• Dacia disappoints in safety tests

    • 13 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Citroën DS4 scored a five-star safety rating in the latest round of Euro NCAP tests, but the Dacia Jogger achieved just one star with many safety features not included and some that are described as sub-standard The Citroën DS4 moved from four stars in original tests to five stars following the addition of an [...]
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  • Takata recall could expand further

    • 20 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Regulators in the US said they could expand their investigation into Takata air bag inflators beyond 11 car manufacturers, as questions arose about whether vehicle design played a role in the devices posing a deadly risk to the public National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) chief Mark Rosekind said [...]
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  • Honda to unveil new HFCV at Tokyo

    • 30 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Honda has announced it will display future mobility solutions, including the global debut of all new fuel cell vehicle (FCV) at the 44th Tokyo Motor Show It will be the debut unveiling of the Japanese firm’s all-new fuel cell vehicle, provisionally called the FCV Honda’s original technologies have made the [...]
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  • Honda’s profits jump 20%

    • 31 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Japanese carmaker Honda's profit jumped 20% in the first quarter thanks to strong sales in its biggest market, North America, and cost-cutting measures Its net profit rose to 186bn yen ($15bn; £960m) in April to June from 1556bn yen a year ago - widely beating expectations of 1457bn yen The company said a weaker [...]
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  • Honda Takata saga continues

    • 9 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Honda is recalling around 163 million more cars in Japan to replace air bag inflators made by supplier Takata and around 45 million more cars globally, due to continuing fears over the potentially deadly defect At least eight deaths, all in Honda cars, have been linked to the airbag inflator, which can deploy with [...]
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  • New world record for fuel efficiency

    • 8 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Honda has set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for ‘Lowest fuel consumption – all 24 contiguous EU countries (all cars)’, recording an average 10031 miles per gallon over 8,387 miles, in a 25 day drive across all 24 EU contiguous countries Behind the wheel of a Honda Civic Tourer 16 i-DTEC for the entire [...]
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  • Honda has no plans to help Takata

    • 6 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Honda’s new chief executive Takahiro Hachigo, said the Japanese carmaker has no plans to provide financial aid to Takata, the airbag supplier currently at the heart of global airbag recall that has dented Honda’s reputation as well as its earnings Speaking at his first news conference since taking the wheel in [...]
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  • US lawmakers have warned of car ‘recall fatigue’

    • 24 June 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Policy makers in the US have warned of car 'recall fatigue' in a congressional hearing with regulators and carmakers about progress in a major airbag recall Faulty airbags made by Japan's Takata have been linked to at least eight deaths, multiple injuries and has prompted the largest recall in US history The US [...]
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  • Eight deaths now linked to faulty Takata airbags

    • 22 June 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Honda's US division said on Friday (19 June) it has linked the September 2014 death of a woman in Los Angeles, California, to the rupture of a Takata airbag inflator, bringing the number of fatalities related to defective Takata airbags to eight, Reuters reports US highway safety regulators also confirmed that the [...]
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  • Faulty airbags lead to more recalls

    • 14 May 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Japanese car giants Honda and Daihatsu are recalling five million cars globally due to a potentially deadly airbag fault This announcement comes just days after Toyota Motor Corporation and Nissan Motor Company said they are recalling some 65 million vehicles due to the airbags that were made and supplied by Takata [...]
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