Reuters on behalf of AutomotiveNews has learned that Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, and Honda have issued a massive recall for nearly 3.4 million vehicles due to airbag supplier Takata Corp. The models seem affected seem to involve ones made in the early to mid 2000s. Toyota is recalling 1.73 million cars made in between November 2000 [...]
Mothers, fathers, and nannies, rest your souls, for the new 2014 Honda Odyssey brought something unique to the rest of the soccer mom hodgepodge at this year’s New York International Show. No more do you have to worry about in-car dry spills and messes from the little ones as the 2014 Honda Odyssey introduced the [...]
Honda seized the moment on the eve before the official press days of the 2013 New York Auto Show to showcase the updated 2014 Odyssey minivan on the Internet. And while the new Odyssey does benefit from a minor facelift, it seeks to be a first by featuring the world’s first in-car vacuum system. So [...]
Honda has officially announced that they’ll be showcasing a newly updated 2014 Odyssey minivan while their subsidiary confirmed that the production version of the all-new 2014 Acura MDX will be unveiled at this year’s New York International Auto Show. Click here for our original post on the 2013 Acura MDX Prototype from the 2013 Detroit [...]
Honda has notified its dealers not to sell some cars until they complete a recall to fix an air bag defect, which has been linked to 18 injuries and two deaths. The problem lies within the driver side air bag, which can deploy with a lot of force and send metal shards into the driver. [...]
Honda announced today that it is expanded a previous recall of certain 2001 through 2003 model-year Honda and Acura brand vehicles to replace the driver’s airbag inflator originally install in around 273,000 vehicles in the United States. The recall covers an additional 917,267 vehicles. Honda said that “affected driver’s airbag inflators may deploy with too [...]
Five minivan models have earned the 2011 Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The winners are the safest vehicles around, with better rollover crash protection than other models. Other qualifying factors include the highest ratings for side, frontal, and rear crash protection, along with electronic stability control. On the top [...]
For the seventh consecutive year, Porsche is the highest-ranking nameplate in the 2011 APEAL Study by J.D. Power and Associates. Hyundai also improved from 2010 more than any other nameplate this year, while Jeep and Chrysler also improved considerably. BMW and Dodge each had three models each that received the segment-level awards. BMW models receiving awards [...]
We’re not sure how man of you are fans of the minivan segment but as Cars.com points out “It’s not often you see an entire segment of the auto industry redone at the same time, but 2011 is a renaissance for minivans.” All the major players in the segment including Nissan, Honda, Dodge, Chrysler, Toyota [...]
WardsAuto has released its list of 10 Best Interiors for 2011. The list is a result of a lot of work done by the team at WardsAuto, where editors drove 51 vehicles that were all-new or featured significantly upgraded interiors to determine the 2011 winners. “We’ve never evaluated so many vehicles for any awards competition [...]
