Honda Cars : Policies say a lot about Honda | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

It is very good news that Honda expects all its North American operations to be back to full speed by August and that includes its Lincoln plant where three of its most popular vehicles are assembled.The March earthquake and tsunami in Japan severely hampered Honda’s supply chain and ended up costing the giant automaker months of production as it faced difficult and at times insurmountable obstacles to getting supplies from Japan to North America.Without...

Honda Cars : Nissan LEAF: Gas Powered Everything | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Awesome commercial....

Honda Cars : 2013 honda Prelude Drawing | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Nothing official, I'm not even sure who did this but I thought I'd pass it along none the less. Not sure what I'd think if Honda came out with a Hot Hatch version of the Prelude....Source;http://imagehostinghosting.com/pm-213040043510.h...

Honda Cars : Jalopnik: Virginia DMV accuses soccer mom of being sex pervert | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Oh I had a chuckle over this one.The Virginia DMV loves to hand out vanity license plates and then freak out and take them away. Remember EAT THE Kids First? Now the DMV's trying to pull the plates from a mom who just loves her two daughters.Meet Dana Cobb, who has a Dodge Journey with those obnoxious stick figure logos on the back and a license plate proclaiming her love of the color pink and her two daughters. The license plate is "2INPINK," because...

Honda Cars : Update: Honda Canada breach exposed data on 280,000 individuals | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

By Jaikumar VijayanMay 26, 2011 05:05 PM ETCompany says ID theft unlikely because no SSNs, driver license details, birth dates, bank details were compromisedComputerworld - Honda Canada has notified about 280,000 customers in that country of a data breach involving the compromise of their personal data.The breach was discovered in late February. However the company only began notifying customers of the compromise earlier this month.An undated alert...

Honda Cars : Autonet.ca (new version of Canadian Driver.com) Review: 2006-2011 Honda Civic | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

An old Japanese nameplateHistory Honda Civic is one of the oldest Japanese nameplates sold in Canada, having been launched here in 1972, and has been the best-selling car in this country for the past 13 years.The 8th generation of the Japanese compact was marketed from 2006-11, until an all-new 2012 model came out this spring. Despite the popularity of hatchback models in Canada, Civic has been available only as a coupe or sedan since 2006, although...

Honda Cars : Ford Focus, Honda Civic and Nissan Juke Among I.I.H.S. Top Safety Picks | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

By CHERYL JENSENOn Thursday, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released crash-test results for 13 small cars. Six earned top scores, bringing the total number of small cars named top safety picks by the institute to 22.The I.I.H.S., which is funded by the insurance industry, also released a list of the 10 small cars that claim top crash-test scores as well as the highest fuel economy ratings in their class.The six top safety picks consist...

Honda Cars : WSJ: Honda To Resume Full North American Auto Production In August | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

By Mike RamseyOf THE WALL STREET JOURNALDAYTON, Ohio (Dow Jones)--Honda Motor Co. (HMC, 7267.TO) will return its North American auto production to normal levels for all but one vehicle in August, faster than the company expected, the company said in a statement Thursday.Honda has been running its plants at around 50% of their normal volume since April because of limited supplies of critical parts. Honda, Toyota Motor Corp. (TM, 7203.TO) and Nissan...

Honda Cars : Honda’s Mugen Euro wants to do high-performance Fit | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Honda’s UK-based performance tuning division Mugen Euro has admitted to wanting to develop a high-performance version of the Jazz/Fit. The brand, which is responsible for the upcoming supercharged CR-Z hybrid said they’ve been yearning to do a hot version of the Fit.Currently, Mugen offers styling packages for the Jazz in Japan, where the car is known as the Fit. However, performance increases are small.Mugen Euro’s management says that to achieve...

Honda Cars : Cars.com Names Honda Odyssey the Ultimate Minivan | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

CHICAGO, May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cars.com, an online resource for new and used car buyers, announced today that the Honda Odyssey is the winner of its first-ever Ultimate Minivan Shootout. The site took six redesigned 2011 minivans under $45,000 and put them through a series of rigorous head-to-head challenges to determine which one was the best of the pack. The 2011 Honda Odyssey took the title for its styling, comfort and overall ride."Minivans...

Honda Cars : Honda project aims to fight global warming | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

The city of Saitama in Japan is teaming up with one of the country’s leading car manufacturers in a bid to fight global warming and realise a sustainable, low carbon society with electric vehicles.Honda has joined forces with the city on the E-KIZUNA project, which will test the use of urban electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and electric scooters with Honda also planning to test its Honda Smart Home System in the city next year – a comprehensive...

Honda Cars : Statement by Honda Canada Regarding Fuel Feed Line Leak Recall: 2012 Civic | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

TORONTO - Honda Canada will voluntarily recall 337 units of model-year 2012 Civic vehicles to replace the fuel feed line, which could potentially leak a small amount of fuel.During manufacture of the fuel line assembly, an O-ring may have been displaced which could potentially lead to a fuel leak at a joint where two segments of pipe attach to each other. Only two of the affected vehicles in Canada have been sold. All remaining 335 affected vehicles...

Honda Cars : 2013 Honda Civic getting a Diesel?!? (Not for N.A.) | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

This doesn't look like it will be for us in North America, although it would be nice to have a limited edition of this car here.David Hodgetts, Managing Director of Honda UK spilled the beans on the compact diesel engine to a British publication Fleet News. The new Civic will hit the shores of Britain in January 2012 and within a year into its life, a new compact diesel engine option will be made available.It is likely that this small diesel will...

Honda Cars : In Canada, Honda Civics Come in Giant Boxes of Fake Cereal | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

By Gabriel BeltroneIn a salute to the flimsy plastic cars that come shrink-wrapped in breakfast cereal, the Vancouver arm of digital agency Dare assembled this gigantic box of knockoff Cheerios, then put a real Honda Civic in front of it. The conceit is a bit fantastical. It's supposed to make driving seem more fun—ostensibly like playing with a toy car—and thus help British Columbia Honda peddle the Civic model. But it's mostly a clever spectacle...

Honda Cars : WoodysCarSite Find: Next Gen Nissan Maxima? | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

With the exception of the current Maxima, I have always been a fan, I love how these cars drive and I have even heard that when Honda looks at their Accord, they always look to see what the Maxima is doing.... Source;http://www.woodyscarsite.com/2011/05/next-nissan-maxima-teana.h...

Honda Cars : EGMCarTech: Let’s Talk Numbers: Honda Accord Coupe EX-L V6 vs. Nissan Altima Coupe 3.5 SR V6 | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Our senior editor Chris Chin recently went out and leased a 2011 Honda Accord Coupe V6. Coming out of owning a used Jaguar X308 XJ8 (which he only owned for a couple of months after swearing to keep the car for a lifetime), Chris found himself in an Accord Coupe V6 with a manual transmission. How does he like? Well, he’s put together a review for you guys (which will be published tomorrow) and has promised to provide monthly updates during his ownership...

Honda Cars : Next Generation Toyota Camry Expected this Fall | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

America’s best-selling passenger car will be getting a makeover this fall, a new report finds. Sources say Toyota will launch an all-new, seventh-generation of its Camry sedan by the end of 2011.The Camry was once again America’s best-selling passenger car last year – tallying 327,804 sales – but newer rivals are starting to nip at the five year old sedan’s heels. Those 327,804 sales were the Camry’s lowest since 1994.However, help is on the way...

Honda Cars : Is Honda Nuts? Its Japan-Only Fit Wagon Would be a U.S. Hit | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

By Jim Motavalli May 24, 2011Honda’s management has just made half of a good decision. Taking a page from Toyota’s playbook, it is enlarging the “family” of the popular subcompact Fit hatchback. The new Fit Shuttle, to officially debut next March, stretches the 31-mpg combined base car into a minivan/wagon, which is basically what Toyota did with the larger Prius V. But Toyota is selling the hybrid V in the U.S. and so far Honda has no such plans...

Honda Cars : Car and Driver: 2012 Honda CRV | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

2012 Honda CR-V Spy Photos - Future CarsHonda continues its trend of gentle evolution with the next-gen CR-V.BY JUSTIN BERKOWITZ, PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT WHITLEY AND THE MANUFACTURERMay 2011A fearless Car and Driver reader in Washington, D.C., snapped this picture of the next-generation Honda CR-V crossover, which will debut this fall. The vehicle looks ready for production, wearing its own sheetmetal (rather than the modified body of an existing Honda...

Honda Cars : Honda Gives Assurances to U.S. Dealers | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

By MIKE RAMSEYDETROIT—Honda Motor Co. told its U.S. dealers Friday that July vehicle deliveries would increase by 11% from June levels and accelerate in August as the auto maker ramps up production after the March 11 earthquake in Japan.American Honda Executive Vice President John Mendel said in a memo that its sales continued to "run at a relatively soft pace" despite what the company considers decent inventory levels, albeit lower than year-earlier...

Honda Cars : Hilarious Honda Malaysia Ad Mocks Independent Service Centers | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Source;http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/05/hilarious-honda-malaysia-ad-mocks.h...

Honda Cars : Globe and Mail Reports Atlanta Thrashers moving to Winnipeg | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

I know this is not related to the auto industry or Honda, however I work for the group that is potentially bringing the 'Jets' back to Winnipeg and like any Winnipegger, I am excited at the prospect of being able to take my son to NHL hockey! Go Jets Go!STEPHEN BRUNTGlobe and Mail UpdatePublished Thursday, May. 19, 2011 8:57PM EDTLast updated Friday, May. 20, 2011 8:18AM EDT Mark ChipmanAn agreement to sell the National Hockey League’s Atlanta Thrashers...

Honda Cars : Report: Chrysler developing TR Ram Life Style Truck to compete with Honda Ridgeline | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Does the world need a competitor to the Honda Ridgeline? While sales figures of Honda's half-truck would lead us to believe consumers aren't clamoring for such a vehicle (Honda only sold 16,142 Ridgelines in 2010, barely more than the 13,047 Dakota's Dodge moved), recent reports indicate that Chrysler seems to think otherwise.We've known for some time that Dodge was considering a small urban-style pickup – ever since it showed off the Rampage Concept...

Honda Cars : Carscoop: First Photos of Honda’s Hot CR-Z Mugen, Early Tests Show better Performance than Civic Type R | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Honda's sporty-looking CR-Z hybrid will finally get the performance to back its looks, as the Japanese carmaker teamed up with its tuning partner Mugen Euro to develop a high-performance version of the hybrid model. As we wrote earlier this year, the car will be unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July, but until then, you can take a look at the first official photos of the car to see if they match the sketches released by Honda two months...

Honda Cars : Honda UK: Honda joins Clean Energy Partnership with 2 FCX Clarity vehicles | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Honda and the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) have announced today that Honda will become the newest member of the CEP programme, providing further impetus to the hydrogen movement in Europe.CEP is Europe's leading fuel cell vehicle and hydrogen infrastructure demonstration project, bringing together expertise from vehicle manufacturers, infrastructure and energy companies, and the German Government. CEP is designed to prepare the ground for market...

Honda Cars : Autoblog: Spy Shots: Is this 2012 Honda CR-V test mule packing a third row of seats? | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/18/is-this-2012-honda-cr-v-test-mule-packing-a-third-row-of-seats/Out of respect to Brenda Priddy and Co, I supplied the link to the photo above, not much to look at right now, but I imagine that Brenda will be coming out with more soon.Here's straight from Autoblog...."While Honda may have to delay rolling out the successor to the current CR-V crossover, a shortage of parts resulting from the crisis in Japan doesn't mean it isn't still working on the project. And while we hadn't seen any prototypes running before,...

Honda Cars : Car Advice: Honda FCX Claritry Information update | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

By Anthony Crawford May 17th, 2011Southern California, for all it’s smog (and trust me it still hangs in the San Fernando ‘Valley’ twenty-four seven) it still regarded as the automotive ‘Green’ capital of the world, when it comes to big cities.There are also thousands of Toyota Prius’ within the California state lines and while they are certainly classified as ‘environmentally friendly’ the ‘Green’ star must surely go to Honda’s FCX Clarity.Launched...

Honda Cars : Honda Kicks Off The Sounds of Civic Social Media Contest | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

05/16/2011 - TORRANCE, Calif.To celebrate the launch of the all-new, ninth generation Civic, Honda is sponsoring a creative songwriting competition called The Sounds of Civic, encouraging Facebook fans to submit and vote for original songs inspired by the 2012 Civic. The competition is now accepting submissions until June 5. Voting then begins June 8 and will run through July 17. Information on how to submit a song and vote can be found on the Sounds...

Honda Cars : NewCa.com: 2011 Honda's ASIMO at the Ontario Science Centre | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

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Honda Cars : Honda says parts supply recovery picking up speed | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

May 17 (Reuters) - Honda Motor is seeing a speeding up in the recovery of parts supplies, which will be key to bringing forward its timing for a return to normal production after a March earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan disrupted supply chains, the automaker's chief financial officer said on Tuesday.Honda Chief Financial Officer Fumihiko Ike also told a small group of reporters that the company plans to announce its earnings forecast...

Honda Cars : What If? What would you like to see on the Next Generation Honda Prelude? | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Well, I would have to class this one as a big 'wish' on my part. Honda has been pretty adamant about leaving the Prelude retired. Whenever I have asked a higher up in Honda why they aren't bringing the Prelude back I get the 'that's basically what the new Civic Si is' or 'that's what the new Accord Coupe is'. I could definately make a case for the 06' Civic and up as a spiritual successor, but c'mon, at least have a special 'Prelude edition' or something.Anyways,...

Honda Cars : Honda finally wakes up – Honda City to come in a Diesel Variant by 2013-14 | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

This will not be for the North American market, the Honda City is a vehicle that would go between the Honda FIT and the Civic and is available predomininatly in India. However, with Honda now having a 2nd diesel engine in their 'repetoire', some day (wishfull thinking) we may see a diesel Honda here!Late Latif and prone to mistakes, Honda (well, you know. Look at the Honda Jazz) has finally had to face reality. With competition in the segment it...

Honda Cars : Globe and Mail: The gold standard for minivans, from the inside out | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

JEREMY CATOGlobe and Mail UpdateFirst, a few words about the flip-up trash ring. It is ingenious and yet so simple: a small ring attached to the centre stack, it pops into a hoop perfect for fitting a typical plastic grocery bag.You’ll find it in the 2011 Honda Odyssey minivan. Minivans, of course, are for family road trips where trash collects like dust balls under your sofa. In the Odyssey, it collects in the hanging trash bag, rather than all...