The January 2004 edition of the Castrol Business Services Trend Tracker shows Honda and Toyota dealers achieved the best service retention performance last year. VW, Audi Mercedes and Volvo also gave good accounts of themselves.
Honda's consolidated net income for the fiscal third quarter ended December 31, 2003 totalled Y151.0 billion (US$1,410 million), a year-on-year increase of 31.2%.
Honda plays it safe
From this week Honda customers will be able to book servicing appointments using a new online facility. Any servicing and repair work for any Honda car can be booked at any one of the company's 190 dealers by visiting Honda's website at www.honda.co.uk, or any Honda dealer website.
GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler saw sales decline in 2003 while several import and 'transplant' brands, including Toyota, Honda and BMW, posted record full-year sales.
Honda expects its Civic to be the best-selling British-built compact car this year.
The Accord Tourer is a compromise. Honda itself admits as much. Recent research carried out by the company reveals that estate buyers are people who demand sportiness and space.
Advanced features to boost road safety are to be harnessed to help Honda win higher sales across Europe.
The Honda Institute has received a South East Training Award at the recent NTA regional awards ceremony. The entry from The Honda Institute - Individual Skills Training (IST) for car technicians - was one of 16 finalists from over 1,000 entries, with Honda the only automotive company to reach the finals.<The Honda Institute has received a South East Training Award at the recent NTA regional awards ceremony. The entry from The Honda Institute - Individual Skills Training (IST) for car technicians - was one of 16 finalists from over 1,000 entries, with Honda the only automotive company to reach the finals.<The Honda Institute has received a South East Training Award at the recent NTA regional awards ceremony. The entry from The Honda Institute - Individual Skills Training (IST) for car technicians - was one of 16 finalists from over 1,000 entries, with Honda the only automotive company to reach the finals.
It's been a long time coming, but it was inevitable that the world's largest engine producer would make its own diesel.
Priory Motor Group is set to open a new £1.5m dealership on its existing Honda site in Cambridge.
Although the Automotive Academy announced by the Government will not be fully operational until later next year, BMW, Honda, Jaguar, Land Rover, MG Rover Group, Nissan, and Leyland Trucks are amongst those who have already appointed senior directors to sit on the Academy's Project Board.
The Honda Institute, the company's European centre for technical training and personnel development, has lent support to the motor vehicle Pre-Apprenticeship programme at a Hertfordshire school.
Honda is offering a free mower to anyone who orders a new car next weekend, (13 and 14 September) for delivery by the end of the month, as part of a special Honda test drive weekend.
Manchester-based Lookers has paid £2m for the property and assets of Savoy Honda Centre in Warrington.
Honda has finally moved to fill a key 'gap' in its product inventory for the European market – a home-produced diesel engine.
Honda's former president Nabuhiko Kawamoto has caused US media controversy by labelling his former company 'inferior' and 'headed downhill'.
Honda Motor Company today reported a 7.8 percent rise in operating earnings last year. But the carmaker has predicted a fall in profits this year amid renewed concerns about U.S. car demand.
Honda's new president and chief executive is to be Takeo Fukui, the carmaker's managing and representative director. He will take over in June.
Honda's 900 workers at its Swindon factory will lose around £63 as a result of the carmaker's decision to lay off an entire shift, according to the Amicus union.
