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News Opinion (Page 111)

News Opinion

Opinion on auto industry news. Opinion on cars and new vehicles.

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For the sake of full disclosure, I must admit that it’s a bit tough for me to wrap my analytical automotive mind around the sum of the parts that may be Honda’s greatest engineering achievement to date.
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With the expansion of a Honda Sensing ™ active safety option across many 2016 Civic trim levels, buyer beware! It’s up to you to know what you’re buying at the close of sale.
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As the reinvented Honda Ridgeline Pickup sales approach 10,000 units, it looks as if American Honda Motors has yet another sales success in its ever expanding lineup.
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The surprising leader for American Honda sales in August is the underappreciated, Fit platformed subcompact HR-V crossover. The uptick is quite astounding!
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With no shortage of competition in North America’s compact crossover segment, Honda CR-V continues to break sales records.
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The first Honda Civic Hatchback to come to the U.S. in well over a decade, will also be the safest compact Hatchback in the maker’s history. Personally, we can’t wait to drive one.
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It’s one of those mind boggling questions that come up from, we assume, “new” drivers at times: Is there any benefit to turning of my 2016 Honda Civic engine while in motion?’
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"Normal" is a subjective question, but delivery can take its toll on a new car finish, and it's not always noticed prior to purchase. Here's what to do if it happens to you.
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Limited to 100 units for export to Japan, Acura NSX is now available for customer order in Japan, it’s pricy!
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As it should be: One of if not the highest consumer rated sub compact 5 door hatchbacks available in North America comes to market as a carry over from 2016. Hey, if it’s not broken why fix it?
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One could feel the electricity in the air Saturday night as Acura’s General Manager Jon Ikeda spoke of things to come for Honda’s premium car division. The world’s first design and manufactured in America supercar signals a shift in the makers design directive.
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True enough: From China, the world’s fastest growing car market, comes a behind the wheel account of the production 2016 Honda Civic EX-T 6 MT turbo!
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Acura’s halo car turned more than a couple of heads at the hypercritical auto aficionado driven preview to Carmel’s Concourse classic car show.
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If Saturday’s race in Utah was any indication of things to come, Eversley and Acura TLX GT was on its way to a podium finish for Sunday’s GT round 17.
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American Honda Motors just confirmed a Fall 2016 arrival of the most powerful, fuel efficient and sophisticated Honda Civic Hatchback in the maker’s history.
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With August signalling the start of inventory reduction for most makers, why isn’t American Honda Motors or Acura featured on the KBB “10 Best New Car Deals” for August list?
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Thanks to our friends in the know, we are currently updated as to the arrival of the first manufactured in England Civic hatchback to grace U.S. shores.
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If the Saturday running of the 2016 Mid Ohio PWC GT round 14 was an indicator of things to come this weekend in Utah, RealTime Racing’s Ryan Eversley and Spencer Pumpelly, both off Atlanta, Georgia, best be ready to rumble.
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Interestingly enough, we discover that as of this posting, a federally mandated uniform auto industry headlight standard doesn't exist in the United States.
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You’d be hard pressed to find sitting in the annals of Honda history, a U.K. manufactured Civic that made it onto the showroom floor of U.S. dealerships.
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Well they’re at it again. With the help of an old friend, Honda fans throw caution to the wind.
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Well they’re at it again. With the help of an old friend, Honda fans throw caution to the wind!
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Sure enough, when we look to the numbers, by the time the British built 10th generation Civic based Type R comes to the states late next year, look for the MSRP to approach the $40,000 barrier.
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Yes, I know, pure speculation, but hear me out.
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Rarely does a day goes by that we don’t receive that email or phone call from a friend or reader asking the question.
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It would appear that even the Brits are not immune to the Takata airbag scandal
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Is North America’s first Civic Hatchback variant available in well over a decade loaded on a car transport ship in Southampton?
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Looking to the numbers: Volvo’s newest premium near full size sedan is coming to North America with segment bench setting fuel efficiency.
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July continues the upward sales trajectory for Kia with the Soul compact hatchback leading the lineup.
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So what’s driving Volvo car sales in the United States back to pre-recession levels?