Honda (UK) is to open its first 'brand centre' in the autumn, selling cars, motorcycles and power equipment products.
Mitsubishi hopes the Shogun Pinin's keen pricing and off-road ability will win it friends at the expense of established rivals from Land Rover, Toyota and Honda.
Toshio Ishino, president of Honda (UK) and Honda Motor Europe-UK has died, the company announced today.
##75 Tourer(2)--left## The Rover 75 Tourer, the first compact-executive estate car from the company, is among a host of unveilings due to take place at next week's Geneva motor show.
Honda is to begin public road testing of a new version of its FCX-V3 fuel cell vehicle, equipped with fuel cell stacks developed in-house.
Honda is promising thrills aplenty with the launch of a 1.8i VTEC Sport addition to the Accord range in March.
Honda is set to press ahead with its UK investment plans despite forecasting continuing losses this year.
'And now for something completely different,' as Monty Python used to say. A fortnight ago I switched to our long term Nissan Almera 2.2 DI diesel, after a length spell in our Honda Accord 1.8 VTEC, and the contrast between the driving experience of these two British-built cars could not be more extreme.
Mitsubishi's 5dr Shogun Pinin will go on sale next month at prices expected to be well below its main rivals. Toyota's RAV4 in NV trim, Suzuki Grand Vitara and the Honda CR-V in LS trim each costs £16,495. Land Rover's Freelander 1.8 S is £17,495.
Honda (UK)says it will record its eighth successive year of growth in 2000 with sales in excess of 68,000 cars, taking the manufacturer above 3% of the UK new car market for the first time.
Honda is to launch a new mini-MPV in the spring priced around £18,000.
Honda UK boss Ken Keir believes exporting the next generation CR-V (compact sports utility vehicle) to the US will bolster the profitability of its Swindon plant.
Honda believes aggressive pricing of the new Swindon-built Civic, on sale in the UK from January, “will blow Ford Focus out of the water”.
Honda, developing a common rail direct injection diesel engine, was determined not to repeat mistakes from the days of its Rover partnership, said UK boss Ken Keir.
I would like to congratulate Honda on delivering a car packed with the environmental information essential both to tax conscious company car drivers and to green-minded citizens.
Honda UK boss Ken Keir predicts that the new Civic, unveiled at the Paris motor show, will raise its new car sales in the UK to “around 90,000” next year.
Honda's advertising campaign for the new Civic range will harness the internet-driven “viral” e-mail strategy used to promote its HR-V sports utility vehicle.
A key for key swap has brought a far more realistic Honda Accord to the long term test fleet of Fleet News. The options list of the outgoing 1.8i VTEC SE had more ticks than the school swat's maths exam, and as a result carried the excessive on-the-road price of £19,750.
Honda is to switch 3dr Civic production from Japan to its Swindon plant, according to reports in the Japanese press. The carmaker, which currently makes 4dr and estate Civic models at Swindon, is due to launch the new Civic next month.
New corporate headquarters just off the M4 symbolises Honda's commitment to the UK as Ford prepares to end Dagenham car production.
