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Source: cars.chicagotribune.com | Date: Oct 04, 2013 | Author: Deborah Siegel | <a href="http://cars.chicagotribune.com/fuel-efficient/news/chi-car-stories-2013-honda-fit-20131004" target="_blank">Go to clip...</a><br />
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2013 Honda Fit: Car Stories<br />
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We hear from automakers, industry experts and auto writers all the time. In Car Stories, we want<br />
to hear from the people that matter most to the auto industry: The drivers. Just like every house<br />
has its own smell, every car has its own story.Writer Deb Siegel strays from the Car Stories form<br />
to deliver this story on how she was able to replace her 1993 Toyota Corolla, which had reliably<br />
taken her family around from newborns until they were college students.<br />
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I drove my Toyota Corolla for over 20 years. I got it when my son was two, I was pregnant with my<br />
daughter, and I wasn't sure the old Tercel handed down from my mom would carry us through the<br />
winter. I did not want to be breaking down with a two-year-old and a giant belly.<br />
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My kids grew up riding in that car, from the graham-cracker-crumbs-in-the-carseat days, to the<br />
teen learning-to-drive years (which, in the case of my son, meant numerous bruises and<br />
contusions visited upon the poor Corolla), to my daughter's first solo drive to her camp counselor<br />
job two states away. But once again, the time came when I began to fear a winter breakdown. The<br />
kids were off in college, but I needed to get to my downtown job five days a week by 9 AM.<br />
I started doing my research. I am, if you want to put it nicely, frugal. I loved the Corolla and would<br />
not accept any car with less than the very top predicted reliability (I spent a lot of time checking<br />
out those little red circles in Consumer Reports); I wanted another 20-year car. I was interested in<br />
a little more capacity for carrying stuff than the Corolla had, but I like to drive (and park) a small<br />
car, and good gas mileage has always been important to me, even when it was not trendy. (My<br />
husband has a minivan - almost 200,000 miles on the old Sienna - for hauling lumber or long trips<br />
with lots of passengers and gear.)<br />
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I researched many cars, and test-drove the Prius C, the Toyota Matrix, and the Honda Fit. There<br />
were other small cars that I liked the look of that had great mileage, but if they were not at the<br />
pinnacle of reliability or were strongly dissed by Consumer Reports, they fell off my list.<br />
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I ended up choosing the 2013 Honda Fit. The amount of cargo this little vehicle can hold is<br />
amazing. The back seats fold down flat to create a large surface, or the seat bottoms fold up to<br />
create a tall area. The front passenger seat can be reclined all the way to carry long items (I know<br />
of someone who carries her kayak in her Fit), and the car has a lot of headroom for cargo or<br />
humans. I am short, but my 6'3" hubby was surprised at how much headroom he had - lots better<br />
than the old Corolla where the top of his head had polished a spot on the ceiling. And even though<br />
this car looks tiny on the outside, it feels spacious inside.<br />
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The Fit springs out of a stop. It is definitely more spritely than my old car, and much spunkier than<br />
the Prius C. The mileage is not as great as the Prius, but the get-up-and-go, the capacity, the<br />
significantly lower price, and the cushier interior, swayed me. I liked the Matrix a lot, but it didn't<br />
give me enough to justify the extra cost and lower MPG.<br />
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And one more reason for my choice: a car is a sculpture. I like the look of the base model Fit. The<br />
curvy bean shape appeals to me. I am not a big fan of the little hat brim ("roofline spoiler") on the<br />
back or the extra skirt ("side underbody spoilers") around the bottom of the Sport model. The only<br />
option that I would have liked from the Sport model was the wheels, having had bad experiences<br />
with repeatedly stolen hubcaps on my old Corolla.<br />
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I purchased one add-on when I got the Fit. Knowing I would miss the security of leaving items out<br />
of sight in the trunk of my car, I bought the cargo cover, which hides whatever is stashed behind<br />
the back seats.<br />
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I have been putting off this write-up because I wanted to be able to say more about my MPG and<br />
how the Fit behaves at higher speeds, but though I've had my Fit for almost a month now, all the<br />
driving I've done has been in rush hour on the Ike - really bad rush hours at that - the kind with<br />
way more stopping than going, and crawling rather than rolling. The Fit has a constant MPG<br />
readout, which I've been having a lot of fun watching. So far, my rush-hour mileage is averaging<br />
about 29.3 - not so bad considering I am mostly sitting still listening to NPR. I look forward to<br />
taking the little bean out for a run, but it hasn't happened yet. The U.S. Department of Energy<br />
website gives a highway mileage of 35 for the automatic transmission.<br />
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And though my kids were despondent that I'd sold their childhood friend, the Corolla has gone on<br />
to her next job, and the Marge figurine that graced her dashboard has taken up residence in the<br />
new car, continuing to protect us as we battle though daily traffic.<br />
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Find your Honda Fit at <a href="http://www.michaelhohlhonda.com/new-inventory/index.htm" target="_blank">Michael Hohl Honda</a> in Carson City. We are your <a href="http://www.northernnevadahondadealer.com/" target="_blank">Northern Nevada Honda Dealer</a>.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07038236922795473961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023229703419102382.post-80023973128688334952013-10-07T16:30:00.000-07:002013-10-07T16:30:20.992-07:00The new four-door Accord is the first sedan with an EPA 50 mile-per-gallon rating for city driving.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
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The new four-door Accord is the first sedan with an EPA 50 mile-per-gallon rating for city driving.</h2>
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FORTUNE -- Honda's new Accord hybrid, appearing in dealer showrooms this month, will grab the attention of shoppers motivated by a desire to save money on gasoline. The new four-door powered by a gas-electric system is the first sedan with an EPA 50 mile-per-gallon rating for city driving.</div>
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It's also the first Honda (<a href="http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=HMC" rel="external" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">HMC</a>) hybrid built in the U.S. and the Japanese automaker's latest salvo in its vigorous competition with Toyota (<a href="http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=TM" rel="external" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TM</a>), whose Prius models have dominated the hybrid segment. The new Accord features "full" hybrid technology, with an electric motor and gasoline-powered engine that can drive the vehicle independently or in tandem.</div>
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Honda's "mild" hybrid technology in previous models "wasn't able to generate Prius-type fuel economy numbers," said Bill Visnic, an analyst for Edmunds.com. "I predict Honda is indeed going to chip away at the Prius with what is an extremely compelling hybrid play with the 2014 Accord Hybrid."</div>
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Honda and Toyota introduced their first hybrid models in the late 1990s. Honda's Insight mild hybrid didn't sell strongly. Toyota's full hybrid Prius, by contrast, was wildly popular and over subsequent generations and variations became one of the automaker's top sellers worldwide. U.S. automakers, especially General Motors (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #004276;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;"><b>GM</b></span></span>), were skeptical about hybrids; they developed their own once the success of Prius was impossible to ignore.</div>
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"Honda put in all we had," Koji Ninomiya, chief engineer for the Accord Hybrid, said to reporters. "We did our best, and we ended up at 50 mpg." The city-highway combined rating is 47 mpg, identical to the combined rating for the Ford (<a href="http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=F" rel="external" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">F</a>) Fusion hybrid.</div>
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Honda engineers have been working on the new system for about a decade, considering all sorts of approaches and combinations of electric motors, batteries, regenerative braking, and internal combustion engines.</div>
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Honda's hybrid has two electric motors, one gas engine, and can run in three modes: electric-only; a combination of motor and gas-engine, in which the engine charges the battery that keeps an electric motor driving the wheels; and a gas-engine only mode.</div>
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The new system uses an Atkinson cycle gasoline engine, which optimizes efficiency at the expense of power by adjusting valve openings. Also in use is a regenerative braking system that sends power to a lithium-ion battery the moment the driver's foot is lifted from the accelerator -- as opposed to the typical regenerative system that starts when the brake is applied.</div>
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Due to the space occupied by the battery behind the rear seat, the Accord hybrid's trunk will offer 12.7 cubic feet of space, versus 15.8 cubic feet in the conventional model.</div>
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Starting at just under $30,000, the Accord's fancier versions will cost up to $35,000 or more, depending on optional equipment. The Prius, which is a smaller vehicle, starts at about $25,000.</div>
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Honda once dominated the automotive market when it came to fuel efficiency and steadily was supplanted by Toyota and others that made competitive strides and closed the gap. One of Toyota's marketing innovations was to come up with a unique name for its hybrid -- Prius -- while other manufacturers simply have added "hybrid" to whatever model it's powering.</div>
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The Accord's phenomenally loyal owner base is likely to pay attention to Honda's new approach to hybrid, especially if fuel prices spike. At the moment, they've moderated a bit to $3.49.9 a gallon at the end of September, from $3.62.3 a month earlier.</div>
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But the trend of gasoline prices remains upward -- a reality no one likes but one that Honda engineers have addressed forthrightly with the newest Accord.</div>
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Find your 2014 Honda Accord at <a href="http://www.michaelhohlhonda.com/new-inventory/index.htm" target="_blank">Michael Hohl Honda</a> in Carson City, near Reno NV. </div>
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Scott Dixon thrust himself back into the thick of the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series Driver’s Championship battle, and Honda claimed the lead in the fight for the Manufacturers’ Championship with a dominant performance Saturday in Houston, Texas, as Dixon took his fourth and Honda’s ninth win of the season in the first of two 90-lap races on the Reliant Center temporary street circuit.<br />
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<!-- / .hwwMSraceImageArea-->On a very hot and humid afternoon, Dixon spent the opening third of today’s 90-lap contest stalking early leader Will Power, then claimed the lead with a quicker service by his Target Chip Ganassi Racing crew and faster “out-lap” during the first round of pit stops. Dixon and Power continued to lead the field during the middle race segment, but Dixon was able to seize a big advantage when his second stop took place just before one of seven caution flags to wave today.<br />
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On the final restart, on Lap 77, Dixon rocketed away from second-place Simona de Silvestro, opening up a lead of more than 2.5 seconds in the opening lap. Dixon continued to pull away in the closing laps, as de Silvestro became embroiled in a battle for second place with the Honda-powered cars of Justin Wilson and Simon Pagenaud. But yet another yellow, with just three laps remaining, froze the field to the checkers.<br />
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Dixon’s win is a series-high fourth of the season, and closed him to within eight points of championship leader Helio Castroneves, with two races remaining in the season.<br />
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The late-race yellow ended Wilson’s chances of finishing second, but the Dale Coyne Racing driver still posted his fourth podium finish of the season. Pagenaud also kept his championship hopes alive with a fourth-place finish for Schmidt Hamilton Racing. He goes into tomorrow’s 90-lap race third in the championship, 50 points behind Castroneves with 104 points still in play.<br />
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Takuma Sato, who started on the pole for the Houston-based A.J. Foyt Racing team, led the first seven laps before a cut tire forced an early pit stop and ended his chances at victory. After a crash in practice Friday, Josef Newgarden battled his way through the field to finish fifth for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, his second consecutive top-five result this season. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan duo of James Jakes and Graham Rahal finished sixth and seventh, respectively, as Honda drivers and teams claimed seven of the top eight finishing positions.<br />
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Honda Fastest Seat in Sports winner Morris Feigel from Edmond, Oklahoma, led the field prior to the green flag in the two-seat Honda IndyCar driven by two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Arie Luyendyk.For more information on how you can receive the ride of a lifetime in the Fastest Seat in Sports sweepstakes, go to <a href="http://www.shophonda.com/" target="_blank">www.shophonda.com</a>.<br />
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Today’s race was the first of a double header weekend in Houston. Sunday’s 90-lap contest, the 18th and penultimate round in the 2013 season, starts at 1:30 p.m. EDT, with live television coverage on the NBC Sports Network.<br />
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Scott Dixon <br />(Chip Ganassi Racing)</div>
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Takuma Sato <br />(A.J. Foyt Racing)</div>
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<dt>Scott Dixon (#9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Dallara) started 3rd, finished 1st, his 4th IndyCar victory of 2013; Honda’s series-leading 9th race win of the season:</dt>
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<dd>“The car was fantastic, as you could see on the first stint [run until the first pit stop]. I struggled for a bit mid-race, but then we were able to pick it up again at the finish, just when we needed it. You know in racing, you've got to have some luck, and to be honest, today I was lucky on the restarts. We didn't get ‘collected' [hit]. But you've got to keep pushing, and that's what we did today, all the time. I pushed hard on the last restart against Marco [Andretti] and ‘TK' [Tony Kanaan]. It was an awesome job for the entire team. They've been fantastic all weekend, and I guess it's good for the championship, too!”</dd>
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<dt>Justin Wilson (#19 Boy Scouts of America Dale Coyne Racing Honda Dallara) started 14th, finished 3rd:</dt>
<dd>“The car was great early in the race and we started to move up, but then I felt a tire going down and we had to pit a bit early. After that, I had to conserve fuel [to make the finish], but I was pushing the whole way. Hopefully, we can qualify stronger tomorrow and put ourselves in a position to win”</dd><dd> </dd>
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<dd>"Today’s result illustrates<br /> the total commitment by everyone at HPD to winning the 2013 IndyCar Manufacturers’ and Drivers’ championships, and we moved one giant step closer to both of those goals today. It’s gratifying to see that same commitment from the Chip Ganassi Racing organization, and all of our teams. Congratulations to Scott [Dixon] on his series-leading fourth victory this year, and to Simon [Pagenaud] for his fourth-place result, as both remain in the thick of the championship fight. Honda swept both previous double header weekends this year [Detroit and Toronto] and our goal now is to finish the sweep tomorrow.”</dd></dl>
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Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)</div>
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Simona de Silvestro (KV Racing Technology)</div>
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Justin Wilson (Dale Coyne Racing)</div>
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Josef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing)</div>
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James Jakes (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)</div>
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Takuma Sato (A.J. Foyt Racing)</div>
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September 25, 2013 – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of August 2013.<br />
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Worldwide Production</h4>
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<tr><th class="line-toprightbottomBold" colspan="2" rowspan="2"> </th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2" valign="middle">August 2013</th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2">Year-to-Date Total<br />(Jan. - Aug. 2013)</th></tr>
<tr><th class="line-topright" width="94">Units</th><th class="line-topright" width="94">vs.'12</th><th class="line-topright" width="94">Units</th><th class="line-topright" width="94">vs.'12</th></tr>
<tr><th class="line-topBold-right" width="17"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" width="161">Japan</th><td class="line-topBold-right" width="94">62,129</td><td class="line-topBold-right" width="90">-10.6%</td><td class="line-topBold-right" width="94">479,212</td><td class="line-topBold-right" width="94">-35.7%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-right"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold">Outside of Japan</th><td class="line-topright">260,817</td><td class="line-topright">-0.8%</td><td class="line-topright">2,253,663</td><td class="line-topright">+7.6%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-rightBold" colspan="2">Worldwide Total</th><td class="line-topright">322,946</td><td class="line-topright">-2.8%</td><td class="line-topright">2,732,875</td><td class="line-topright">-3.8%</td></tr>
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Production Outside of Japan</h4>
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<tr><th class="line-toprightbottomBold" colspan="2" rowspan="2"> </th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2" valign="middle">August 2013</th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2">Year-to-Date Total<br />(Jan. - Aug. 2013)</th></tr>
<tr><th class="line-topright" width="98">Units</th><th class="line-topright" width="89">vs.'12</th><th class="line-topright" width="92">Units</th><th class="line-topright" width="93">vs.'12</th></tr>
<tr><th class="line-right" width="17"> </th><th class="line-bottomdot-rightBold" width="161">North America</th><td class="line-topBold-right">161,038<sup>*1</sup></td><td class="line-topBold-right">+8.2%</td><td class="line-topBold-right">1,202,601</td><td class="line-topBold-right">+4.6%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-right"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold">(USA)</th><td class="line-topdot-right">121,208<sup>*2</sup></td><td class="line-topdot-right">+12.2%</td><td class="line-topdot-right">881,355</td><td class="line-topdot-right">+6.2%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-right"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold">Europe</th><td class="line-topright">5,752</td><td class="line-topright">-22.0%</td><td class="line-topright">89,003</td><td class="line-topright">-17.0%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-right"> </th><th class="line-bottomdot-rightBold">Asia</th><td class="line-topright">79,013</td><td class="line-topright">-11.7%</td><td class="line-topright">853,266</td><td class="line-topright">+17.3%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-right"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold">(China)</th><td class="line-topdot-right">41,021</td><td class="line-topdot-right">-17.8%</td><td class="line-topdot-right">446,290</td><td class="line-topdot-right">-5.0%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-right"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold">Others</th><td class="line-topright">15,014</td><td class="line-topright">-13.2%</td><td class="line-topright">108,793</td><td class="line-topright">-1.2%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-rightBold" colspan="2">Overseas Total</th><td class="line-topright">260,817</td><td class="line-topright">-0.8%</td><td class="line-topright">2,253,663</td><td class="line-topright">+7.6%</td></tr>
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*1 Record high for the month of August<br />*2 Record high for any month</div>
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Production in Japan for the month of August 2013 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the ninth consecutive month (since December 2012). <br />
Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in 19 months (since January 2012). <br />
Production in North America experienced a year-on-year increase for the second consecutive month, setting record high production for the month of August. This includes all-time monthly record for production in USA. <br />
Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fourth consecutive month (since May 2013).<br />
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Sales in the Japanese Market</h4>
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<tr><th class="line-toprightbottomBold" colspan="2" rowspan="2" valign="middle">Vehicle type</th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2" valign="middle">August 2013</th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2">Year-to-Date Total<br />(Jan. - Aug. 2013)</th></tr>
<tr><th class="line-topright" width="97">Units</th><th class="line-topright" width="91">vs.'12</th><th class="line-topright" width="90">Units</th><th class="line-topright" width="93">vs.'12</th></tr>
<tr><th class="line-topBold-right" width="18"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" width="161">Registrations</th><td class="line-topBold-right">18,978</td><td class="line-topBold-right">-22.1%</td><td class="line-topBold-right">198,774</td><td class="line-topBold-right">-41.4%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-right"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold">Mini-Vehicles</th><td class="line-topright">28,581</td><td class="line-topright">+23.9%</td><td class="line-topright">274,204</td><td class="line-topright">+28.3%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-rightBold" colspan="2">Honda Brand Total</th><td class="line-topright">47,559</td><td class="line-topright">+0.2%</td><td class="line-topright">472,978</td><td class="line-topright">-14.5%</td></tr>
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Honda’s automobile sales in the Japanese market for the month of August 2013 experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in eight months (since December 2012).<br />
New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 13th consecutive month (since August 2012). <br />
Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the 20th consecutive month (since January 2012).<br />
<Vehicle registrations - excluding mini-vehicles><br /><em>Fit </em>was the industry’s sixth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of August 2013 with sales of 6,193 units. <em>Freed </em>was the industry’s seventh best-selling car with sales of 5,782 units. <em>Step WGN</em> was the industry’s 10th best-selling car with sales of 4,384 units. <br />
<Mini-vehicles - under 660cc><br /><em>N BOX </em>was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of August 2013 with sales of 17,995 units. <em>N-ONE</em> was the industry’s ninth best-selling car with sales of 7,036 units.<br />
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Exports from Japan</h4>
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<tr><th class="line-toprightbottomBold" colspan="2" rowspan="2"> </th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2" valign="middle">August 2013</th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2">Year-to-Date Total<br />(Jan. - Aug. 2013)</th></tr>
<tr><th class="line-topright" width="100">Units</th><th class="line-topright" width="100">vs.'12</th><th class="line-topright" width="100">Units</th><th class="line-topright" width="95">vs.'12</th></tr>
<tr><th class="line-right" width="16"> </th><th class="line-bottomdot-rightBold" width="139">North America</th><td class="line-topBold-right">8,247</td><td class="line-topBold-right">+4.0%</td><td class="line-topBold-right">64,286</td><td class="line-topBold-right">-37.8%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-right"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold">(USA)</th><td class="line-topdot-right">8,183</td><td class="line-topdot-right">+4.5%</td><td class="line-topdot-right">62,966</td><td class="line-topdot-right">-37.8%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-right"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold">Europe</th><td class="line-topright">782</td><td class="line-topright">+76.1%</td><td class="line-topright">4,176</td><td class="line-topright">-72.9%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-right"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold">Asia</th><td class="line-topright">307</td><td class="line-topright">-80.7%</td><td class="line-topright">5,949</td><td class="line-topright">-77.7%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-right"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold">Others</th><td class="line-topright">1,693</td><td class="line-topright">+105.5%</td><td class="line-topright">12,542</td><td class="line-topright">-55.4%</td></tr>
<tr><th class="line-rightBold" colspan="2">Total</th><td class="line-topright">11,029</td><td class="line-topright">+2.2%</td><td class="line-topright">86,953</td><td class="line-topright">-49.9%</td></tr>
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Total exports from Japan in August 2013 experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in 14 months (since June 2012).</div>
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TOKYO, Japan, September 27, 2013 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today released the 3D-View, new interactive web content that enables users to experience the engine sound and driving trajectory reproduced into 3-dimensional computer graphics (CG) based on data recorded of Ayrton Senna driving the McLaren-Honda MP4/5 in the FIA<sup>*1</sup> Formula One (F1) World Championship at Suzuka Circuit in 1989. Honda developed this content as part of the "dots"<sup>*2</sup> project through which Honda studies how people enjoy relationships with automobiles, and the content was posted within the "dots lab by internavi" section of the Internavi website. (URL: <a href="http://www.honda.co.jp/internavi-dots/dots-lab/senna1989/" target="_blank">http://www.honda.co.jp/internavi-dots/dots-lab/senna1989/</a>)<br />
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The 3D-View reproduces the engine sound based on the analysis of actual data, including accelerator control, engine speed and vehicle speed, that was recorded when Ayrton Senna marked a then lap record at Suzuka Circuit during qualifying for the 1989 F1 Japan Grand Prix. Moreover, data of his driving trajectory was given new life through 3-dimensional CG expressive technologies, enabling users to enjoy it while changing from various points of view.<br />
The 3D-View was created as part of Honda's "Ayrton Senna 1989" project<sup>*3</sup>, through which Honda has already released a movie titled "Ayrton Senna 1989" that reproduces Senna's then fastest lap at Suzuka Circuit using sound and light, as well as an iPhone<sup>*4</sup> app called "Sound of Honda" that enables users to enjoy driving with the sound of the McLaren-Honda MP4/5 by synchronizing it with their own car.<br />
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<dd>Honda's project to create new experiences through precise reproduction of driving data recorded during the qualifying for the 1989 F1 Japan Grand Prix when Ayrton Senna marked the lap record of Suzuka Circuit at that time.</dd>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07038236922795473961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023229703419102382.post-20249027213788035012013-05-08T14:48:00.002-07:002013-05-08T14:48:38.296-07:00Honda Compact SUV Concept Model "URBAN SUV CONCEPT"<br />
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DETROIT, Michigan, U.S.A., January 14, 2013 - Honda today exhibited the world premiere of an all-new compact SUV concept model, the "URBAN SUV CONCEPT," at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan (Press days: January 14-15 / Public days: January 19-27).<br />
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The URBAN SUV CONCEPT is a concept vehicle for a global model. This model features sporty and dynamic design unique to an SUV, while also offering a spacious cabin realized by the Honda-original center-tank layout with high functionality. The exterior design was developed featuring the sharp and sporty character lines of a coupe while maintaining the dynamism of a crossover model to express an emotional and sensual design.<br />
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The all-new compact SUV model based on this concept will go on sale in Japan by the end of 2013, followed by sequential introductions in other countries around the world. In North America, Honda plans to begin production of the compact SUV at the new plant in Mexico, which will become operational in spring 2014, and begin sales in the U.S. before the end of 2014.<br />
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Featuring Earth Dreams Technology, Honda's next generation powertrain series that greatly enhances both driving performance and fuel efficiency at a high level, the all-new compact SUV will be available with three types of powertrains - gasoline, hybrid and diesel - evolving a product lineup which accommodates the unique characteristics of each region on a global basis.<br />
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Honda plans to sell more than 1.5 million units annually of the three "Global Compact Series" models, namely the Fit, the City and the all-new compact SUV, which utilize the Honda-original center-tank layout, by the end of 2016. Starting with the Global Compact Series, Honda will pursue a transformation of its global operations to promptly respond to the needs of customers around the world and evolve models with the best specifications for each region at affordable prices.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07038236922795473961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023229703419102382.post-54307879111404687492013-05-08T14:46:00.000-07:002013-05-08T14:46:15.187-07:00Honda Exhibits World Premiere of the "Concept M"<br />
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SHANGHAI, China, April 20, 2013 - Honda today exhibited the world premiere of the Concept M, a concept model of a mass-production vehicle to go on sale next year, at Auto Shanghai 2013 (the 15th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, press day: April 20, public days: April 23 - 29).<br />
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The Concept M is a concept vehicle for the MPV (Multi-Purpose Vehicle) segment developed mainly for Chinese market. Currently, commercial vehicles account for the majority of the MPV market in China. To such an MPV market, Honda will introduce a new-value vehicle that offers the attributes of a passenger car while adding new value through the realization of a comfortable and spacious cabin space made possible by Honda's packaging technologies, and the fun of driving. The Concept M was designed by the design studio at the Automobile R&D Center of Honda R&D Co., Ltd. in Japan. Honda is making progress in the development of a mass-production vehicle based on this concept model aiming for market introduction next year.<br />
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Honda introduced the CRIDER, a mass-production vehicle based on the Concept C (a concept model for a middle-class sedan developed for the Chinese market), which was introduced at the Beijing Motor Show last year. Developed under a design concept based on an image of a dragon, the CRIDER features top-class vehicle size*, an energetic exterior design and dynamic performance that exceeds other vehicles in its class. The CRIDER is a middle-class sedan developed for Chinese customers mainly by Honda's Chinese associates.<br />
The CRIDER is scheduled to go on sale from Guangqi Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. in June of this year.<br />
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Honda introduced the JADE, a mass-production vehicle based on the Concept S (a global concept model for a new-value passenger mover developed primarily for the Chinese market to go on sale first in China), which was also introduced at the Beijing Motor Show last year. Featuring an innovative design developed based on an image of jade stone with a beautiful exterior look and noble sense of quality within, the JADE will satisfy diverse customer needs from everyday use to holiday driving. The JADE was designed to match the tastes of Chinese customers born in 1980s who are energetic and known for pursuing their dreams.<br />
The JADE is scheduled to go on sale from Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. in September of this year.<br />
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<img alt="•" height="14" src="http://world.honda.com/news/image/square_b_l.gif" width="11" />Announcing new "Li Nian S1", original brand vehicle in China</h3>
Honda announced a minor model change of Li Nian S1, an original brand vehicle of Guangqi Honda. The Li Nian S1 has been well received by a large number of Chinese customers ever since its market introduction in April 2011 as the first mass-production model of Li Nian (Everus), the first original brand of an automobile joint venture company in China. Featuring renewed exterior and interior designs and Honda's advanced technologies, the new Li Nian S1 will go on sale in May of this year. Guangqi Honda will strive to further increase sales of this vehicle by focusing more on customers in inland areas of China.<br />
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"Honda will continue proposing automobiles that offer new value to our customers in China. At the same time, Honda, Guangqi Honda and Dongfeng Honda will work closely together to further localize the development, procurement and production of Honda products in China. Honda's role in the continuously growing Chinese automobile market is represented by our brand slogan, '<img alt="" height="17" src="http://world.honda.com/news/2013/4130420Concept-M-Auto-Shanghai/image/4130420beng_03.gif" width="67" />.' We believe that our role is to initiate actions to create new things and carve out a new and fun future together with our customers."</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07038236922795473961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023229703419102382.post-72766214674150464772013-05-08T14:44:00.001-07:002013-05-08T14:44:36.359-07:00Honda to Become First Automaker in Brazil to Undertake Wind Power Generation<br />
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SÃO PAULO, Brazil, April 25, 2013 - Honda Automoveis do Brasil Ltda. (HAB), the Honda automobile production and sales subsidiary in Brazil, today announced plans to invest in wind power generation to be more proactive in using renewable energy to minimize the environmental footprint of its business activities. HAB will be the first automobile manufacturer in Brazil to invest in wind power generation.<br />
With a goal to begin the operation in September 2014, Honda will build a wind farm in the city of Xangri-lá in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil (approximately 1,000 km south of HAB's automobile production plant in Sumaré, São Paulo). Equipped with nine wind power turbine units, the wind farm is expected to generate approximately 85,000 MWh of electricity per year, equivalent to HAB's annual electricity needs for automobile production. By generating renewable energy to cover the entire electricity needs of the plant, HAB is expecting to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions by approximately more than 2,200 t annually. The total investment in this wind farm is expected to be approximately 100 million Brazilian reais (approximately 4.6 billion yen*).<br />
In order to evolve wind power generation business in Brazil, HAB established a new subsidiary, Honda Energy do Brasil Ltda., specialized in wind power generation business. Honda Energy do Brasil Ltda. will be responsible for the management and operation of all areas related to Honda's wind power generation business in Brazil.<br />
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<tr><td align="left" width="26%">Establishment: </td><td align="left" width="74%">March 21, 2013</td></tr>
<tr><td height="32">Capital Investment:</td><td valign="top">1,000 reais (approximately 46,000 yen*)</td></tr>
<tr><td height="32">Capitalization Ratio:</td><td valign="top">99.99% Honda Automoveis do Brasil Ltda.<br /> 0.01% Others</td></tr>
<tr><td height="32">Representative:</td><td valign="top">Carlos Eigi, President</td></tr>
<tr><td height="32">Number of wind turbines:</td><td valign="top">9 units (1 unit: maximum output of 3MW) </td></tr>
<tr><td height="32">Generation capacity:</td><td valign="top">Maximum output of 27MW (9 units total) </td></tr>
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Comment by Carlos Eigi, president of Honda Energy do Brasil Ltda.</h3>
"Ever since Honda began local production in Brazil in 1976, Honda has been cooperating with the local community and striving to minimize the environmental footprint of our production activities. Wind power generation has proven to be very effective in reducing CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Through the utilization of renewable energy, Honda will continue to be proactive in pursuing environmental conservation activities in Brazil."<br />
Honda has set a target to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from its global products by 30 percent by the end of 2020 compared to year 2000 levels. Striving to attain this goal, Honda has been strengthening its initiatives on a global basis to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from all business activities, including production and the supply chain.<br />
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<dd>Calculated based on the exchange rate of 1 Brazilian real = 46 yen</dd></dl>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07038236922795473961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023229703419102382.post-41334718747300549892013-01-30T17:38:00.006-08:002013-01-30T17:38:39.063-08:00Honda to Build New 2014 Accord Hybrid in U.S.<br />
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MARYSVILLE, Ohio, U.S.A., January 10, 2013 - Honda of America Mfg., Inc. announced today that it will invest $23 million and hire approximately 50 new associates at its Marysville, Ohio auto plant to add production of the new two-motor Accord Hybrid Sedan, scheduled to go on sale nationwide this fall.<br />
In another step toward bringing hybrid production to the U.S., this will be the third hybrid model built by Honda in America<sup>*1</sup> and the first in Ohio. Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC in Greensburg, Ind. was the first Honda plant in North America to build a hybrid vehicle, and currently produces both the Civic Hybrid and Acura ILX Hybrid models.<br />
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The Marysville Auto Plant is undergoing an expansion of 95,000-square-feet to house assembly processes and logistics specifically for production of the Accord Hybrid. The project includes lengthening the main assembly line to accommodate the unique hybrid production processes, and adding space for related parts receiving and sub-assembly operations. The project also will increase overall efficiency of the plant's parts logistics operations.<br />
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"With more than 30 years of continuously building eight generations of the Honda Accord close to our customers, our team now is using its experience and flexibility to add this sophisticated Accord Hybrid model," said Jeff Tomko, plant manager of the Marysville Auto Plant. "At the same time, we are continuing with our commitment to manufacture new models in Ohio, along with the resulting growth in jobs."<br />
One of four efficient powertrains for the Accord lineup, the new Accord Hybrid Sedan joins the 2014 Accord Plug-in Hybrid Sedan in incorporating Honda's first two-motor hybrid system. Both the Accord Plug-In and Accord Hybrid team a new Earth Dreams™ Technology 2.0-liter i-VTEC 4-cylinder Atkinson cycle engine with a powerful 124-kilowatt (KW) traction electric motor that can function as an electric continuously variable transmission (e-CVT) and a 105-KW electric motor for power generation.<br />
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All of the conventional, gasoline-powered 2013 Accords now on sale in the United States are equipped with a new Earth Dreams Technology powertrain, either a direct-injected 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine or a 3.5-liter V6 engine equipped with Variable Cylinder Management (VCM). Manufactured at Honda's automobile engine plant in Anna, Ohio, both of these new and efficient engines were named to Ward's 10 Best Engines list for 2013.<br />
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In the last three years, Honda has announced investments at its Ohio manufacturing facilities exceeding $800 million. They include projects to establish on-site parts consolidation centers, renovate auto assembly and painting operations, and major investments at the Anna Engine Plant, as well as its transmission plant in Russells Point, to manufacture continuously variable transmissions (CVTs).<br />
Recently, the transmission plant started a second phase of projects to expand CVT production. This new investment of $90 million includes an additional assembly line, and new aluminum die casting and machining operations. Investments at that the transmission plant in recent years now total $235 million.<br />
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Honda in Ohio </h3>
Honda operates four manufacturing plants in Ohio, including auto plants in Marysville and East Liberty with the capacity to manufacture nearly 700,000 cars and light trucks per year. Its engine plant in Anna supplies engines and components to most of Honda's auto plants in North America, with production exceeding a million engines per year. And the transmission plant in Russells Point manufactures more than one million automatic transmissions per year, including the CVTs, for Honda's North American auto plants.<br />
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In addition to manufacturing, Ohio is the center for vehicle engineering in North America. At its expansive R&D center in Raymond, Ohio, Honda's largest R&D center outside Japan, more than 1,300 associates are engaged in "complete product creation" of all-new products for Honda and Acura customers.<br />Among all its operations, Honda employs more than 13,500 Ohioans.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07038236922795473961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023229703419102382.post-2073585269090491662012-07-25T11:33:00.002-07:002012-07-25T11:33:30.460-07:00Honda Sets All-Time June Record for Worldwide Production<br />
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July 25, 2012 – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of June 2012.</div>
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Worldwide Production</h4>
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<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-toprightbottomBold" colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" valign="middle">June 2012</th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Year-to-Date Total<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />(Jan. - Jun. 2012)</th></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="94">Units</th><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="94">vs.'11</th><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="94">Units</th><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="94">vs.'11</th></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="17"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="161">Japan</th><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;" width="94">92,021</td><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;" width="90">+112.6%</td><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;" width="94">587,217</td><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;" width="94">+120.4%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Outside of Japan</th><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">278,295*</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+122.5%</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1,575,598</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+52.0%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-rightBold" colspan="2" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Worldwide Total</th><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">370,316*</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+119.9%</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2,162,815</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+66.0%</td></tr>
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* Record high for month of June</div>
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Production Outside of Japan</h4>
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<table class="hwwNewsTableEx hwwNewsTableCR hwwNewsTable2B hwwNewsTableSP mg5" id="chart2" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; width: 578px;" summary="chart"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-toprightbottomBold" colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" valign="middle">June 2012</th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Year-to-Date Total<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />(Jan. - Jun. 2012)</th></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="98">Units</th><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="89">vs.'11</th><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="92">Units</th><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="93">vs.'11</th></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="17"> </th><th class="line-bottomdot-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="161">North America</th><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">145,979*</td><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+132.1%</td><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">894,196</td><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+75.1%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">(USA)</th><td class="line-topdot-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">105,597*</td><td class="line-topdot-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+131.9%</td><td class="line-topdot-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">646,665</td><td class="line-topdot-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+70.4%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Europe</th><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12,503</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+132.7%</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">82,361</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+62.2%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-bottomdot-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Asia</th><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">105,288*</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+103.6%</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">520,787</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+24.8%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">(China)</th><td class="line-topdot-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">64,561*</td><td class="line-topdot-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+79.6%</td><td class="line-topdot-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">350,494</td><td class="line-topdot-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+26.5%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Others</th><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14,525</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+185.5%</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">78,254</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+36.3%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-rightBold" colspan="2" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Overseas Total</th><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">278,295*</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+122.5%</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1,575,598</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+52.0%</td></tr>
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* Record high for month of June</div>
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Production in Japan for the month of June 2012 experienced a year-on-year increase for the seventh consecutive month (since December 2011).</div>
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Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the fifth consecutive month (since February 2012), setting record high production for the month of June. This includes all-time monthly records for June production in North America, USA, Asia, and China.</div>
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Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the sixth consecutive month (since January 2012), setting record high production for the month of June.</div>
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Sales in the Japanese Market</h4>
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<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-toprightbottomBold" colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" valign="middle">Vehicle type</th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" valign="middle">June 2012</th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Year-to-Date Total<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />(Jan. - Jun. 2012)</th></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="97">Units</th><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="91">vs.'11</th><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="90">Units</th><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="93">vs.'11</th></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="18"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="161">Registrations</th><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">45,159</td><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+50.4%</td><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">269,234</td><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+53.2%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Mini-Vehicles</th><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">29,843</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+241.2%</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">161,680</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+151.0%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-rightBold" colspan="2" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Honda Brand Total</th><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">75,002</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+93.4%</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">430,914</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+79.4%</td></tr>
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Honda's automobile sales in the Japanese market for the month of June 2012 experienced a year-on-year increase for the sixth consecutive month (since January 2012).</div>
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New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year increase for the tenth consecutive month (since September 2011).</div>
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Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the sixth consecutive month (since January 2012).</div>
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<Vehicle registrations - excluding mini-vehicles><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><em style="font-style: oblique; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fit</em> was the industry's third best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of June 2012 with sales of 22,070 units. <em style="font-style: oblique; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Freed</em> was the industry's fifth best-selling car with sales of 11,067 units. <em style="font-style: oblique; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Step WGN</em> was the industry's seventh best-selling car with 8,626 units.</div>
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<Mini-vehicles - under 660cc><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><em style="font-style: oblique; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">N BOX</em> was the industry's top selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of June 2012 with sales of 23,091 units.</div>
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Furthermore, Honda has achieved the all-time record for the mini-vehicle category for the first half of year 2012.</div>
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Exports from Japan</h4>
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<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-toprightbottomBold" colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" valign="middle">June 2012</th><th class="line-topright" colspan="2" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Year-to-Date Total<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />(Jan. - Jun. 2012)</th></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="100">Units</th><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="100">vs.'11</th><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="100">Units</th><th class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="95">vs.'11</th></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="16"> </th><th class="line-bottomdot-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="139">North America</th><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11,180</td><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+47.4%</td><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">84,660</td><td class="line-topBold-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+32.3%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">(USA)</th><td class="line-topdot-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10,962</td><td class="line-topdot-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+54.0%</td><td class="line-topdot-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">82,761</td><td class="line-topdot-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+35.3%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Europe</th><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1,092</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">-29.0%</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">13,807</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+15.7%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Asia</th><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2,227</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+85.0%</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">23,538</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+203.3%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-right" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"> </th><th class="line-bottom-rightBold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Others</th><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2,703</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+20.9%</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">25,487</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+82.8%</td></tr>
<tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><th class="line-rightBold" colspan="2" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; font-weight: 100; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Total</th><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17,202</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+36.9%</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">147,492</td><td class="line-topright" style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">+51.1%</td></tr>
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Total exports from Japan in June 2012 experienced a year-on-year increase for the sixth consecutive month (since January 2012).</div>
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Honda Announces Support to the Racing Activities of Team Mugen in the GT300 Class of SUPER GT Series Start of test runs for the MUGEN CR-Z GT equipped with Honda racing hybrid system</h2>
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TOKYO, Japan, July 4, 2012 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has announced its intent to provide technical support to Team Mugen, operated by M-TEC Co., Ltd., for its competition with the MUGEN CR-Z GT in the GT300 class of SUPER GT Series. Honda will supply a 2.8-liter V6 twin-turbo engine and the racing hybrid system developed exclusively for this Team Mugen racing machine and will start actual test runs.</div>
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Team Mugen's first race with the MUGEN CR-Z GT featuring the Honda racing hybrid system will be the 2012 SUPER GT Series Round 4 SUGO GT 300km Race held on July 28-29, 2012.</div>
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TOKYO, Japan, July 5, 2012 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced it will begin sales of the N BOX + (“N BOX plus”), the second model of the new mini-vehicle N Series, at dealerships across Japan on July 6, 2012. Following the introduction of the N BOX, which realized one of the largest<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">*1</sup> interior spaces among all mini-vehicles in the market through adoption of newly-designed platform and powerplant, Honda is now introducing the N BOX + which was developed under the concept of “adding (“plus”) new possibilities.”</div>
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Two innovative ideas were added to the large cargo area made possible by the combination of Honda’s innovative packaging technology, the center-tank layout, and the newly-developed powerplant. The “Universal Bridge<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">*2</sup>” combines a sloped floor and an attachable aluminum slope<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">*3</sup>, which makes the loading and unloading of luggage and other items easier. The “Multi-space System<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">*2</sup>” realizes versatile space arrangements with three different sized boards.</div>
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The addition of these innovative ideas enables the N BOX + to accommodate diverse customer needs in a wide range of vehicle uses including daily routines, recreational activities and special needs care-giving.</div>
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The 2-tone color style , which has different color combinations for the body and roof, was established to enable each owner to more strongly express their personality in a fun way, expanding the potential for the joy of customers.</div>
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The N BOX, the first model of the new mini-vehicle N Series, was Honda’s proposal for a “mini mini-van” which leverages its overwhelming spaciousness beyond the concept of mini-vehicle to enhance occupant comfort. The vehicle has been well received by a large number of customers, especially families with children, and cumulative sales since the sales launch in December of last year has already reached approximately 100,000 units.</div>
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<dd style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 25px; padding: 0px;">Honda’s internal research (as of July 2012), comparison based on the interior size (length, width, height)</dd>
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<dd style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 25px; padding: 0px;">The Universal Bridge and the Multi-space System are registered trade marks of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.</dd>
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<li style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 7px 20px; padding: 0px;">A wide variety of arrangements including several cargo modes or a bed mode which folds flat can quickly be made using large and small multi-boards and an end board.</li>
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<img alt="•" height="14" src="http://world.honda.com/news/image/circle_b_l.gif" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 9px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;" width="11" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The “Universal Bridge” combines a sloped floor and an attachable aluminum slope, to improve the ease of loading and unloading:</strong></h3>
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<li style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 7px 20px; padding: 0px;">In addition to sloping the low floor which was realized by the center-tank layout, Honda’s innovative packaging technology, an aluminum slope was made available to bridge the vehicle floor and the ground, making it easier to load and unload heavy items on wheels such as a small motorbike.</li>
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<li style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 7px 20px; padding: 0px;">In addition to realizing an eye point as high as that of a mini-van, installation of mirrors which help eliminate blind spots around the left-front wheel, left-rear wheel, and lower rear make it easier to pull up closer to an object on the side or to park.</li>
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<img alt="•" height="14" src="http://world.honda.com/news/image/circle_b_l.gif" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 9px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;" width="11" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A high-performance powertrain realizes both excellent driving performance and fuel economy at a high level:</strong></h3>
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<li style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 7px 20px; padding: 0px;">Smooth and powerful driving was realized through the combination of a high-output/high-torque DOHC engine which generates output and torque at the top level of the class and a CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) with high power efficiency. Excellent fuel economy of 21.2km/L<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">*4</sup> was realized through adoption of various features including the idle stop system and ECON mode system.</li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 7px 20px; padding: 0px;">A DOHC Turbo engine with high-performance turbo charger is available in all grades.</li>
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<dd style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 25px; padding: 0px;">N BOX + and N BOX + Custom FWD vehicles (excluding turbo model) measured in JC08 mode (Testing by Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)</dd></dl>
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<li style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 7px 20px; padding: 0px;">Class-leading omni-directional collision safety performance was realized with the newly-designed engine and new load distribution structure.</li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 7px 20px; padding: 0px;">VSA (Vehicle Stability Assist) system is standard equipment on all types.</li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 7px 20px; padding: 0px;">HSA (Hill Start Assist) that temporarily prevents the vehicle from rolling backward when starting on an upward incline is installed as standard equipment on all types.</li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 7px 20px; padding: 0px;">Driver-side i-SRS airbag system (with continuously staged inflation) and SRS airbag system for front passenger are standard equipment on all types.</li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 7px 20px; padding: 0px;">The impact-mitigating headrests in the front seat which are designed to help mitigate the likelihood of a neck injury in the event of collision, and the interior which protects occupants’ heads from impact are adopted.</li>
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<li style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 7px 20px; padding: 0px;">All types are certified by Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as complying with the 2005 - 75% emissions standard.</li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 7px 20px; padding: 0px;">G and G・L Package (FWD/4WD) for both N BOX + and N BOX + Custom comply with the 2015 fuel economy standard.</li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 7px 20px; padding: 0px;">More than 90 percent of the entire vehicle is recyclable<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">*5</sup>.</li>
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<dd style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 25px; padding: 0px;">Calculated based on the “Definition of and Guideline for Calculating the Percentage of Recyclable Materials in New Automobiles” (Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc., 1998)</dd></dl>
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July 2, 2012 - Honda has announced its intention to participate as a works team in the motorcycle class in the Dakar Rally to be held in January 2013 in South America, travelling north to south through Peru, Chile and Argentina. Honda competed nine times in the motorcycle class in the forerunner of the present Dakar Rally, the Paris-Dakar Rally, from 1981 through to 1989, and was a winner five times during that period. Honda's return to Dakar Rally next year will be the first in 24 years since 1989.</div>
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The Honda team, to be called Team HRC, will include Portuguese rider Helder Rodrigues, who took third place in the 2012 Dakar Rally, and Brazilian Felipe Zanol, who brings a wealth of experience in motocross and enduro race events, as well as Sam Sunderland (United Kingdom) and Javier Pizzolito (Argentina). They will ride a prototype machine developed and produced by the Motorcycle R&D Center at Honda R&D. The prototype machine is based on the CRF450X, the popular worldwide enduro racing model that combines ease of handling with superior competitive strength. Kit parts designed for use on the standard CRF450X model have also been developed and will be made available to a limited number of teams.</div>
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Tetsuo Suzuki, President, Honda Racing Corporation, commented “The Dakar requires competitors to cover several hundred kilometers per day for more than two weeks. It needs a totally different type of vehicle from events such as motocross, trials and road races. Honda has put a great deal of effort into designing and building a powerful and winning machine. We are aiming for the championship from this first year.”</div>
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American Honda and its Honda Performance Development (HPD) subsidiary will power a single-car effort from Team Barracuda-Bryan Herta Autosport for veteran Canadian driver Alex Tagliani at the 2012 Indianapolis 500 and for the remainder of the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series, Honda and the team announced today.<br />
Under terms of the agreement, HPD will provide its new, turbocharged 2.2-liter Honda Indy V-6 engines to Team Barracuda-Bryan Herta Autosport's single, full-time entry for Tagliani, a 12-year IndyCar veteran and the pole qualifier at last year's at Indianapolis 500.<br />
Founded in 2009 by former IndyCar driver Bryan Herta and veteran race engineer Steve Newey, Team Barracuda-Bryan Herta Autosport made its Indianapolis 500 debut in 2010 and last year won a thrilling 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 with the late Dan Wheldon driving.<br />
Bryan Herta Autosport joins multi-car entries from A.J. Foyt Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dale Coyne Racing, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Sam Schmidt Motorsports and Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing as Honda-powered teams at the 2012 Indianapolis 500.<br />
The addition brings the number of Indianapolis 500 entries supported by the manufacturer to 15, a record number of entries for Honda during years of manufacturer competition at the Speedway. The previous high total, 14 Honda-powered Indianapolis entries, was established in 2005, when the manufacturer was in competition with Chevrolet and Toyota.<br />
"We're pleased to be able to renew our relationship with Bryan Herta and his team. Bryan has long been associated with Honda and HPD, and he served as our primary development driver during the last era of IndyCar manufacturer competition," said Steve Eriksen, vice president of HPD. "His team's victory in the 2011 Indianapolis 500 was the stuff of legend, and all of us at HPD and American Honda are delighted to have a hand in helping him defend that championship.<br />
"Beyond that, we look forward to a successful partnership with Bryan Herta Autosport through the remainder of the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season."<br />
"My time as a Honda driver in both the IndyCar Series, as well as the time spent driving factory Acura LMP2 in the American Le Mans Series, were among my most rewarding and memorable years in racing," Herta commented. "So, it is with great personal pleasure that we are returning to the Honda family for the remainder of the 2012 season. We look forward to joining the other Honda-powered teams on track this weekend in preparation for the 2012 Indianapolis 500, and working to defend last year's memorable and popular win by Dan Wheldon. I know that Alex Tagliani and the entire Team Barracuda - BHA crew are brimming with confidence and excitement going into the 'Month of May.' "<br />
Honda has been a fixture in North American open-wheel racing since 1994, and has played an active role in the growth of the IZOD IndyCar Series - as both a Manufacturers' Championship competitor and single engine supplier - since joining the series in 2003.<br />
The company scored its first Indianapolis 500 victory in 2004 with Buddy Rice; Manufacturers' Championships in 2004 and '05; and became engine supplier to the entire IZOD IndyCar Series in 2006.<br />
Honda supplied racing engines to the full, 33-car Indianapolis 500 field every year from 2006-2011, and for a record-six consecutive years, the '500' has not seen a single engine failure. The 2010 Indianapolis 500, won by Dario Franchitti, marked Honda's 100th race win as a manufacturer and engine supplier in IZOD IndyCar Series competition.<br />
Founded in 1993, Honda Performance Development (HPD) is the Honda racing company within North America. HPD is the technical operations center for high-performance Honda racing cars and engines and operates at race circuits around the world from its headquarters in Santa Clarita, California.<br />
In addition to its efforts in Indy car racing, HPD spearheaded championship-winning efforts in the 2009-2010 American Le Mans Series, 2010 Le Mans Series and the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.<br />
HPD offers a line of race engines for track applications from prototype sports cars to karting; for professional, amateur and entry-level efforts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07038236922795473961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023229703419102382.post-2797664194985914812012-05-26T14:49:00.001-07:002012-05-26T14:49:09.068-07:002012 Honda CR-Z Sport Hybrid Coupe Recognized by USAA as a Best Value<br />
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USAA, a leading financial services provider to the U.S. military and their families, today named the <a href="http://automobiles.honda.com/cr-z/" style="color: black;">2012 Honda CR-Z Sport Hybrid Coupe</a> to its second annual <a href="https://www.usaa.com/inet/pages/car_buying_service_full_preferred_list" style="color: black;">Best Value</a> vehicles list, which identifies the top 2012 automobiles in 16 categories that give consumers the most bang for their buck. In addition, today USAA named the CR-Z to its "Top 10 for Teens List," which focuses on traits parents said they cared about most: reliability, safety and affordable insurance costs.<br />
The Honda CR-Z rose to the top in the coupe category, recognized for offering best-in-class EPA fuel economy ratings, achieving the "Top Safety Pick" designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and offering reasonable maintenance and ownership costs.<br />
Best Value automobiles offer the best financial value of all vehicles USAA evaluates as part of a broader rating system called USAA Preferred, which uses quantitative data to evaluate vehicles' cost, safety and reliability, among other key factors. There are nearly 80 cars, trucks and minivans that are currently designated as USAA Preferred vehicles, and the Best Value list represents the vehicles that rose to the top of each category.<br />
"The CR-Z creates a whole new value category as the first true sport hybrid, offering great fuel economy, a low entry price, an available 6-speed manual transmission and a feisty change of character with the push of the Sport button," said Mike Accavitti, Vice President of National Marketing Operations for American Honda. "It's like having two cars for the price of one."<br />
"The goal of the list is to help members identify vehicles that typically offer better safety ratings, lower insurance premium costs, higher fuel economy, better overall reliability and lower MSRP compared to other vehicles in the same category," said Steve Thompson, an assistant vice president at USAA. "The Honda CR-Z rose to the top as a vehicle that offers these key elements, making it a great buy for the value-minded consumer."<br />
For more information about the USAA Best Value list, and the specific automobiles featured, visit<a href="https://www.usaa.com/inet/pages/car_buying_service_full_preferred_list" style="color: black;">www.usaa.com/bestvalue</a><br />
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margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuymCZL5aWM&feature=youtube_gdata"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" alt="" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LuymCZL5aWM/0.jpg"></a></div></td><td valign="top" width="256"><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"><a style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-decoration: none;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuymCZL5aWM&feature=youtube_gdata">Honda's All-new ASIMO Prepares and Serves Refreshments</a><br></div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin: 3px 0px;"><span>Honda has developed a highly functional compact multi-fingered hand, which has a tactile sensor and a force sensor imbedded on the palm and in each finger, respectively, and which acts to control each finger independently. Combined with the object recognition technology based on visual and tactile senses, this multi-fingered hand enables the all-new ASIMO to perform tasks with dexterity, such as picking up a glass bottle and twisting off the cap, or holding a soft paper cup to pour a liquid without squishing it.</span></div></td><td style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-left: 20px; padding-top: 1px;" valign="top" width="146"><div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">From:</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Honda">Honda</a></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">Views:</span>21</div><div style="white-space: nowrap;text-align: left"><img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"></div><div style="font-size: 11px;">5<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">ratings</span></div></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">Time:</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;">02:20</span></td><td style="font-size: 11px; padding-left: 20px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">More in</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/videos?c=2">Autos & Vehicles</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><a href='http://bit.ly/sYs6Rf'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuymCZL5aWM&feature=youtube_gdata</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07038236922795473961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023229703419102382.post-19729970951670656732011-12-16T10:12:00.001-08:002011-12-16T10:12:29.489-08:00Honda's All-new ASIMO Prepares and Serves Refreshments<div style="color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; font-size: 12px; width: 555px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2" valign="top" width="140"><div style="border: 1px solid #999999; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuymCZL5aWM&feature=youtube_gdata"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" alt="" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LuymCZL5aWM/0.jpg"></a></div></td><td valign="top" width="256"><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"><a style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-decoration: none;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuymCZL5aWM&feature=youtube_gdata">Honda's All-new ASIMO Prepares and Serves Refreshments</a><br></div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin: 3px 0px;"><span>Honda has developed a highly functional compact multi-fingered hand, which has a tactile sensor and a force sensor imbedded on the palm and in each finger, respectively, and which acts to control each finger independently. Combined with the object recognition technology based on visual and tactile senses, this multi-fingered hand enables the all-new ASIMO to perform tasks with dexterity, such as picking up a glass bottle and twisting off the cap, or holding a soft paper cup to pour a liquid without squishing it.</span></div></td><td style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-left: 20px; padding-top: 1px;" valign="top" width="146"><div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">From:</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Honda">Honda</a></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">Views:</span>21</div><div style="white-space: nowrap;text-align: left"><img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"></div><div style="font-size: 11px;">5<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">ratings</span></div></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">Time:</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;">02:20</span></td><td style="font-size: 11px; padding-left: 20px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">More in</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/videos?c=2">Autos & Vehicles</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><a href='http://bit.ly/sYs6Rf'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuymCZL5aWM&feature=youtube_gdata</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07038236922795473961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023229703419102382.post-59939429551430031952011-12-14T10:48:00.001-08:002011-12-14T10:48:50.942-08:00The Best of Times - Happy Honda Days TV<div style="color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; font-size: 12px; width: 555px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2" valign="top" width="140"><div style="border: 1px solid #999999; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33eLfceTW_Y&feature=youtube_gdata"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" alt="" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/33eLfceTW_Y/0.jpg"></a></div></td><td valign="top" width="256"><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"><a style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-decoration: none;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33eLfceTW_Y&feature=youtube_gdata">The Best of Times - Happy Honda Days TV</a><br></div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin: 3px 0px;"><span>"Happy Honda Days" is making its return, this time with Honda spokesman Patrick Warburton as the lighthearted voice of holiday savings. During the past few months, Warburton has shown all of the good reasons to buy a Honda such as quality and dependability. Now he is sharing the best reason of all, the outstanding deals! Check out the seven Happy Honda Days TV commercials!</span></div></td><td style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-left: 20px; padding-top: 1px;" valign="top" width="146"><div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">From:</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Honda">Honda</a></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">Views:</span>6</div><div style="white-space: nowrap;text-align: left"><img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_empty_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_empty_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_empty_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_empty_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_empty_11x11.gif" align="top"></div><div style="font-size: 11px;">0<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">ratings</span></div></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">Time:</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;">00:31</span></td><td style="font-size: 11px; padding-left: 20px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">More in</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/videos?c=2">Autos & Vehicles</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><a href='http://bit.ly/s7nZSi'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33eLfceTW_Y&feature=youtube_gdata</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07038236922795473961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023229703419102382.post-9382579469977666722011-12-14T10:47:00.001-08:002011-12-14T10:47:29.857-08:00The Best of Times - Happy Honda Days TV<div style="color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; font-size: 12px; width: 555px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2" valign="top" width="140"><div style="border: 1px solid #999999; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33eLfceTW_Y&feature=youtube_gdata"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" alt="" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/33eLfceTW_Y/0.jpg"></a></div></td><td valign="top" width="256"><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"><a style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-decoration: none;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33eLfceTW_Y&feature=youtube_gdata">The Best of Times - Happy Honda Days TV</a><br></div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin: 3px 0px;"><span>"Happy Honda Days" is making its return, this time with Honda spokesman Patrick Warburton as the lighthearted voice of holiday savings. During the past few months, Warburton has shown all of the good reasons to buy a Honda such as quality and dependability. Now he is sharing the best reason of all, the outstanding deals! Check out the seven Happy Honda Days TV commercials!</span></div></td><td style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-left: 20px; padding-top: 1px;" valign="top" width="146"><div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">From:</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Honda">Honda</a></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">Views:</span>6</div><div style="white-space: nowrap;text-align: left"><img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_empty_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_empty_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_empty_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_empty_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_empty_11x11.gif" align="top"></div><div style="font-size: 11px;">0<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">ratings</span></div></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">Time:</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;">00:31</span></td><td style="font-size: 11px; padding-left: 20px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">More in</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/videos?c=2">Autos & Vehicles</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><a href='http://bit.ly/s7nZSi'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33eLfceTW_Y&feature=youtube_gdata</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07038236922795473961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023229703419102382.post-92018749764881935202011-12-13T09:23:00.001-08:002011-12-13T09:23:52.032-08:00Giant Offer - Happy Honda Days TV<div style="color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; font-size: 12px; width: 555px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2" valign="top" width="140"><div style="border: 1px solid #999999; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIERGBQJmXw&feature=youtube_gdata"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" alt="" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EIERGBQJmXw/0.jpg"></a></div></td><td valign="top" width="256"><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"><a style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-decoration: none;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIERGBQJmXw&feature=youtube_gdata">Giant Offer - Happy Honda Days TV</a><br></div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin: 3px 0px;"><span>"Happy Honda Days" is making its return, this time with Honda spokesman Patrick Warburton as the lighthearted voice of holiday savings. During the past few months, Warburton has shown all of the good reasons to buy a Honda such as quality and dependability. Now he is sharing the best reason of all, the outstanding deals! Check out the seven Happy Honda Days TV commercials!</span></div></td><td style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-left: 20px; padding-top: 1px;" valign="top" width="146"><div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">From:</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Honda">Honda</a></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">Views:</span>70</div><div style="white-space: nowrap;text-align: left"><img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 11px;" alt="" src="http://gdata.youtube.com/static/images/icn_star_full_11x11.gif" align="top"></div><div style="font-size: 11px;">1<span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">ratings</span></div></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">Time:</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;">00:32</span></td><td style="font-size: 11px; padding-left: 20px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">More in</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/videos?c=2">Autos & Vehicles</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><a href='http://bit.ly/vSuGnq'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIERGBQJmXw&feature=youtube_gdata</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07038236922795473961noreply@blogger.com0