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• Toyota, Honda slow drop in Japan car sales   [Jul 01, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., Japan's two largest carmakers, slowed the decline in domestic auto sales last month as their new hybrid models and government incentives boosted demand. Sales ...

• Honda to sell less models in domestic market    [Jun 23, 2009]

  Honda Motor Co., Japan's second- largest carmaker, will cut the number of models sold only domestically to trim development costs. The company plans to eliminate some of the 10 models exclusive to ...

• Honda counts on power of engines in hybrid world   [Jun 22, 2009]

  As an engineering student in the 1960s, Takeo Fukui picked the analysis of nitrogen dioxide emissions as his senior thesis with one goal in mind: joining Honda Motor to get a foothold in the world of ...

• Honda Insight hailed as green car champion   [Jun 19, 2009]

  Honda's Insight, a new family-sized hybrid car that is already providing stiff competition for the ubiquitous Toyota Prius, has been named Green Car of the Year 2009 by the Environmental Transport ...

• Honda increases production and sales network in China    [Jun 18, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 18 (Gasgoo.com) Honda Motor Co., Japan's No. 2 automaker, said on Wednesday that it plans to increase production and sales network in China to meet booming demand there, Japanese media ...

• Honda hybrid Insight May miss U.S. sales target   [Jun 15, 2009]

  Honda Motor Co.'s Insight hybrid may fall 33 percent short of its U.S. sales goal as cheap fuel, the economic slump and competition from Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius undermine demand for the model. ...

• Honda has no interest in GM, Chrysler assets   [Jun 13, 2009]

  Honda Motor Co. has never had much interest in the assets of General Motors or Chrysler, but it remains open to sharing hybrid and other technology with rival automakers, a senior executive ...

• Honda may borrow $1 bln to finance car loans   [Jun 12, 2009]

  Honda Motor Co., Japan's second- largest carmaker, may raise about 100 billion yen ($1 billion) by selling asset-backed securities or commercial paper to fund car loans as it expects demand to ...

• Sales of Guangzhou Honda in May 2009 (by model)   [Jun 11, 2009]

  Sales of Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co in May 2009 (by model): Source: CPCA

• Guangzhou Honda sells 30,296 cars in May, up 9%   [Jun 10, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 10 (Gasgoo.com) Guangzhou Honda sold 30,296 cars in May, up 9.43% year on year (y/y) and up 16.42% month on month, xinhuanet.com reported today.The joint venture, which makes mid- to ...

• Honda to roll out hybrid Fit in autumn 2010   [May 27, 2009]

  Honda Motor Co plans to roll out a gas-electric hybrid version of its Fit subcompact car in the autumn of 2010, about a year and a half ahead of the original schedule, to tap growing demand for ...

• Auto parts suppliers prefer Honda to Toyota   [May 25, 2009]

  Honda overtook Toyota as the top company that auto parts suppliers prefer to do business with, according to an annual survey released Monday.Toyota has been the No. 1 automaker among the parts ...

• Toyota introduces New Prius to fight off Honda   [May 18, 2009]

  Toyota aims to introduce four new gasoline-electric hybrid models in Japan and three overseas by the end of March. It also has plans for a low-cost hybrid, smaller and cheaper than the Prius, Akihiko ...

• Sales of Guangzhou Honda in April 2009 (by model)   [May 14, 2009]

  Sales of Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co in April 2009 (by model): Source: CPCA

• Honda China April sales up 9.6% to 42,062 units(Corrected)   [May 14, 2009]

  Shanghai, May 14 (Gasgoo.com) Honda Motor Co said in a statement on Thursday that its China sales in April reached 42,062 units, up 9.6% from a year earlier.Sales at Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co., ...

• Honda expects China sales to grow by 10% in '09   [Apr 30, 2009]

  Honda Motor Co, Japan's major carmaker, expects that its vehicle sales in China will increase 10% to 520,000 units in 2009 from 473,000 units a year earlier, said Atsuyoshi Hyogo, chairman and ...

• Honda: global losses offset in Chinese market   [Apr 29, 2009]

  Japanese carmaker Honda Motor Co expects its China sales to grow by 10 percent this year partly to offset its slump in other major markets affected by global financial woes, according to a top ...

• Honda Motor's fiscal year income drops 77%   [Apr 28, 2009]

  Honda Motor Co. on Tuesday reported a 77% drop in its fiscal year income and revenue fell by 17%, hurt by weaker demand for automobiles and strength in the Japanese yen. Honda saw a net income of ...

• Dongfeng Honda to launch three new cars in '09   [Apr 28, 2009]

  Shanghai, April 28 (Gasgoo.com) Dongfeng Honda has announced it plans to launch three mass-produced car models, namely, new Odyssey, Civic Hybrid and a high-end sports sedan (code-named SR-9) this ...

• Toyota, Nissan, Honda slice domestic output   [Apr 24, 2009]

  Three of Japan's biggest auto makers cut domestic production sharply in March as they moved to reduce inventories amid stagnant consumption in major markets.Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. ...