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Honda versions more fit hybrid images, details
Honda releases more fit hybrid (RSS feed) 2010 images Detailsby Glucker Jeff on Sep 29th at 8: 59 pm Honda has told us, it also once told us that no Honda jazz hybrid is there, but it no Honda fit hybrid will be produced for the American market. What you are looking for in the [...]
2011 Honda CR-Z hybrid is a sporty eco-activist
Cars typically force drivers to make a choice: sporty but piggish on fuel or efficient and underwhelming.With its 2011 CR-Z, Honda Motor Co. is playing with a new concept. It’s called responsible indulgence, and Honda’s debuting the idea with a two-seat “sporty hybrid coupe” that’s got some spunk but doesn’t force drivers to check their [...]
Honda to recall about 380,000 vehicles over ignition switch
Honda Motor Co. said Monday it is recalling more than 380,000 of its vehicles to fix a problem with the ignition switch that can lead to a vehicle rolling away and causing a collision. The problem is that the ignition interlock mechanism can be damaged or worn during use. After that occurs, it could allow [...]
GM’s Turnaround Rides on a Successful Chevy
With General Motors leaving bankruptcy, can its core brand churn out cars and crossover SUVs that stand up to Toyotas, Hondas, and Fords? As General Motors emerges from bankruptcy reorganization to launch a new era, it is no exaggeration to say that as goes Chevrolet, so goes General Motors. The Chevrolet brand has always been [...]
After 50 years, Honda confronts new challenges
In 1959, American Honda Motor Co. incorporated in Los Angeles as the first overseas subsidiary of Japan-based Honda Motor Co. NEW YORK – In 1973, the local newspaper in Akron, Ohio, sent a photographer to Rick Case’s filling station to take pictures of his signs bearing gas prices. The Middle East oil embargo was in [...]
Toyota F1 Team Sells Parts Online
Forget about a boring baseball cap, a tacky polo shirt or a chintzy key ring. There are better ways to show your affection for Toyota’s Formula One team. For example, consider the purchase of a rear wing from one of Toyota F1’s racecars. Or perhaps a genuine front-nose piece. Both are available at Toyota F1’s [...]
Bargain Hunting on General Motors and Chrysler Lots
Because of the Chrysler and General Motors bankruptcies, people looking for car bargains might find a few treasures. But they have to be prepared to act quickly and forgo considerations like resale value and vehicle reliability, and also ignore the uncertainties around warranty repairs and the availability of spare parts. Feeling lucky? A good place [...]
GM Files for Bankruptcy
GM’s Chapter 11 filing caps a decades-long slide, but it should emerge relatively quickly from court with lower labor and debt costs A once proud and dominant General Motors, which at its peak controlled half the American auto market, filed for bankruptcy court protection on June 1 in an historic act that will see federal [...]
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