The tech-savvy interior of the 2017 Honda Civic Sedan The Honda Civic is truly the La-La Land of cars, in the sense that it’s been winning a lot of awards lately, and is probably going to win a lot more. The latest recognition achieved by the Civic is a 2017 Kelley Blue Book Best Auto…
The Honda S660 After selling out in Japan just four months after going on sale, the pint-sized Honda S660 mid-engine sports car may be coming to the US market. “We’re looking at it intently for North America,” American Honda executive John Mendel said in a recent interview. “We want some spice in the lineup.” Priced…
The Honda Civic Type R recently went an impressive five-for-five on its tour of historic European tracks, setting a new record lap time for FWD models at each circuit. The hot hatch set new benchmarks for front-wheel-drive production cars at Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, Estoril, and Hungaroring. Back in May of 2014, the Civic Type R…
While Bugatti and Koenigsegg battle over making their production cars get closer and closer to the 300 mph barrier, Honda is busy laying claim to another record: that of the fastest lawn mower. It’s a record that Honda held for only a year. In 2014, the automaker built the hilariously-named “Mean Mower,” a lawn mower…
The Red Bull Racing Formula One team has two major decisions to make very soon: to switch to Honda engines or stay with Renault, and whether to negotiate a new contract with Daniel Ricciardo. Both have been the subject of a lot of press and speculation, and both could significantly affect the future of the…
The 2018 Honda Clarity Series has earned the 2018 California Air Quality Award for Corporate Environmental Stewardship by the Coalition for Clean Air, a non-profit organization that aims to promote clean and healthy air in California as well as advance technologies, laws, and environmental practices to that end. The Honda Clarity Series is a lineup…
This 2002 Civic is one of many vehicles being recalled by Honda, which received a $70 million fine for underreporting claims In addition to a five-star rating for the 2015 Fit, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has also awarded Honda a $70 million fine, which the company earned by “failing to report deaths, injuries,…
James Robinson’s No. 902 1991 Acura NSX This year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb will no doubt be a thrilling spectacle, but it will also be just a bit safer thanks to a collaboration between Honda and the American Motorcyclist Association to bring the AirFence soft barrier system to the 92nd running of the world…
2014 Honda CR-V July was not the most fortuitous month for American Honda overall, but there were some bright spots across the board. American Honda sales were down 3.9 percent, Honda Division was down 2.3 percent, and Acura Division was down 17.6 percent, but July was not short for new monthly records and impressive marks…
Certified pre-owned vehicles typically offer a great opportunity to buy used and still benefit from the advantages of warranty coverage. Though Honda already offers a CPO program at least on par with that of other automakers, it is now rebranding its program and introducing a second tier that covers more recent vehicles. Could the automaker…
Max Verstappen points to the Honda logo after winning the Austrian Grand Prix Photo: Honda When Red Bull Racing signed with Honda as its new Formula One engine supplier, it was regarded by many as a marriage of convenience. After all, the relationship between Red Bull and its previous supplier, Renault, had soured beyond repair,…
Photo: Honda Honda plans to electrify more than two-thirds of its global lineup by 2030, and while performance vehicles tend to be the last to receive electrification, it doesn’t entirely leave them out of the picture. In fact, Honda Civic Type R project leader Hideki Kakinuma says it’s entirely possible that Honda would eventually make…
The Honda Civic Type R’s 2.0-liter turbo engine and the Honda Clarity Fuel Cell’s powertrains were both named among WardsAuto’s 10 best engines of 2018, adding to the already lengthy list of awards the automaker has accumulated over the last two months. The two models were recognized based on their horsepower, torque, real-world fuel economy,…
When it debuted at the LA Auto Show last year, the 2016 Honda HR-V represented the first entirely new Honda model in years. So what is there to know about the most recent edition to the Honda family? A lot… [wptab name=”What’s New”] What’s New for the 2016 Honda HR-V? Everything! The 2016 Honda HR-V is…
Photo: Nissan Nissan and the Turo peer-to-peer car-sharing service are teaming up to bring benefits to new Nissan LEAF drivers. This nationwide promotion offers a $350 Turo credit when you lease or purchase a new LEAF. The Benefits of Buying a Nissan: Learn about these Nissan rewards The benefits of Turo Turo gives you access…
Inside the 2016 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite with HondaVAC vacuum cleaner The love affair between Honda and U.S. News & World Report continues unabated. Last month, the automaker dominated the Report’s annual rankings of the “Best Cars for the Money,” with five vehicles taking home six awards, which was more than any other company. And…
Photo: Honda Japan No matter how you feel about them, masks are now a part of our daily lives to slow the spread of COVID-19. In the near future, it’s possible that your Honda vehicle might be able to do its part by wearing a mask of its own. Called the Kurumask, or car mask,…
Memorial Day is a federally-recognized holiday observed each year on the last Monday in May. Created in 1868 to honor those who were killed fighting in the American Civil War, today it is a solemn time for remembering those who died while serving in our country’s armed forces, and also a time for getting great…
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…
Five Honda models were featured in the 2019 Kelley Blue Book Resale Value Awards, giving the automaker a win in every vehicle category it produces. Every year, KBB recognizes the vehicles that best retain their value over the first five years of ownership, a strong indicator of their overall ability to maintain value. The 2019…
Photo: Honda American Honda reported an eight percent surge in total vehicles sales for last month, marking a new October record for the brand among a period of slight decline for the overall auto industry. “The harvest moon shone brightly on Honda sales,” the Japanese automaker said in a press release, before highlighting the sales…
General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra Earlier this year, GM announced its goal to start producing the self-driving Cruise AV. Now, the updated guidelines from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will bring the company one step closer to this objective. Last week, the DOT released an 80-page update titled “Automated Vehicles 3.0.” One…
Photo: Honda Honda will bring forward the engine it was intending to introduce at the start of the 2022 Formula 1 season by a year, giving Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri an extra boost that could help the teams be more competitive before the Japanese manufacturer bows out of the sport. Honda had initially wanted…
Photo: Honda The Honda Civic has been named one of the best certified pre-owned cars of 2019 by Autotrader, which put together a list of the 10 must-shop CPO cars based on a number of valuable attributes. New cars just keeping getting more expensive, with even the most affordable models in a non-luxury automaker’s lineup…
Four Honda vehicles were named in U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 “Best Cars for the Money” awards, more than any other brand can claim. The following Honda models were those to be recognized: 2018 Honda Fit: “Best Subcompact Car for the Money” 2018 Honda HR-V: “Best Subcompact SUV for the Money” 2018 Honda CR-V:…
Honda and awards. Name a more iconic duo. Honda vehicles topped five segment categories and earned seven total awards in the annual AutoWeb’s Buyers’ Choice Awards, adding yet more industry bling to the automaker’s impressive trophy room. The awards are based on the vehicle price quote requests of more than 120 million consumers who visited…
Honda introduced its updated HR-V subcompact crossover for the 2016 model year and it instantly became a hit, moving 82,041 units in the US last year alone. While this model may look similar to the larger Honda CR-V, the new HR-V actually shares its underpinnings with the Honda Fit. As you might have guessed, the…
In light of the recent news that the 2016 Honda Civic Sedan has won the North American Car of the Year award and received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) Top Safety Pick+ rating, Honda has announced the release of four new videos which show the benefits of Honda Sensing technologies available on every…
Photo: Honda When the 2020 Formula One championship finally got underway at the Austrian Grand Prix, Honda had already brought an engine upgrade. Rival engine manufacturers Ferrari, Mercedes, and Renault had all spent the preceding weeks in FIA-enforced shutdowns, so how was Honda able to get away with it? Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto openly…
Anyone who follows the world of automotive advertising knows two things: 1. Chevy’s “Real People, Not Actors” commercials are a damned dirty lie, and 2. Honda has the best ads in the business. Recent ads for the Civic, like the urban-themed “Jackets” and the computer-animated “The Dreamer,” fall into the good-but-not-great category. At the next tier,…
‘Tis the season of giving, and companies around the world are spreading holiday cheer among those less fortunate. Honda is no exception, and has created what it calls the “Ultimate Get Well Card” for patients at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) in California using a mixture of technology and crowdsourcing. Winter Ready: Get…
The Prairie View A&M team accept their trophy from Honda executives March Madness may be still going on, but March’s other collegiate competition has already wrapped up, with Prairie View A&M University winning the 2015 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge National Championship title. Prairie View’s winning team was comprised of team captain and senior Joseph M….
If you feel like the roads have had fewer cars and more trucks lately, you may be on to something. Though car sales were down, truck sales (including SUVs) were up across the industry, and one of the brands that benefited the most was Honda. With Honda division truck sales totaling 79,808, making an impressive…
Photo: Honda The 2020 Honda Civic Hatchback is now officially on sale at dealerships nationwide with a starting price of $21,650. It’s nearly the last of the Civic models to be updated for 2020, after the Civic Sedan and Civic Coupe were refreshed last year, and with just the Si to go. The car received…
Photo: Honda American Honda set a new November sales record for both total vehicles and truck, with delivers up 11.1 and 18.2 percent, respectively. Following mostly declining industry sales throughout the year, it’s a surprise to see such a positive upward tick, though Honda had been defying industry trends for the past few months. With…
Photo: ©Honda In the current automobile market, it’s always a time for manufacturers to celebrate when they can sell more cars than they did last year, which is just what American Honda pulled off in March. The brand set a new sales record for the month, with 142,392 vehicles sold to mark an overall 3.8%…
August proved to be a successful month for Honda in America, with overall sales up 1.3 percent. While passenger vehicle production was at a bit of a standstill due to supply constraints, the light truck segment absolutely crushed it at an increase of 18.9 percent. In this top-selling segment is the newly refreshed 2019 Pilot,…
Honda has announced that it will be partnering with the Smithsonian American Art Museum to present “The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi,” an exhibit celebrating the career of the famed Japanese-American modernist painter. Honda is touting the exhibit as the first domestic, comprehensive overview of the artist’s work in over 65 years. Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Self-Portrait,…
If Honda had an astrological sign, its horoscope would read “Today, you will receive an industry award; then tomorrow, another; and the day after, and after, and after…” 2018, it seems, is really proving to be Honda’s year. The most recent set of awards it has received now comes from Edmunds.com, which named the automaker’s…
The 2015 Honda Accord is what the kids are into these days Honda is winning the battle for the hearts and minds of Millennials—and they’re doing so without actually having to release that ridiculous, youth-oriented HR-V “Selfie Edition.” The Japanese automaker recently announced that over the past 11 years, the Accord and Civic have been…
ExtremeTech has named the 2018 Honda Accord the “Best Car of 2018” and recognized Honda as the brand with the “Best Automotive Lineup” in its Best Cars and Car Tech for 2018 awards. “There are virtually no bad cars anymore,” says Bill Howard, ExtremeTech editor. “Our choices for the best cars for 2018 are based…
After being away from Honda’s lineup in 2016, the Accord Hybrid sedan returns for the 2017 model year with more power, better highway efficiency, and even more standard safety features. While the standard Honda Accord is still produced in the state of Ohio, production for the hybrid version has moved to Japan, which will improve…
The 2015 Honda CR-V American Honda Motor Co. has revealed Honda’s April 2015 sales figures, with Honda and Acura vehicle sales totaling 130,068 units last month. The automaker’s Honda Division made up 115,194 of those vehicles, representing a 2.7% decrease for the month compared to April of 2014. Honda still had much to be happy…
The Honda FCV Concept, which will anchor the Japanese automaker’s booth at the 2015 Washington Auto Show Honda is awfully proud of its new FCV concept. First the automaker unveiled the zero-emissions fuel-cell vehicle in its home country of Japan back in November, then it gave the futuristic model its American debut last week in…
The Honda Manufacturing of Indiana Welcome Center in Greensburg, Indiana Controversy has been erupting ever since Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed into law the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which critics say allows for-profit companies to deny service to gays and lesbians. Mike Pence has denied that, but outraged businesses and organizations have been voicing their…
The all-new 2015 Honda Jazz The 2015 Honda Jazz will be debuting soon at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, but the Japanese automaker has already revealed new photos and details of the European production model in advance of the big premiere. Still, nothing too earth-shattering here, considering it’s essentially the same as the concept version…
Pam Heminger, vice president for Purchasing, Honda of America Photo: Honda The year 2019 is full of milestones for Honda. It marks the 60th anniversary of starting sales in the US and the 40th anniversary of building products in America, so Honda saw this as a fit opportunity to honor its top North American suppliers….
If you haven’t finished Breaking Bad, don’t look at this picture—it’s full of spoilers If the somewhat bland Chevy aero kit was an exercise in minimalism, then this newly revealed 2015 Honda IndyCar aero kit is an over-the-top example of glorious excess. This new road course/short oval package, in all its fine and frilly splendor,…
The 2015 Honda Accord EX-L V-6 Sedan What’s New for the 2015 Honda Accord Sedan? The Honda Accord sedan sees the addition of a universal remote with the EX-L trim. 2015 Honda Accord Sedan Exterior The 2015 Honda Accord has got the spaciousness you’d expect in a sedan without at all appearing bulky or awkward….
This past week, MotorWeek handed out the honors for their annual Drivers’ Choice Awards at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show, and the hardware-earner in the Best Eco-Friendly vehicle category was none other than the 50 mpg-getting 2014 Accord Hybrid. From MotorWeek’s assessment of their choice for Best-Eco Friendly vehicle (which, by the way, would benefit…
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