Honda News
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The Honda Accord Hybrid was launched as a 2014 model, and the first few were sold back in October 2013. But over the next year, despite favorable reviews and a handful of awards, the Accord Hybrid remained a rare beast indeed on dealership lots. Now, more than a year later, it appears that supply has finally caught up to demand for Honda's 47-mpg hybrid mid-size sedan. DON'T MISS: 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid Still In Very Short Supply: Why? (Aug 2014) Green Car Reports wrote last August that reader complaints about lack of availability were continuing to come in, 10 months after the hybrid...
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Toyota Prius Loses Best-Selling Car In California Title To Honda Accord
The Toyota Prius is no longer the best-selling car in California.
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Toyota, Honda, Nissan To Support Hydrogen Fueling Sites In Japan
Toyota, Honda, and Nissan will work together to develop hydrogen fueling infrastructure.
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Will U.S. Get Honda Fit Sedan To Join Hatchback, HR-V? Test Car Spied
A Honda City is spotted roaming the streets of Torrance, California.
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2015 Honda Fit Gets Highest Safety Rating From NHTSA
The 2015 Honda Fit earned a 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score from the NHTSA.
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Honda Civic Hybrid And Honda CR-Z: Sales Likely To End Soon?
While sales of the 47-mpg Honda Accord Hybrid mid-size sedan have ticked up as supply grows, the camaker's two other hybrid offerings seem to be in limbo. The Honda Civic Hybrid, a compact four-door sedan, and the Honda CR-Z two-seat sport hatchback are still in the lineup--but their 2014 sales...
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Gas-mileage ratings for the 2016 Honda HR-V.
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Honda FCV Concept: Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle Coming In 2016 (Live Photos)
The Honda FCV concept makes its North American debut at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show.
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Honda To Offer New Electric Car, Plug-In Hybrid Model By 2018
Honda had no new products to unveil at this year's Detroit Auto Show, although it did show its hydrogen fuel-cell powered Honda FCV Concept car for the first time in North America. The company announced, however, that it would produce two all-new plug-in vehicles by 2018: one battery-electric car...
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2015 Honda Fit Video Road Test
If you’re looking for a small hatchback that delivers both fuel economy and flexibility, only a handful of new cars come to mind. Add in top safety ratings, and your list may narrow down to just one car: the latest 2015 Honda Fit. To Honda’s credit, the latest Fit looks less like a...
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New Honda 'Green Dealer Guide' Spells Out Energy Efficiency For Dealership Buildings
Honda translated lessons learned from its green-dealer program into a set of voluntary guidelines.
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2015 Honda CR-V: Gas Mileage Test Of Updated Crossover SUV
The Honda CR-V has been one of America's most popular compact SUVs for many years now, and for 2015, it's received a number of updates to keep it competitive. As well as styling updates and improvements to the interior, the 2015 Honda CR-V features an updated engine and a new continuously variable...
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Honda opens the first carmaker-run wind farm in Brazil.
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2016 Honda HR-V: Live Photos, Video, And Details From 2014 LA Auto Show
The 2016 Honda HR-V debuts in final specification at the 2014 LA Auto Show.
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Honda To Loan First Element $14 Million For Hydrogen Fueling Stations
Honda announced today at the Los Angeles Auto Show that it will loan almost $14 million to hydrogen station provider First Element Fuels to help it build an additional 12 fueling stations in California for upcoming hydrogen fuel-cell cars. The $13.8 million loan will be combined with grants from...
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Honda FCV Concept Debuts: Design Evolution For 2016 Fuel-Cell Car
A revised version of Honda's hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle debuted in Japan today. The Honda FCV Concept offers more hints as to what the five-passenger mid-size sedan will look like when it appears on Japanese roads in early 2016, powered only by hydrogen. DON'T MISS: Honda FCEV Concept Previews...
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2015 Honda Fit: Best Car To Buy 2015 Nominee
The second of our five nominees for Green Car Reports' 2015 Best Car To Buy award is the new 2015 Honda Fit, the well-regarded subcompact five-door hatchback. It's the third generation of the car sold in North America, and it's got a new powertrain, dubbed with Honda's EarthDreams label, that...
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2015 Honda CR-Z Hybrid Two-Seat Coupe: Unchanged For New Model Year
The 2015 Honda CR-Z enters the new model year unchanged.
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The 2015 Honda Fit subcompact is an entirely new model, and for North America, it's built in a new plant in Mexico. That means that its launch was necessarily slow and cautious--in fact, it was delayed two months--and then a bumper upgrade to reinforce crash-safety welds hardly sped up the schedule. DON'T MISS: 2015 Honda Fit: Quick Gas Mileage Drive Of All-New Hatchback (Apr 2014) But now the 2015 Fit is getting up to speed, and we've had a chance to spend a long weekend with a high-end model to test its gas mileage. Honda now uses an EarthDreams direct-injected 130-horsepower 1.5-liter...
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2015 Honda CR-V: New Engine, CVT For Higher Gas Mileage, New Features, Mild Restyle
The 2015 CR-V boasts improved gas mileage thanks to a new CVT.
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2015 Honda CR-V Revealed; Updated SUV's Details To Come Next Week
The 2015 Honda CR-V will feature updated styling and other changes.
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2015 Honda Fit: Early Models To Get Better Bumpers For Crash Safety Boost
Early-production 2015 Honda Fit hatchbacks will be retrofitted with stronger bumper-beam welds.
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2014 Honda CR-Z Hybrid Gets Factory-Approved Supercharger Kit
Ask Honda fans what's wrong with the CR-Z hybrid coupe, and they'll give you one of two answers. Those who seek economy will tell you it's not frugal enough. Those after performance will tell you it isn't fast enough. Fixing the former probably requires a little too much work for most, but thanks...
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2014 Acura RLX Hybrid: 3 Motors, AWD--Most Sophisticated Hybrid Yet?
Several manufacturers now offer gas-saving hybrid versions of their vehicles but it's surprisingly rare to find two companies who have gone about it in the same way. The early pioneers, Toyota and Honda, fielded completely different systems at launch--and well over a decade down the line Honda has...
Antony Ingram