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Honda Motor Co. is preparing to stop selling its Legend sedan in its home market, a Japanese newspaper reported today. The vehicle, rebadged as the Acura RL for the United States, is the Acura brand’s flagship sedan despite lackluster sales.

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Honda plans a new marketing approach for its Insight hybrid after the Toyota Prius-fighter’s disappointing debut. An ad campaign starting early next year will focus more on the car’s features and benefits, said John Mendel, American Honda Motor Co.

Tags: Ad Campaign, Ads, American Honda Motor, American Honda Motor Co, Debut, Focus, Honda, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Hybrid, Insight, John Mendel, Lifestyle, Mendel, New Car, New Marketing, Prius, Stress, stress car, Toyota, Toyota Prius

Acura will start pricing for its new 2010 ZDX five-door hatchback at $46,305, including delivery charges. The vehicle, based on Acuraand#8217;s MDX crossover platform, goes on sale Dec. 15, American Honda Motor Co. said today in a statement.

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Takanobu Ito took over as president of Honda Motor Co. in June with the global auto market in free fall and his company’s sales tumbling in tandem.

Tags: Agenda, Auto Market, Global Auto, Honda, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Mpg, S Sales, Takanobu Ito, Tandem

Honda Motor Co.’s recalls of 444,000 Accord and Civic vehicles for potentially lethal airbag defects are under investigation by federal safety regulators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it wants Honda and Takata Corp.

Tags: Accord, Airbag, Civic, Federal Safety Regulators, Highway Traffic Safety, Honda, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Honda Recalls, National Highway Traffic, National Highway Traffic Safety, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Nhtsa, Probes, Takata Corp, Traffic Safety Administration

Toyota Motor Corp. pulled out of Formal One racing today, as it battles a second straight year of red ink and races to cut more than $9 billion in costs this year. Toyota follows Japanese rival Honda Motor Co. in quitting the sport.

Tags: Formula One, Formula One Toyota Motor Corp., Honda, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Honda Sport, Motor Sport, Red Ink, Rival Honda, Toyota, Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor Corp, USD

Honda Motor Co. surprised investors today with a near tripling of its annual profit forecasts, bumping it further ahead of Japanese rivals thanks to a dominant motorcycle business and line-up heavy in small cars.

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Honda Motor Co. surprised investors today with a near tripling of its annual profit forecasts, bumping it further ahead of Japanese rivals thanks to a dominant motorcycle business and line-up heavy in small cars.

Tags: Honda, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Investors, Japanese Rivals, Motorcycle Business, Profit Forecasts, Small Cars

Honda Motor Co. is reviewing its entire lineup with the aim of building less expensive and more fuel-efficient vehicles, Honda CEO Takanobu Ito says.

Tags: Aim, Ceo, Fuel Efficient Vehicles, Honda, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co.

To combat the yen’s profit-pounding surge against the dollar, Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are ready to shift more car production from Japan to the United States.

Tags: Auto Production, Car Production, Honda, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Japan, Nissan, Nissan Motor, Nissan Motor Co, United States, Yen

Japanese archrivals Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. have just found something else to disagree about: sports cars. At the Tokyo Motor Show today, Toyota took the wraps off the Lexus LFA, a two-seater supercar with a roaring 4.

Tags: Honda, Honda Cars, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Honda Sports, Lexus, Motor Honda, Separate Ways, Sports Cars, Supercar, Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota, Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor Corp, Wraps

In an effort to alleviate losses from the yen’s rapid rise against the dollar, Honda Motor Co. may move production of the popular Fit small car to the United States. President Takanobu Ito called the shift a and#8220;highly likely possibility.and#8221;

Tags: Dollar, Fit, Fit Production, Honda, Honda Fit, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Losses, Rapid Rise, Rise Against, Small Car, Takanobu Ito, United States, Yen

Ford Motor Co. is gaining on Honda Motor Co. for the No. 2 spot among hybrid vehicle sellers in the United States.

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Ford Motor Co. is gaining on Honda Motor Co. for the No. 2 spot among hybrid vehicle sellers in the United States.

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Ford Motor Co. is gaining on Honda Motor Co. for the No. 2 spot among hybrid vehicle sellers in the United States.

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Honda Motor Co., aiming to steal the green-car mantle from rival Toyota Motor Corp., will show a near-production version of its highly anticipated CR-Z sporty hybrid at next month’s Tokyo Motor Show, as well as a compact electric concept vehicle.

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Honda Motor Co., aiming to steal the green-car mantle from rival Toyota Motor Corp., will show a near-production version of its highly anticipated CR-Z sporty hybrid at next month’s Tokyo Motor Show, as well as a compact electric concept vehicle.

Tags: Credentials, Green Car, Honda, Honda Cr, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Hybrid, Mantle, Polishes, Rival, Tokyo Motor, Toyota, Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor Corp, Tunes

Honda Motor Co. will maintain the target for lease sales of its newest fuel-cell car after over a year since its launch despite the challenge of boosting productivity, the model’s chief engineer said.

Tags: Chief Engineer, Fuel Cell Car, fuel-cell car target, Honda, Honda Car, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Launch, Lease Sales, Productivity, Target

Honda Motor Co. plans to develop an electric car to debut in the United States by around 2015 as tighter environmental regulations push demand for zero-emission vehicles, the Nikkei newspaper said.

Tags: Debut, Electric Car, Honda, Honda Car, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Nikkei, United States, Zero Emission Vehicles

Honda Motor Co. plans to develop an electric car to debut in the United States by around 2015 as tighter environmental regulations push demand for zero-emission vehicles, the Nikkei newspaper said.

Tags: Car Report, Debut, Electric Car, Honda, Honda Car, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Nikkei, United States, Zero Emission Vehicles

Honda Motor Co. plans to develop an electric car to debut in the United States by around 2015 as tighter environmental regulations push demand for zero-emission vehicles, the Nikkei newspaper said.

Tags: Debut, Electric Car, Honda, Honda Car, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Nikkei, United States, Zero Emission Vehicles

The finance arms for American Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., as well as select other lenders, are providing financial assistance to dealers struggling with cash-flow problems created by the federal cash-for-clunkers program.

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The finance arms for American Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., as well as select other lenders, are providing financial assistance to dealers struggling with cash-flow problems created by the federal cash-for-clunkers program.

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The finance arms for American Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., as well as select other lenders, are providing financial assistance to dealers struggling with cash-flow problems created by the federal cash-for-clunkers program.

Tags: American Honda Motor, American Honda Motor Co, Cash Crisis, Cash Flow Problems, Finance, finance arms, Financial Assistance, Honda, Honda Dealers, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Lenders, Toyota, Toyota Dealers, Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor Sales, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., Toyota Sales

The finance arms for American Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., as well as select other lenders, are providing financial assistance to dealers struggling with cash-flow problems created by the federal cash-for-clunkers program.

Tags: American Honda Motor, American Honda Motor Co, Cash Crisis, Cash Flow Problems, Finance, finance arms, Financial Assistance, Honda, Honda Dealers, Honda Motor, Honda Motor Co., Lenders, Toyota, Toyota Dealers, Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor Sales, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., Toyota Sales