Hyundai Gains Edge With Hybrid Battery Replacement Coverage
February 6, 2012 – 1:40 pm | No Comment

Korean automaker finds yet another way to trump its competitors.
What would keep you from buying a hybrid model? Besides price, one of the most significant concerns for potential buyers are each model’s battery packs. Those …

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Chinese Made Honda Fit Now Sold In Canada
December 22, 2011 – 11:18 am | No Comment
Chinese Made Honda Fit Now Sold In Canada

No plans to offer Chinese Fit in the United States.
Neither Chery Automobile Ltd. nor BYD Auto will have the honor of being the first Chinese automakers to sell its cars in North America. That honor …

June 2011 Auto Sales Keep Pace
July 4, 2011 – 4:15 am | No Comment
June 2011 Auto Sales Keep Pace

June sales recover, but still fall short of expectations.
Auto sales rose by 7 percent for June 2011, recovering from May’s decline, but still fell short of predictions. As expected, Toyota and Honda continued to feel …

Quake Woes Impacting 2012 Honda Civic Output
May 30, 2011 – 12:05 am | No Comment
Quake Woes Impacting 2012 Honda Civic Output

Quake aftermath looms large for the Honda Civic.
2012 Honda Civic
The Honda Motor Company anticipates that its North American production levels will return to normal by the end of August, but one model will still be …

Honda Strikes Back Against Renewed Competition
April 26, 2011 – 9:49 am | No Comment
Honda Strikes Back Against Renewed Competition

2012 Honda Civic
Honda has a pair of battles on its hands, one involving a natural catastrophe, the other is a marketing tussle. Recovering from a devastating series of earthquakes and a tsunami are challenging enough. …

Japan Crisis Portends Global Supply Problems
March 25, 2011 – 12:37 pm | No Comment
Japan Crisis Portends Global Supply Problems

Japan’s recovery from a cataclysmic series of earthquakes and a tsunami is a slow process as sheltering the homeless and finding and burying the dead takes precedence. Nuclear reactors leaking radiation threaten to deepen the …

Quake Damage Shakes Japanese Auto Industry
March 14, 2011 – 9:10 am | No Comment
Quake Damage Shakes Japanese Auto Industry

Not since World War II has Japan faced a crisis as deep and widespread as last week’s earthquake and related tsunami. As of this writing, more than 10,000 people are feared dead and much of …

Recalled Kias – Exec Falls On His Sword
September 8, 2010 – 6:28 am | One Comment
Recalled Kias – Exec Falls On His Sword

Thankfully, there are some important differences in the way some Asians handle dishonor. In times past, Japanese leaders committed a ritual disembowelment to atone for a mistake. In recent years some have committed suicide, but …

Suzuki Trims Network; Stays The Course
August 17, 2010 – 5:21 am | No Comment
Suzuki Trims Network; Stays The Course

Automaker Suzuki, by far the smallest of the manufacturers from Japan, is planning to stay put in the United States despite seeing sales tumble by more than 60 percent in recent years.
American Suzuki Motor Corp. …

Honda CR-Z Wows ‘Em!
October 23, 2009 – 12:21 am | 3 Comments
Honda CR-Z Wows ‘Em!

They kept the Insight design team away from this one!
There isn’t a whole lot going on at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, the 41st running of the biennial event. After all, each of the American …

Nissan Poised To Eliminate Jobs, Transfer Production
February 10, 2009 – 3:03 am | One Comment
Nissan Poised To Eliminate Jobs, Transfer Production

Ever since Carlos Ghosn took over the reigns of the Nissan Motor Company during the late 1990s, the business world has seen the automaker transformed from an ailing car company to one offering leadership in …