Archive for the ‘Honda’ Category

Honda sales decrease by 5.6 Percent in July

American Honda Motor Co., Inc., posted July sales of 112,437 vehicles, a decrease of 5.6 percent, based on the daily selling rate*, the company announced today. American Honda year-to-date sales reached 706,346, an increase of 9.4 percent versus last year. Honda Division posted July sales of 99,420,...

August 3rd, 2010 | Auto Sales, Honda | Read More

Honda’s Marysville Plant Produces 10-Millionth Vehicle

The Marysville Auto Plant has become the first Honda plant outside Japan to manufacture* 10 million vehicles with the production this morning of a Honda Accord Sedan. Honda began local auto production in November 1982 at the Marysville plant with an Accord Sedan, and has continued producing that model...

July 20th, 2010 | Acura, Honda | Read More

Honda Reports June Sales Increase of 4 Percent

American Honda Motor Co., Inc., posted June sales of 106,627 vehicles, an increase of 6.2 percent, the company announced today. American Honda year-to-date sales reached 593,909, an increase of 12.6 percent versus last year, based on the daily selling rate*. Honda Division posted June sales of 95,788,...

July 2nd, 2010 | Honda | Read More

Honda says two China plants to resume production

Japan's number two automaker Honda Motor said production would resume Friday at two vehicle assembly plants in southern China after a strike at an exhaust parts maker ended. But a new labour dispute involving workers at a factory in the southern province of Guangdong that produces car locks and key...

June 10th, 2010 | Honda | Read More

Honda offers pay-rise to Chinese plant strikers

TOKYO: Japanese automaker Honda said Tuesday it had offered a 24 percent pay-rise to its auto parts workers in China to bring an unprecedented strike to an end, with production partially restarting. Honda is ready to give a 366-yuan (53.80-dollar) raise to workers at Honda Auto Parts Manufacturing Co,...

June 1st, 2010 | Honda | Read More

Honda to install brake override systems on all models

Honda Motor said Thursday it is installing brake override safety systems in all of its same-name and Acura-brand vehicles in the future to improve car safety in the wake of recent recalls. The technology, which cuts engine power to prevent potential runaway car accidents, will be applied "on 100 percent...

May 27th, 2010 | Acura, Honda | Read More

American Honda Reports April Sales Increase of 12.5 Percent

American Honda Motor Co., Inc., posted April sales of 113,697, an increase of 12.5 percent compared to April 2009 results of 101,029, the company announced today. American Honda year-to-date sales of 370,109 represent an increase of 12.6 percent based on the daily selling rate*. Honda Division posted...

May 3rd, 2010 | Acura, Honda | Read More

Honda CR-V, Fit and Ridgeline named the Most-Dependable Vehicles

J.D. Power and Associates has named the 2007 Honda CR-V, Fit and Ridgeline as the "most-dependable" vehicles in their respective segments in its 2010 Vehicle Dependability Study℠ (VDS). The study, which measures problems experienced by original owners of three-year-old vehicles (2007 model year),...

April 3rd, 2010 | Honda | Read More

Honda recalls 412,000 US vehicles on ’soft’ brakes

Honda has recalled some 412,000 vehicles in the United States because customers complained their brakes felt "soft," the Japanese automaker said Tuesday. Honda said the problem is caused by air accumulating in a "vehicle stability assist modulator" which causes the pedal to get closer to the floor...

March 16th, 2010 | Honda, Recall News | Read More

Honda recalls 437,763 vehicles with airbag issues

Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled more than 430,000 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags that can blow up and injure or kill occupants. The recall, which also covers Japan, Mexico, Taiwan and Australia, expands on previous recalls since 2008 of more than...

February 10th, 2010 | Acura, Honda, Recall News | Read More