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Tuesday, Nov 3
Toyota, Honda Nissan ok in October; Mazda, Suzuki less so
We’ll give you the quick top-line October ‘09 vs. ‘08 results, and get the details as soon as I catch my breath: Toyota and Honda sales were both less than 1% changed. Nissan had a 6% boost. Mazda slid 8%. Suzuki was off 50% (in the middle of major product cycle changes). Stabilization is the word of...
Honda Crosstour Still Ugly; ABC About to Kick Toyota’s NSFW on Floormatgate
“First question: Is the 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour as unattractive in the flesh as it is in photographs?” Automotive News [sub] asks itself. “Answer: Pretty darned close. Directly from behind — and directly from the side — Honda’s new crossover-meets-wagon looks appealing. But from any...
Wednesday, Oct 28
Hate The Honda Crosstour? You’ve Been Heard
No, Honda’s Accord-based Crossover sin-against-nature hasn’t been canceled, but it is being cannibalized (sort of). Acura has announced [via Autoblog] that a TSX Sportwagon will be offered beginning with the 2011 model year. In short, if you begged Honda to bring a Euro-spec Accord wag...
Friday, Oct 23
Ask The Best And Brightest: How Can Honda Have Its Cake And Eat It Too?
Pity Takanobu Ito. Like many (ok, some) of us, the CEO of Honda is torn between his love for speed and the desire to be perceived as environmentally responsible. On the one hand, he lambasted Toyota for building its $375k LF-A supercar, saying that to his mind the fuel-cell FCX clarity (once d...
Sunday, Apr 12
Review: 2010 Honda Insight EX
Less than a generation ago, speed was the name of the game. Hands-on automotive enthusiasts would swap their car's two-barrel carb for a four, replace the manifold, straighten the exhaust, anything and everything to make their ride go faster (at least in a straight line). Even the mechani...
Wednesday, Dec 17
Intermittent Daily Podcast: It’s the End of the Acura NSX, and I Feel Fine
The car bloggers went sub-ballistic (what would that be, scientists?) today because Honda announced that it was killing the NSX project. Well, I say good riddance to a stupid idea. I’m in that camp of people that thinks the original NSX is the very rare car that came out perfectly. And while ma...
Thursday, Nov 20
Edmunds confused by J.D. Power Sales Satisfaction results
J.D. Power has released its latest Sales Satisfaction Index Study results. And once again, some people are confused by what this survey measures. Edmunds: “In an unusual twist, many Asian brands — including Honda, Toyota, Scion, Subaru, Suzuki, Hyundai and Mazda — ranked below the indus...
Monday, Sep 29
CNG Booster Slates Honda For Civic GX Production
Pssst. Wanna buy a $25K Honda Civic with a 220-mile driving range and the trunk space of a Miata? Me niether. Since its introduction over a decade ago, the Honda Civic GX has sold between 500 - 1000 per year; production has just been ...
Tuesday, Jun 24
Ask the Best and Brightest: Which cars will make it?
Edmunds Auto Observer is often the first website to review a new car-- in the sense of showering it with love and happiness or, at worst, gumming it to death. Suddenly, uncharacteristically, under the guise of humor, the bloggers who still won't fully disclose car manufacturers' contrib...
Saturday, May 17
USA Today: Acura’s Steering Sucks
Jackie Gleason and Art Carney. That's a double act. Twitchy and numb. That's a nightmare. But I figured, what the Hell; no one else seemed to notice the Accord's dangerous steering feel and sales are chugging along like The Little Engine That Could after cresting the mountaintop. But now USA To...
Monday, Mar 3
Ford and Toyota Down, Honda and Mazda Up
GM and Chrysler weren't the only ones singing the blues when February's sales numbers plunked onto the e-mat. Automotive News [sub] reports Ford and Toyota also showed declines in February-- although not quite as precipitous as The General and Mopar. Ford's sales fell 6.3 percent compare...
Friday, Nov 16
How to Lose Your Shirt on a New Car… Slower
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