Accord

Mid-sized sedans, hot in 2012, cool off

5:11 pm U.S. ET | May 1, 2013
For the third straight month, a different car has topped the giant mid-sized sedan market, a segment that has significantly slowed this year as competition intensifies. Sales declined in April for seven of the 10 top mid-sized cars. Overall, mid-sized car sales fell 1 percent in the month and are up just 2 percent so far this year.... Read More »

 

Crossovers lead Honda April gains

5:00 pm U.S. ET | May 1, 2013
Stoked by record April results for the Honda CR-V and Acura RDX compact crossovers, American Honda sales increased 7 percent to 130,999 units last month.... Read More »

 

Accavitti sees American Honda's U.S. sales rising 6% in April

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 25, 2013
Honda's sales in the United States should increase by more than 6 percent in April, a top executive said Wednesday. Separately, GM CEO Dan Akerson said he sees April sales rising at a similar rate as the previous month, when they increased 3 percent.... Read More »

 

U.S. sales climb again, reach volume last seen in '07

5:08 pm U.S. ET | April 2, 2013
In the highest-volume month since August 2007, automakers broadly advanced to sell 1.45 million light vehicles in March. That's only 3 percent higher than strong year-earlier results. But the seasonally adjusted annual selling rate of 15.3 million made March the fifth straight month above 15 million and signaled a continued industry rally.... Read More »

 

Accord fuels Honda gains in March

4:40 pm U.S. ET | April 2, 2013
Boosted by strong Accord sales and new Acura products, American Honda's March sales of 136,038 units rose 7 percent over last March's numbers.... Read More »

 

Toyota blinks on Camry deals after February sales fall

6:34 pm U.S. ET | March 5, 2013
To see the constant tension at automakers between sales volumes and profit margins, look no further than the current state of Toyota's Camry. A rare dip in U.S. sales for the Camry last month reflects rising competition for Toyota. In response, Toyota has begun offering no-interest financing on the 2013 Camry, excluding the hybrid version.... Read More »

 

Strong Accord sales can't overcome Civic transition for Honda

4:17 pm U.S. ET | March 1, 2013
American Honda's February sales fell 2 percent, as rare slumps by such volume models as the Civic, CR-V and Odyssey offset a strong month for the redesigned Accord.... Read More »

 

GM lowers Malibu pricing to compete with Camry in online searches

1:34 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 8, 2013
GM, aiming to make the mid-sized Chevrolet Malibu sedan more appealing to online car shoppers, lowered the car's price by hundreds of dollars to compete with better-selling mid-sized sedans. GM lowered the prices of Malibu by as much as $770 as the automaker seeks to improve its results in a segment that includes five of the 20 most popular vehicles in the United States.... Read More »

 

MARK RECHTIN

No sympathy prize for the ATS

2:46 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 6, 2013
The Cadillac ATS is a fine car. But North American Car of the Year? Not to me. Like many reviewers, I find things to cheer and jeer about the sedan. The suspension is crisp but jarring.... Read More »

 

Spotty January for Honda; Accord, RDX surge

11:59 am U.S. ET | Feb. 1, 2013
American Honda's January sales increased 13 percent, as strong gains for the redesigned Accord sedan and Acura RDX crossover countered sluggish demand for much of the lineup.... Read More »

 

Honda plans $23M Ohio expansion to build Accord Hybrid

10:39 am U.S. ET | Jan. 10, 2013
Honda will spend $23 million to expand its Marysville, Ohio, plant to build the 2014 Accord Hybrid, the company said today. The plant will add about 50 workers for production of the hybrid sedan, which is scheduled to go on sale this fall, the company said.... Read More »

 

Accord helps Honda rebound from Civic jeers

12:34 am U.S. ET | Dec. 18, 2012
Honda Motor Co., hit by Consumer Reports' stinging review for its Civic small car last year, got high marks for the revamped 2013 Accord that the magazine said ranks among the market's best mid-sized cars.... Read More »

 

Honda to become 'net exporter' of vehicles from North America

4:04 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 5, 2012
Honda, Japan's first automaker to build cars in the United States, said it expects to export more cars and light trucks from North America than it imports to the region within two years.... Read More »

 

New yen headache hits Honda Accord in U.S.

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 3, 2012
Virtually all Honda Accords sold in North America are built locally -- a nifty hedge against currency fluctuations. Yet the strong Japanese yen threatens to undercut U.S. sales of the Accord in another way.... Read More »

 

Ohio r&d for next Accord?

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 3, 2012
A clean-sheet redesign of the Honda Accord just left the gates, but engineers are already planning its successor. Development of Honda's next-generation flagship sedan, due in 2016 or 2017, likely will be led from Ohio instead of Japan.... Read More »

 

Honda sales continue climb on Accord, Civic gains

2:32 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 1, 2012
As its outgoing 2012 Accord was being replaced by the ramping up of the redesigned 2013 model, American Honda reported a 9 percent sales increase in October. The Accord led Honda sales with 28,349 units, up 26 percent. Honda had dealer stair-step and regional fleet incentives in place to close out the old model.... Read More »

 

Toyota Prius line becomes top-selling vehicle in Calif.

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 19, 2012
Toyota's expanded Prius hybrid lineup has surged past the Honda Accord and Civic, and Toyota Camry, to become the best-selling vehicle line this year in California, the biggest United States auto market.... Read More »

 

CARS & CONCEPTS

An American-made hybrid Accord in 2015?

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 15, 2012
Honda is having another go at a hybrid Accord, but when the two-motor plug-in electric-gasoline sedan arrives in the United States early next year, volumes will be small.... Read More »

 

Honda Accord campaign targets Hispanics, blacks

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 8, 2012
Honda's huge marketing launch for the redesigned 2013 Accord will include pitches aimed at Hispanic and black consumers.... Read More »

 

HANS GREIMEL

A made-in-America hybrid Accord coming in 2015?

11:43 am U.S. ET | Oct. 5, 2012
Honda is having another go at a hybrid Accord. But when the two-motor plug-in electric-gasoline sedan arrives in the United States early next year, volumes will be small. Now Honda has a solution: Start building the hybrid system stateside.... Read More »

 

Honda expands N.A. recall to include over 600,000 Accords

10:33 am U.S. ET | Oct. 1, 2012
Honda is expanding a recall in North America to include more than 600,000 Accord mid-size sedans to address a potential power steering fluid leak problem that could cause a fire under the hood. Honda is recalling 573,147 Accords in the United States equipped with V6 engines from model years 2003 through 2007, according to documents filed with NHTSA.... Read More »

 

NEWS ANALYSIS

Detroit automakers face crunch time in heated mid-sized sedan market

12:52 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 21, 2012
The recovery of Detroit's automakers is about to face its stiffest challenge yet on an unlikely battlefield: The sizzling market for mid-sized family sedans, as GM and Ford square off against Japanese, Korean and German rivals.... Read More »

 

Honda cranks out new Accord at record pace as mid-sized sedan melee builds

12:34 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 17, 2012
Honda is building the new Accord sedan at a record rate so dealers can start selling it this week as competition with mid-sized models from Toyota, Nissan and Ford intensifies. Since the start of output on Aug. 20, no new Honda model has been built at a faster pace and with fewer flaws, Honda says.... Read More »

 

For the new Accord, Honda's ads tell a story

12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 17, 2012
For decades, Honda's creative brief was "Show the car on a blank canvas. Make a clever voiceover comment. Show the logo." But advertising for the 2013 Accord that begins this week highlights a big change in how Honda markets its cars since Mike Accavitti joined Honda as chief marketing officer last year.... Read More »

 

FINAL ASSEMBLY

The sincerest form of car design?

12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 17, 2012
Reasonable car guys can disagree, but BMW's 3 series is often called the best sports sedan in the world. So it's not surprising when new vehicles have traits that emulate the BMW benchmark. Take a look at the redesigned 2013 Honda Accord alongside the 3 series.... Read More »