A $10,000 lawsuit has been filed against Honda Motor Co. by a Los Angeles woman who claims her Civic Hybrid doesn’t meet its gas mileage outlook. The claim was filed on Tuesday in American Honda headquarters city of Torrance, CA small claims court by 46 year old Heather Peters. Peters claims that the 50 mpg [...]
It turns out that the 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid will be a very important ‘green’ model for the Japanese brand. Despite being the first on the market with a gasoline-electric hybrid in the United States with the first-generation Insight, Honda’s recent hybrid models have started falling off. However, the 2012 Honda Civic is the first [...]
Though auto-makers all over the globe were affected greatly, Honda has experienced significant shortages due to the earthquake in Japan. It has informed US dealers on Monday that it expects to run short of Honda Civic models, due to a cease in production. Though the Civic is assembled in the US, many parts come from [...]
The 2012 Honda Civic lineup consists of five different models (seven if you count the coupes as different models) and to market the diverse lineup, Honda’s long-time ad agency, RPA has launched a new campaign called “To Each Their Own.” With a tagline that reads “We’re all different. That’s why there are five different Civic,” the [...]
At the 2011 New York Auto Show, Honda unveiled the entire 2012 Honda Civic lineup, which is on sale at dealerships nationwide. “The all-new Civic builds on the popularity of the previous generation with a complete technology makeover, higher level of refinement and style while improving its position as an excellent value,” said John Mendel, [...]
After showing us the 2012 Honda Civic Concept at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, Honda today officially took the wraps off of the 2012 Civic, which it says is ‘designed to even better meet the diverse needs of the compact-vehicle buyer.’ Big news for 2012? The 2012 Honda Civic will be available in 5 trim-levels [...]
Earlier this morning we learned that Honda is considering getting rid of the Civic in Japan – but for the rest of the world (especially all of you hybrid lovers), Honda’s got something special up its sleeve. The 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid will lead the new Civic lineup and will challenge the Toyota Prius head-to-head. [...]
Honda Civic Hybrid owners are shocked by a new fix for the hybrid sedan that addresses an issue with the nickel-metal hydride battery pack in the vehicle. According to Honda, thousands of Civic Hybrid owners may be experiencing accelerated deterioration of the car’s crucial and expensive nickel-metal hydride battery pack. Honda has already started offering [...]
Yesterday, we briefly reported on Honda’s future goals to add a plug-in hybrid and an electric-vehicle to its U.S. lineup in the near future. The Japanese automaker today officially confirmed that it will add a new battery-electric vehicle and a new plug-in hybrid vehicle, to the U.S. market in 2012. President & CEO Takanobu Ito, [...]
The 2010 Honda Insight is the first of four gasoline-electric hybrids Honda has planned to bring to the roads by 2012. Early next year, Honda will unveil the production version of the much-anticipated CR-Z sports hybrid. That will be followed by a hybrid version of the Fit and the next-generation Civic Hybrid. According to Japan’s [...]
