2020 Honda HR-V Touring Photo: Honda American Honda has announced a new February sales records, with both cars and trucks surging over the 29-day month. The company sold 120,006 vehicles in February, up 4.2 percent overall, with trucks gaining 6 percent and cars gaining 2 percent. Even accounting for leap year, that’s still an impressive…
Photo: Hyundai/Honda When it launched as an all-new 2018 model, the Honda Accord was praised across the industry. It was even named the Edmunds Top Rated Sedan twice in a row. But the Accord has been largely unchanged since then, and Hyundai is now the one with an all-new model in the Sonata. Can the…
Photo: Honda American Honda reported the sale of 102,827 Honda-badged vehicles (thus excluding Acura) in September 2019, representing a 13.7 percent decrease over September 2018. With two fewer selling days in 2019’s September and none of the big Labor Day holiday sales falling during the month, it’s no surprise that sales were down overall compared…
Journalists come on stage to check out the all-new 2016 Honda HR-V crossover as it makes its American debut The 2016 Honda HR-V debuted yesterday at the Los Angeles International Auto Show, becoming the first all-new Honda model in years. Although essentially just an American version of the Japanese automaker’s Vezel, Honda’s latest offering in…
Honda spokesman Fred Savage, seen here being adorable in 1989 Photo credit: Alan Light, CC Former child star and current television director Fred Savage has been announced as the new voice of Honda, and the company is already putting him to work narrating the videos of random Twitter users. While Savage has a long history…
Honda Accord Outsells Camry Once Again Last week, we noted that the Honda Accord had pulled ahead in their never-ending battle with the Toyota Camry. Now that last month’s sales figures have been released, it appears that Accord has once again bested its undying foe, by selling 32,956 units in September of 2014 for a…
Word on the street is that the Honda Vezel, the automaker’s compact SUV model sold exclusively in Japan, is coming to America. Not unlike Prince Akeem Joffer of Zamunda, the production version of Honda’s Urban SUV Concept will pass itself off under a different identity once it comes stateside. AutoGuide.com is reporting that Honda has…
A Honda Civic Type R speeds by in the European car commercial “Keep Up” A European Honda commercial promoting the Civic Type R and other new models has been banned from British airwaves. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), a UK advertising watchdog group, determined that the ad promoted “dangerous and irresponsible driving,” and has said…
The first six 2017 Clarity Fuel Cell customers (left to right) Jon Spallino, Terry Tamminen, Karen Thorp, Jackie Keller, Jack Cusick, and Jim Salomon at Honda’s Torrance campus on December 19th Honda has begun delivering 2017 Clarity Fuel Cell Sedans to customers at select dealerships in Southern California. Among the first six customers to receive…
Today the Environmental Protection Agency officially rated the Honda Clarity Fuel Cell sedan’s fuel economy, and the results represent a major victory for the Japanese automaker. The hydrogen-powered Clarity FCV was given a driving range rating of 366 miles and a fuel economy rating of 68 miles per gallon of gasoline-equivalent combined (MPGe), meaning it…
Dr. Helmut Marko Photo: Heimo Ruschitz Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has big hopes for the team’s future in Formula One now that it has partnered with Honda, stating that the company’s research and development resources are such that “nobody can keep up.” Honda struggled when it first rejoined F1 in 2015, but since…
Photo: Honda If you’re on the market for a new SUV, it’s hard to avoid the Honda CR-V and the Toyota RAV4. They’re not just the two most popular vehicles in the segment, they’re also the best-selling, non-pickup trucks in the country. It’s easy to see why: They offer good utility, safety, and comfort for…
Photo: Spencer Davis | Unsplash Christian Horner, team principal for Red Bull Racing, says the Formula One team was much happier with Honda in 2019 than with Renault in previous years, as the Japanese manufacturer actually kept its engine promises. Though Red Bull won four titles on the trot from 2010 to 2013 with Renault,…
GM and Honda are pooling their resources to develop advanced batteries for their upcoming EVs Innovation often breeds unexpected partnerships. This is especially true for the automotive industry, which is always experimenting with innovative new technologies. Take, for example, a recent partnership between General Motors and Honda. These two automakers will be working together to…
Photo: Honda The year 2020 marks the beginning of a new era for Honda. Earlier this month, the automaker rolled out its first mass-produced, all-electric car — the Honda e — in Europe, and is set to do the same in Japan this October. The Honda e is a car that, when it was first…
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