Category: Honda

Motorweek, the PBS-oriented car show, announced the winners of its 2006 Driver's Choice Awards at the 2006 Chicago Auto Show.

New vehicles from American Honda have swept the 2006 North American Car and Truck of the Year Awards. The all-new Honda Civic won the Car of the Year Award adn the Ridgeline Sport Utlity Truck won the Truck of the Year Award. The Civic has been on sale since late Fall 2005 and Ridgeline was introduced in Spring 2005. Both are 2006 models.

Not that a Civic EX has spent a week in our office, we're happy to say that we're impressed. The Civic has returned, long live the Civic!

Not that a Civic EX has spent a week in our office, we're happy to say that we're impressed. The Civic has returned, long live the Civic!

Automotive Lease Guide is an influential and closely watched barometer of the value of brands and vehicles in the USA. ALG's data are used by leasing companies to set the values for vehicles two and three years in the future and are critical in determining what lease rates a lessee will pay.

Car & Driver 10Best Cars for 2006 provides some interesting winners. VehlcleVoice provides a thoughtful counterpoint.

Car & Driver 10Best Cars for 2006 provides some interesting winners. VehlcleVoice provides a thoughtful counterpoint.

Crossover SUVs will outsell Traditional truck-based SUVs beginning in 2006. This forecast comes from George Pipas, Ford's Manager of Sales Analysis and Reporting in a presentation in Long Beach, CA on December 12, 2005.

The National Insurance Institute of Highway Safety announced its rankings of the ten safest 2006 model year cars on Sunday December 4, 2005. To make the ratings game easier to understand, NIIHS has developed a gold silver rating scheme.

Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine (December 2005) selects the Best New Cars in several price classes. It will be interesting to see how owner ratings of these new vehicles come in AutoPacific's Vehicle Satisfaction Award research.