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An agreement between Honda and German heating and air conditioning company Vaillant took place in Frankfurt. Both companies will develop gas-powered micro cogeneration systems for single family homes in the European market. Takayuki Arima, President of Honda Motor Europe (North) GmbH in Offenbach said that “The competence of Vaillant in heating and air conditioning systems [...]

ITS-Safety 2010 public demonstration (sponsored by the ITS Promotion Council) will be held on February 25 – 28, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Honda announced that it will demonstrate the latest Advanced Safety Vehicles, including automobiles, motorcycles and electric carts, which are equipped with the latest active safety driving support features. The design of the Advanced [...]

The year of 2008 was a successful year for Honda. The announcement by Honda with Sales & Production figures and Worldwide Production Charts gives a positive summary, but at the same time a concern of how the year of 2009 will affect Honda. It is not something new but Sales & Production of 2009 will [...]

It feels like the NSX successor is coming back from the ashes. Although the new NSX development was canceled, it looks like Acura plans are to present the NSX concept in Detroit on January 2009. Is it possible this to be a marketing game? Is the NSX alive after all? Read the Full Story

This could be a joke and a very bad one, but is unclear if this move by Honda will be an unfortunate reality. Chief Executive Takeo Fukui told to a small group of reporters, that if the Japanese government says that they don’t care about the export industry, then Honda will act accordingly. “If we [...]

At least according to the editors at gaywheels.com.

As Honda Motor Co Ltd is set to invest in hybrid technologies, a basic aggreement with GS Yuasa Corporation is close to establish a joint venture company which will manufacture, high-performance lithium-ion batteries for applications with a central focus on hybrid vehicles. The ratio of capital investment will be 51% by GS Yuasa and 49% [...]

The automotive industry could get even worse. Yet another huge production cut by Honda was announced for the first quarter of the year 2009. Its not only General Motors having trouble sorting things out but other car manufacturers are trying to find a solution in this economical worldwide crisis. Nothing can be predicted anymore and [...]

There is much debate about WTF happened to the US auto industry and who is responsible for it. Some blame the workers, some the union, some the legislators and some the companies. I’d like to take a few minutes of your time to offer my own thoughts on this calamity and who’s responsible for it. [...]

According to J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Customer Study, Honda is the leading manufacturer in the automotive industry by retaining the highest percentage of new-vehicle customers. The study is based on the percentage of new buyers who replace their previous vehicle with a new car from the same brand. Honda has almost increase by two [...]

The US Senate rejected the $14B auto-maker bailout bill approved earlier in the week by Congress. Republicans and Democrats failed to agree to end debate on the bill over union compensation, which the Republicans insisted be lowered to that of those working at Japanese auto makers with plants in the US.

Last week executives from the Detroit 3 decided to drive to Washington for Congressional hearings in some of their most fuel efficient models, rather than taking their expensive corporate jets as they had done for the last round of hearings. Ford has now announced that its CEO, Alan Mulally, will be driving to the hearings [...]