Good on you Honda. Through an earthquake(s), a Tsunami, power shortages, floods in Thailand you have brought out your new generation Honda Accord. You have brought out the new 2013 Honda Accord with a first for the industry and a first for Honda. John Mendel, Executive Vice President, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., talked about [...]
Sage Marie, Honda’s communications manager, talks about the 2013 Honda Accord while David Merrick, Honda’s design director, draws the 2013 Honda Accord. The 2013 Honda Accord prices and fuel ratings are as follows: 2013 Honda Accord Sedan 4-cylinder models: 2013 Honda Accord LX Sedan: 6-Speed Manual $21,680 24 city /34 highway /28 combined CVT $22,480 [...]
Shoji Matsui, Chief Engineer and large product manager for the Honda Accord, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, about the 2013 Honda Accord. Matsui has been a body designer and engineer. How does Matsui see Honda’s interaction between design and engineer? Honda has won so many awards over the years, but there are more [...]
It looks great that the Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) is sticking around 14.5 million 8 months into 2012. Sales are up 20 percent year-over-year. But you need to look at the footnotes to see if there is confidence in the numbers, or if there is reason for worry. I looked at the sales numbers [...]
It’s that time of the year again, time to whittle down the long list of new cars and trucks to decide which one is crowned car and truck/utility of the year award for 2013. The list below is referred to as the long list. For the most part, all new cars and trucks make it [...]
Charlotte, NC, July 12 – The winners of the eleventh annual North American Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards were announced today. The awards recognize those vehicles most likely to shape the future of the automobile industry. The Production Preview Vehicle category: The Production Preview Vehicle category is for those vehicles based on a model [...]
Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, talked to John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio show about energy costs per vehicle. Definitions: EV – Electric Vehicle, this vehicle will only run on electricity. The Nissan Leaf, Ford Focus, Tesla Roadster, CODA, Mitsubishi i-MiEV and are all cars with just electricity. PHEV – Plug-in Hybrid Electric [...]
Click on Lou Ann’s picture to see energy expert Lou Ann Hammond discussfuel-efficient vehicles on NBC’s KCRA-TV in Sacramento, CA: Energy Expert Lou Ann Hammond joins Richard in studio to analyze the latest fuel efficient vehicles. Fuel-Efficient vehicles by segment Fuel-efficiency isn’t just for small cars. It applies to all segments of vehicles, from the [...]
Roderick MacKenzie is the vice president of Automotive Business Development for Aha Radio at Harman International. MacKenzie talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, and John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio show, about AHA. AHA is going into Subaru, Honda and Acura. What is AHA? MacKenzie says to think of it as the fourth [...]
Every vote is going to count in the presidential election. Every dollar needs to be spent wisely to garner the vote of each constituent. How do candidates know if their dollars are being spent wisely? A new study by Strategic Vision, a research-based consulting group, shows the psychological purchasing power of each party. Over the [...]
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