands to be named in Autotrader’s list of the 10 best non-luxury CPO programs for 2018, and was further cited as being “an obvious choice” by the publication. The awards recognize the best CPO programs in the nation based on a variety of factors, including the length of the…
It was announced today that Honda has the most top-safety rated vehicles in America, entrenching the native Japanese brand as an adopted American product. How deep does that connection go? Honda also announced just last week that 2013 marked the first time in company history that American Honda became a net exporter, meaning that it…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was created by the Highway Safety Act of 1970 as an agency of the United States government’s executive branch and their Department of Transportation. Today, the NHTSA is primarily known for authoring and applying Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and conducting crash testing—vehicles that receive the annual NHTSA…
With more than 100 standard and available safety features, including the “superior”-rated Automatic Emergency Braking and Forward Collision Warning-Plus driver-assist technologies, the 2019 Chrysler Pacifica continues the model’s trend of earning high marks from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The 2019 model is officially an IIHS Top Safety Pick. Check Out: 2018 Chrysler Pacifica…
The all-new 2020 Honda Jazz gets a first-in-segment front-center airbag Photo: Honda Honda wants its all-new Jazz e:HEV to be one of the safest vehicles around, so it did one of the things it does best: innovate. The result is new first-in-class, first-for-brand front-center airbag technology that keeps drivers and passengers safer in the event…
With more than 100 standard and available safety features, including the “superior”-rated Automatic Emergency Braking and Forward Collision Warning-Plus driver-assist technologies, the 2019 Chrysler Pacifica continues the model’s trend of earning high marks from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The 2019 model is officially an IIHS Top Safety Pick. Check Out: 2018 Chrysler Pacifica…
Reps from Ford show their colors at the 2019 Pride Parade in Mexico City Photo: Ford Motor Company Ford of Mexico took part in the 41st annual Pride Parade in Mexico City last month, marking the fifth year in a row that the Blue Oval has taken part in the celebration of the LGBTQ+ community…
American Honda trucks were up 6.5 percent in October, setting a new record and helping the brand along to its fourth best October performance of all time. Excluding Acura, passenger cars were down 14.8 percent while truck were up 5.1 percent, resulting in a 5.3 percent deficit compared October 2017 vehicle sales. Nonetheless, the future…
Photo: Nathan Rupert While the new things are a must in today’s culture, holding onto your car for several years is a real luxury to have. Many people are catching onto this — especially in our nation’s capital. Lengthy car ownership in Washington D.C. is popular. In fact, the automotive research firm, iSeeCars, ranks D.C….
It’s a rare occasion when an automaker can test a prototype out in public without getting snapped by somesuch automotive paparazzo. That Ford was somehow able to test six F-150 prototypes with aluminum-alloy cargo boxes by simply putting them in the hands of fleet customers for the better part of three years has to be…
A Honda CR-V passes the high-tech Samsung Safety Truck on an Argentinian highway No matter how many rearview or even 360-degree parking cameras you’ve got on your car, it’s pretty much impossible to see around a giant semi truck that you’re stuck behind on a narrow two-lane highway. You could always use a periscope, we…
The 2015 CR-V, which led the way for the Honda November sales records set last month The folks at Honda have really been killing it, lately: their promotional videos are on point, they’re debuting new model, and their sales are doing great; in spite of those exploding Takata airbags that have literally killed a couple…
Photo: Honda Honda has been recognized as America’s “Best Value Brand” in the Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Awards. This is the sixth consecutive year that Honda receives the honor, which KBB says it earned thanks to its top-notch affordability and quality, among other factors. Flashback: Honda wins three 2019 Brand Image Awards “Value is…
Tom Lake, vice president for North American Purchasing at HNA speaks at the 32nd annual Honda Supplier Conference. Last month in Indianapolis, Honda held its 32nd annual Honda Supplier Conference, an event honoring 93 North American auto suppliers for their exemplary efforts in supplying parts and materials. The event, held on April 29th, was attended by…
Photo: zenjazzygeek Gone are the days when being a mom was synonymous with driving a minivan. With such a variety of safe, technology-savvy vehicles on the market, it’s easy to transport your family and gear while cutting a stylish profile on the road. With Mother’s Day just one week away, we thought it was the perfect…
Photo: Toyota Toyota Motor North America reported April 2019 sales of 183,866 vehicles, a decrease of 4.4 percent on a volume basis and of 8.2 percent on a daily selling rate basis. However, Toyota light trucks experienced their best-ever April, with 102,074 sales marking a 1.6 percent improvement over the same period last year. This…
A camouflage-wrapped example of the upcoming 2018 Accord The all-new 2018 Honda Accord won’t launch until later this year, but today Honda revealed that the tenth generation of the venerable midsize sedan will feature a lineup of three powerful and fuel-efficient powertrains. Two available high-torque, high-efficiency turbocharged powerplants will be offered on the 2018 Accord….
The Chevrolet Equinox was last refreshed in 2010, and is due for a new generation. According to GM, we can expect the latest Equinox for the 2017 model year. The new vehicle is being run through its paces, and while hot-weather testing it was caught by a spy photographer. Although the Equinox is covered heavily…
Yesterday, we reported that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was recalling 4.7 million cars that were fitted with faulty (and potentially life-threatening) airbags. Late last night, that recall expanded to bring the total number of affected vehicles up to a whopping 6.1 million. The Takata airbag recall isn’t something new (automakers have been…
Today Honda debuted six new music-themed commercials about the “love-at-first-sight feeling” feeling that car shoppers experience when they first encounter a new Accord, Civic, CR-V, Fit, or Odyssey. Designed to promote the automaker’s annual Summer Clearance Event, the “Now Is the Moment” ad campaign begins airing on television today. In each video, a car shopper’s…
Photo: Jen_ross83 Lewis Hamilton, the recently-crowned four-time Formula One World Champion, avoided paying tax on his private luxury jet worth £16.5 million (approximately $21 million USD). The so-called “Paradise Papers” showed he received a £3.3m VAT refund for the red Bombardier Challenger 605 after it was imported into the Isle of Man. According to The…
Honda Motor Company reported slightly down yet overall solid July 2017 sales results today. Last month, the automaker sold 150,980 Honda and Acura vehicles, representing a slight decrease of 1.2% versus July of 2016. The Honda Division accounted for 136,803 of those sales, marking a small 1.7% decrease. The brand’s steady sales results were driven…
In order to celebrate the 2017 NHL All-Star Game in LA, official automotive sponsor Honda went and opened up a Stan Mikita Café next to the Staples Center. You know, like from the movie Wayne’s World! The “Stan Mikita’s All-Star Café Presented by Honda” appears to be a relatively faithful recreation of the fictional donut…
If you think that Honda has picked up a lot of Kelley Blue Book awards this year, then you’re right! It’s not just your imagination—KBB has recognized Honda as the Most Awarded Brand of 2017, with more than two dozen brand and individual model awards this year. Honda picked up 28 awards for its various 2017…
The Honda Civic Tourer, one of three models that will be equipped with Honda Connect for 2015 At this week’s Paris Motor Show, Honda officially debuted its Honda Connect system, the industry’s first embedded Android-based in-car infotainment center. The all-new Honda Connect system is set to launch next year in Europe, and will be coming to…
The 2017 Honda Pilot Elite Awards season continues to be kind to Honda. The Japanese automaker managed four spots on the Kelley Blue Book list of “Best Family Cars of 2017.” The experts at KBB.com found spots on their annual list for the 2017 Honda CR-V, HR-V, Pilot, and Odyssey. In making the selections of…
Honda has been revealed to have plans to revive the old Passport… Finalists for the North American Car, Utility, and Truck of the Year… Motor Trend has named the 2018 Honda CR-V its “2018 SUV of… Ever looked at the Honda Civic Type R hot hatchback and thought,… Honda has released its 13th annual North…
The 2015 Honda BR-V Concept The Gaikindo Indonesian International Auto Show 2015, which will run from August 20th to 30th in Tangerang, Indonesia, will serve as the venue for the 2015 Honda BR-V’s debut. What’s a BR-V, you might ask? The “Bold Runabout Vehicle,” a three-row crossover concept that’s meant to preview a seven-seat vehicle that…
PT Honda Prospect Motor (HPM) celebrated its one million-unit automobile production milestone in a ceremony held at the Karawang Factory in Indonesia today. The ceremony’s distinguished guests included Director General of Metal, Machinery, Transportation Equipment, and Electronics, Mr. I Gusti Putu Suryawirawan, and other VIPs from the Indonesian government. Mr. Seiji Kuraishi, Executive Vice President…
The 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan is heading into the last part of 2017 with high praise; Cars.com has just deemed the all-new 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan the “Best Compact SUV of 2017.” According to Volkswagen media, the Tiguan SE 4Motion with panoramic sunroof, along with six other competitors, were put to the test in the suburbs of…
The good news: Hyundai just unveiled its nifty new high-performance i30 N Fastback in Europe. The bad news: The car won’t be available in the United States anytime soon. The i30 N Fastback will come with a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that makes 246 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque. Buyers who opt for the…
2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV The Chevy Bolt has earned lots of praise for its eco-friendliness, but not a ton of recognition as a “fun to drive” automobile. That all changed today, however, as the spunky little EV was honored with a 2017 Autotrader “Must Test Drive” Award. The new, fully electric hatchback also impressed Autotrader…
Jeff Tomko, president at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, speaks at the 33rd annual Honda Supplier Conference Last week at the 33rd annual Honda Supplier Conference, Honda recognized nearly 100 North American auto suppliers for achievements in supplying parts and materials to the Japanese manufacturer. The event, which was held May 4th through 5th in Birmingham,…
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