The Japanese auto maker is buying land in Mexico to make way for a new facility to not only produce cars, but maybe even more importantly, jobs.
The $800 Million Dollar facility in Celaya will be home to the next generation Honda Fit for all suppliers in North America, mainly the US and Canada. Honda may add Fit Hybrid and Fit Electric to these assembly lines by 2014.
This is not the first time Honda…
Those who think nothing comes for free are ever-so wrong! Even though they are not heavily advertised, there are three Honda sweepstakes, offering Honda enthusiasts the chance to win an assortment of high-value prizes, with no purchase necessary.
The three Honda sweepstakes are the Civic Racing Style Sweepstakes, The Fastest Seat in Sports Sweepstakes, and the Civic Tour Sweepstakes. Let's jump right in with the Civic Racing Style Sweepstakes, shall we?
The Civic Racing…
Happy 39th Civic! You hardly look a day over 10. Maybe that's because of your youthful spirit. Maybe it's because Honda has refreshed and expanded the Civic lineup for the 2012-model year.
That's right. The 2012 Honda Civic lineup is comprised of 11 different variants. While they all carry the essence of the Civic, each offers something a little bit different.
For the safety-minded traditionalist there's the 2012 Honda Civic…
Are you a proud owner of a Honda vehicle? Has your Honda turned over 200, 300 or even 400 thousand miles? Honda wants to hear from you on Facebook and each person that shares their story gets a changes to win V.I.P. admission to the Mid-Ohio IndyCar race on August 7th.
For those of you who aren't Honda Facebook fans, we'll share some of the details with you here. But, consider this just one more good reason to "friend" Honda on Facebook...You'll find they host promotions like this all the time.
The reason…
Have you ever wondered if an automobile could make it over a million miles? Here at Barber Honda we wonder that every day and finally our question was answered. In 1996, "Million-Mile" Joe bought a used Honda Accord with 76,000 miles on it. He drove the car approximately 4,700 miles per month, averaging per quarter about what the average American driver does per year (13,500). He drove the car a million miles...maybe more.
Think this sounds like a nice Honda myth? It's actually a true story.
"Million-Mile" Joe (Joe LoCicero), from Norway Maine really has…
A lot of automakers have revamped their minivans for the 2011 model year. In seeing the competition mount, Cars.com decided to host an all-new Ultimate Minivan Shootout.
For those of you not familiar with the company, Cars.com is a reputable online resource for new and used car buyers. For the Ultimate Minivan Shootout, they enlisted USA Today, Motorweek, and an Atlanta-area family of five to carefully scrutinize six updated 2011 minivans.
In total, the series of head-to-head Shootout contests, lasted the course of three days. The 2011 Honda Odyssey ranked first in terms of fuel economy at the…
The head of R&D at Honda, Kotaro Shige, is quite the dynamic man. He is by no means, the stoic suit, people who have worked for large corporations might expect. An integral part of the Honda team since the late '70s, he has, in fact, been referred to as Honda's 'Rock-Star Exec' and 'the Jimmy Page of Japan's auto industry', by Motor Trend magazine.
While you might think Motor Trend was just being complimentary to Shige, there's actually quite a bit of truth to the comparisons. For example, in his teens Shige played in a band…
The all new Honda Civic is back with its two-door Civic Si sports variant.
Unveiled at the 2011 New York International Auto Show, this high-performance Si borrows a muscle-car trick to boost its performance. Si implements a 2.4-liter four cylinder engine, which one could call a "2.4 a big block" as the hot rodders would say.
It's similar to what General Motors did over 45 years ago when it placed a full-sized car engine into its mid-size Pontiac Tempest. This began the GTO and 1960's muscle-car movement.
Civic Si produces 201 horsepower, making it the most…
In the first annual report, Edmunds.com guarantees consumers that Honda automobiles retain their value better than any other vehicles in the non-luxury division. Further proving the Big H's worth, Edmunds named the Honda Civic, Honda Accord, Honda CR-V, and Honda Odyssey leaders within their respective segments.
According to Edmunds, Honda retains over 50 percent of its value. That's even higher than Honda's two leading competitors! In attempting to clarify Honda's actual and alleged value, Danny Zhou, Senior Analyst at Edmunds.com said, "A lot of consumers just see it [Honda] as a value-oriented brand that…
According to the IIHS, the all new Honda Odyssey is the safest van on the road.
The 2011 Honda Odyssey has earn the highest possible safety ratings from both the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and it is the only van to ever do so. No other minivan this year that has received the "Top Safety Pick" award from the IIHS and an "Overall Vehicle Score" of five stars from NHTSA.
In order to be dubbed a Top Safety Pick, the automobile must earn the highest score of 'Good' in all…
