Honda News

Honda Aero, Inc., has announced it will build its new corporate headquarters and a state-of-the-art jet engine manufacturing plant in Burlington, North Carolina. Employing 70 associates, Honda Aero will develop advanced, efficient GE Honda Aero jet engines ready for production in 2010.

Torrential rain continues to batter homes and businesses across northern England seriously disrupting lives and livelihoods. Hundreds of people have spent further nights in evacuation centres as emergency services battle to contain the devastating floods which have claimed several lives.

Honda welcomed today’s announcement by Vertu Motors of its acquisition of the Grantham Motor Company in which Vertu said it had acquired four Honda car dealerships and one Honda motorcycle dealership in the East Midlands.

Australia has given us lager, soap operas and Kylie Minogue. But be prepared for the sound of ‘crikey’, ‘what a beaut’, and ‘strewth’ as Britain sends one of its most celebrated cars Down Under: the Civic Type R.

Honda (UK) has been voted Best Volume Manufacturer in the Lloyds TSB autolease ServiceTrak Awards, which measure excellence in corporate aftersales service and accident repair. More than 2,600 corporate customers gave feedback on key aspects of service delivered by suppliers and manufacturers.

Two new versions of the Accord will be launched in September to help Honda battle for honours in the competitive D-sector saloon market.

Honda (UK) has sealed a major corporate deal to replace IKEA UK’s entire company car fleet with Civic Hybrids. This follows a commitment made by the home furnishings retailer to reduce its environmental impact and in particular, reduce CO2 emissions.

The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) has given its emergency fleet a power boost in the form of two Honda CR-Vs that will soon be delivering blood to patients all over Scotland.

Sales of hybrid cars in the UK have doubled in the last 12 months – making cleaner cars the fastest growing sector in the industry. Year to date results for the hybrid market show an increase in sales from 3,117 to 6,568 cars – or 111 per cent.

Honda (UK) has announced an impressive 26 per cent increase in fleet sales over the first three months of this year, helped by the resurgence of Accord in the sector. Corporate sales of Honda’s premium saloon are up by 68 per cent to 2,202 units.