Cooper Standard Automotive has acquired USi from Ikuyo of Japan, effective immediately. USi, based in Rockford, Tennessee, provides an exclusive hard coating process for use in automotive and industrial applications, including bright trim assemblies on vehicles produced by a number of global automakers, including Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan Motor and Toyota. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
Honda Motor has said it was considering delaying its earnings announcement as the company deals with damage control and production suspensions caused by the earthquake off Japan's eastern coast this month.
Honda is recalling 2,800 of its 2011 Odyssey minivans to repair potentially faulty windows.
Product development at Honda will be delayed by at least two weeks because of extensive earthquake damage at the company's global randd center in Japan.
There are multiple advantages to starting on the front row on IZOD IndyCar Series road/street courses. In the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg held on Sunday, one was avoiding the seven-car blockade in Turn 1 of the first lap.
In front of more than 45,000 fans, AMA Supercross current champion Ryan Dungey (Suzuki) earned his first win of the season at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada while Chad Reed (Honda) took over the lead in the championship.
As expected, the effects of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that have devastated Japan are now being felt in North America. With production suspensions dragging on, Mazda and Honda have been forced to temporarily stop taking orders for vehicles manufactured in Japan, while parts shortages are preventing Chrysler and Ford from offering specific colours of pickups, cars and SUVs.
Team Penske's Will Power kick-off his 2011 IndyCar season in a great way by earning his first pole of the season at the Grand Prix Honda of St-Petersburg.
Honda's popular CR-V has been a mainstay of the compact crossover segment since its introduction, and there's very good reason for that, not the least of which is its everyday practicality. The CR-V is now in its third generation. Along the way it's gained additional power, improved operational refinement and livelier driving dynamics in addition to a bolder, more distinctive appearance.
Honda Motor Co. said its production in North America may be disrupted due to a shortage of parts after Japan's record earthquake this month closed suppliers' factories.
A #10 in this list but still tops where high-revving nimble compact cars are concerned. At 197 hp, the Honda Civic Si is far from the most powerful cars on the list but we love its screaming tossable nature and its slick-shifting 6-speed manual gearbox.
American Honda and its Honda Performance Development subsidiary unveiled a refueling safety interlock system designed to reduce the potential for pit fires before the first IZOD IndyCar Series practice in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Honda extended the shutdown of assembly plants in Japan and says it will take several months for its randd center in the quake zone to resume full operations.
Honda is further extending its assembly plant shutdowns and says it will take several months for its randd center in the quake zone to resume full operations.
Honda, which had previously announced the suspension of production through Sunday 27 March, on Thursday (24 March) said it would now extend the production suspension of finished vehicles at its Sayama and Suzuka factories until at least Monday 4 April. Toyota plans to resume hybrid production on Monday but its US unit cautioned that "some production interruptions in North America are likely" though it was too early to predict location or duration. Nissan Americas said car supply and production were good for now and may send US-made V6 engines to Japan.
Honda, which had previously announced the suspension of production through Sunday 27 March, on Thursday (24 March) said it would now extend the production suspension of finished vehicles at its Sayama and Suzuka factories until at least Monday 4 April. Toyota plans to resume hybrid production on Monday but its US unit cautioned that "some production interruptions in North America are likely" though it was too early to predict location or duration.
Honda, which had previously announced the suspension of production through Sunday 27 March, on Thursday (24 March) said it would now extend the production suspension of finished vehicles at its Sayama and Suzuka factories until at least Monday 4 April. Toyota plans to resume hybrid production on Monday but its US unit cautioned that "some production interruptions in North America are likely" though it was too early to predict location or duration.
Toyota and Honda car production joint ventures in southern China have enough parts inventory to sustain normal production until the middle of next month, a senior Chinese executive has said.
Dale Coyne Racing has officially announced that former Champ Car champion Sebastian Bourdais and newcomer James Jakes will drive the team's Dallara Honda #18 and #19 starting this week-end in StPetersburg.
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