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Honda Plans New Accord To Take On Camry
Honda Motors (NYSE:HMC) is looking to dethrone Toyota in the mid-size sedan segment with its new Accord 2013, which it will start manufacturing in its plant in Marysville, Ohio, from September 3. The mid-size sedan is the biggest segment in the U...
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Honda Can Fatten Margins With More North American Production
As part of its measures to address margin erosion caused by a strong Yen, Honda Motors (NYSE:HMC) is increasing its production capacity in North America to reduce its dependence on the Japanese exports. Currently, 85% of Honda’s cars sold ...
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Honda’s Recovery Hits Overdrive On Solid Results
Honda Motor Co (NYSE:HMC) posted strong Q1 results as production and sales reached pre-quake levels. Of all the automakers, Honda was hurt the most due to last year’s natural disasters. Apart from the tragic tsunami, floods in Thailand impacted t...
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Porsche Takeover Builds on Volkswagen’s Strong Foundation
Submitted by Investing Daily as part of our contributors program . By: Chad Fraser “I’m keeping my eye on Volkswagen … and will jump to buy when I’m confident that the [European] debt crisis is over.” — Investin...
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Honda Makes Big Plans For Asian Markets With Indonesia And India Expansion
Honda Motor (NYSE:HMC) is investing $328 million to construct a new automobile plant in Indonesia to boost production of its multi-purpose vehicles (MPV) such as Brio and Jazz. Honda is not the only auto company looking to expand manufacturing in...
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Competition Heats Up In Electric Cars As Honda Claims Record Mileage
Honda Motor’s (NYSE:HMC) new Fit electric vehicle (EV) has been awarded a 118 miles-per gallon (mpg) equivalency by the Environmental Protection Agency, which is higher than that for Nissan Leaf or Ford Focus EV. Competition is certainly he...
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Honda Rides To $44 On US And Japan Recovery
Honda (NYSE:HMC) delivered impressive earnings in the last quarter in spite of still being scarred by the Thailand floods and Japan earthquake. The company saw improved sales in its motorcycle, automobile and power segments along with stable impr...
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Honda Results Friday Will Show Challenges Persist
Honda (NYSE:HMC) is delivering its earnings for the fourth quarter earnings Friday. The company had a challenging third quarter due to natural disasters and currency impacts. Its supply chain was badly hurt by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan,...
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Another Tsunami In Indonesia Could Spell Disaster For Autos
On 11 April, an earthquake of magnitude 8.6 (Richter scale) struck off the Indonesia coastline followed by an aftershock of 8.2 magnitude. This prompted the authorities to issue a tsunami warning for all countries across the Indian Ocean. This ev...
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Spring 2012: The Season Of Recalls For Auto Giants
A number of big automotive companies have announced that they will be recalling select cars in April after discovering minor faults. Although recalls are fairly frequent among automotive companies, the announcement of recalls by three companies i...
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What You Need to Know About the Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) Earnings Surprise
Submitted by Investing Daily using the Trefis Contributor Tool Earnings season got off to a strong start Tuesday night, when Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) reported profits that were far ahead of analysts’ expectations. Here’s how the numbe...
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Honda Gains Ground In The Indian Two-Wheeler Market
Global automobile manufacturer Honda (NYSE:HMC) has for the first time in its history in India since it separated from its JV with Hero Group in December 2010, recorded the second highest monthly sales among all the players in the Indian two-whee...
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The Real Reason For Deflation in Japan
Submitted by Testosterone Pit using the Trefis Contributor Tool Ever since Toyota and Honda were forcing GM, Ford, and Chrysler to shape up the hard way, the US government has pushed Japan to open up its markets, particularly its automotive mar...
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Foreign Auto Makers Get Fewer Incentives in China as Country Promotes Competition
As auto makers start to announce positive strong growth from China, the country announced the end of its seven-year policy to attract foreign investments in order to promote a “healthy” level of competition and to protect local manufa...
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Honda’s Hampered in India Given Competition, Thai Floods
Honda ‘s (NYSE:HMC) market share in India has been under intense pressure due to increased competition from other global car manufacturers such as Toyota (NYSE:TM), GM (NYSE:GM), Ford (NYSE:F) and Hyundai (PINK:HYMLF). Also recent deregul...
