Accord recognized more than any other model in the Car and Driver magazine history

Honda Accord Wins a Record 30th 10Best Cars Award from Car and Driver Magazine

Nov 18, 2015 - TORRANCE, Calif.
        

For a record 30th time in the 32-year history of the award, Car and Driver magazine has named the Honda Accord to its prestigious annual list of the 10Best Cars in America.

"Do something special once, you might be called lucky. Do something special twice, you start to build some credibility. Do something special 30 times, like the 10Best Honda Accord, and you've accomplished something truly extraordinary," said Jeff Conrad, senior vice president and general manager of the Honda Division of American Honda Motor Co, Inc.

"Earning a record thirty 10Best awards from Car and Driver demonstrates Accord's enduring values of advanced fuel efficiency, safety and fun-to- drive performance all built on a foundation of incredible quality and reliability."

Now in its ninth generation, the Accord went on sale in the U.S. in 1976 and has been produced in America at Honda's Marysville, Ohio auto plant since 1982¹. Total U.S. sales of Accord now top 12.5 million units, with more than 10.5 million Accords made in America, including models built for export.

"The Accord is the sole- high-volume product to earn this award year after year," noted Car and Driver magazine.

Accord was the most popular car in America in 2013, 2014 and again thus far in 2015, based on IHS Automotive new retail vehicle registration data².

1 Honda products are built using domestic and globally sourced parts.
2 Based on IHS Automotive new retail vehicle registration data for 2013, 2014, and 2015 CYTD September.

Stepping up to the Technology Learning Curve. Let's ride!

Stepping up to the Technology Learning Curve.  Let's ride!

What I mean is this, Honda has provided us with nearly everything we need to fully utilize the new and exciting technologies that you will find embedded in many of the latest models.  You'll find much of this information on the Honda YouTube Channel. Here's the first of many 'How To' videos that are currently available on the Honda YouTube Channel.   I've embedded the YouTube videos and the directory of those videos just below.  Go ahead just click on the play icon.  If you want to go to a specific topic...Click on 'PLAYLIST' and you can jump to that topic of interest.



You can visit the Honda channel or just keep watching the above video. You'll see each of the following in the order shown.



Honda Ridgeline? This may be a hint...of what's to come?

Honda Announces Return to Baja at 2015 SEMA Show, Ridgeline Baja Race Truck Hints at Styling Direction for All-New 2017 Ridgeline Pickup

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 3, 2015 – Today at the 2015 SEMA Show, Honda revealed its Ridgeline Baja Race Truck, a purpose-built racing machine that marks Honda’s return to off-road truck racing, while also providing an early glimpse at the styling direction for the all-new 2017 Honda Ridgeline pickup that will hit dealer showrooms in the first half of next year. The Honda exhibit also showcased a multifaceted display of personalized Honda cars, SUVs, powersports products and two- and four-wheeled racing machines.

The Honda Ridgeline Baja Race Truck, in red, white and black Honda Racing livery, will compete in this year’s running of the SCORE Baja 1000. The tube-frame unlimited class off-road truck is powered by a twin-turbocharged V6 developed by Honda’s U.S. motorsports engineering arm, Honda Performance Development (HPD), and features a body designed by Honda R&D Americas’ Los Angeles Design Studio with inspiration taken from the next-generation Ridgeline truck, also being designed and developed by Honda R&D in North America. Key design cues drawn from the highly anticipated 2017 Honda Ridgeline can be seen in the front fascia, hood, roof, bed and side profile.

“We’re happy to share some of the high-level styling direction for Ridgeline and to celebrate this desert race truck that signals the return of HPD power to Baja,” said Art St. Cyr, president of Honda Performance Development. “While this race truck is unique and different from the production Ridgeline, it does a nice job of expressing not only our styling direction but also the fact that the Ridgeline, for all its unique qualities, has been and will continue to be a pickup with true truck capability.”

The Ridgeline Baja race truck is being developed by HPD in partnership with the Proctor Racing Group. It will be powered by HPD’s HR35TT race engine, a 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 producing upwards of 550 horsepower and using the same block, cylinder heads and crankshaft as the production engine that will power the all-new Ridgeline. Additional custom elements of the powertrain include an HPD-designed intake plenum and custom engine ECU programming.

2016 Honda Pilot: Using Voice Recognition for Navigation

In case you missed this on the Honda YouTube Channel.

The 2015 or 2016 Honda CR-V - An unbiased preview

This video will serve to set the bar for what one should expect in a onsite vehicle demonstration.
This being a pretty thorough presentation.

Before the rubber meets the road there is Trust

A few tenets of our 21st Century Honda Dealership:

1) YOUR Trust is first and foremost to us.

 First, before we talk business, before we seek to 'earn' your business we seek to earn your TRUST.  Trust is at once a state of mind and emotion.  We want you to be comfortable from the beginning.  We have a beautiful facility here, that houses happy employees and is as much home to all of us as it is a workplace.  We want to entertain you in a way that makes you comfortable as if you were indeed in our home.

2) We listen to YOU before we speak.

Before we share our opinion, thoughts, objectives with you we want to hear YOUR opinion, impressions, thoughts and objectives.  We're here to listen first.


3) YOU are in control.

We can do it your way.  Forget about a process that is rigid and 'us' oriented, let us follow your
lead, you have a need, you have an objective, we're listening and adaptive to your approach.  e.g. if you want to work the numbers first, fine.  Should you want to drive the car first, explore all that new technology, fine.  Let's do it the way that makes you feel comfortable.


4) We are a team and great communication means keeping YOU in the loop.

You'll notice that not only do we work hard, we work smart and as a team to provide you with a world class car buying experience.  There are all kinds of 'newness' out there, the least of which is all that new technology that is now part and parcel to any new car or truck.  We have state-of-the-art tools to demonstrate, learn and explore these new technologies.  And as a new Honda owner you'll find that we will keep you abreast of changes before, during and after the sale.


5) If there is a way we'll find it and make it work for YOU.

 We'll continue to have your best interest in mind.  During the sales process we'll offer multiple solutions both in terms of vehicle models and trim levels and financial scenario that address the various buy and lease alternatives.


6) Finding the best fit for YOU is winning.

 Should we hit an obstacle, should you decide that our product is not right for you, no hard feelings.  Based upon our effort to be thorough, chances are we'll arrive at the same solution at the same time.  No conflict, we're with you.  May the best car win.

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