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How recalls can affect a company's bottom line — and future sales

Feb 28, 2024
A recent Toyota recall affects more than 280,000 vehicles. But not all recalls are created equal in terms of how they color a company's brand and long-term customer loyalty.
More than 280,000 Toyota SUVs and pickup trucks were recalled over a software issue. But care recalls are actually pretty common.

The most "American-made" vehicles may surprise you

Jul 8, 2019
A Jeep takes the number one spot, but Honda takes second, third and fourth place.
A Jeep Cherokee drives in front of Fiat Chryslers's Belvidere Assembly Plant.
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As Britain plans to leave the EU, automakers plan to leave Britain

Feb 21, 2019
Some foreign automakers are abandoning their U.K. operations, resulting in job losses and further uncertainty.
A car transporter loaded with Honda vehicles is driven in to the Honda manufacturing plant in Swindon, southwest England on February 19, 2019.
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What Honda's investment in GM means for self-driving cars

Oct 3, 2018
Autonomous cars made more interesting in a deal that's more Silicon Valley than Detroit.
The logo of U.S. carmaker General Motors, or GM, is visible on the front grille of a GM Hydrogen 4 fuel cell-powered car at a presentation by Opel and GM on November 26, 2008 in Berlin, Germany
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The venerable sedan gives way to crossovers and trucks

Jun 14, 2018
Two out of every five vehicles sold in the United States is a cross utility vehicle, or CUV.
Honda executives celebrate as the 2018 Honda Accord is named the car of the year at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 15, 2018.
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Auto industry has a record year (for safety fines)

Jan 8, 2015
Fine for Honda alone sets a record: $70 million for failing to report deaths, injuries.

Why Honda is the most innovative car company on Earth

Aug 1, 2014
Jeffrey Rothfeder explored the car-maker's culture in his new book "Driving Honda"

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Big companies help small ones by paying them sooner

Jul 11, 2014
Big companies sign on to pay their small-business suppliers faster.

Cars get even more connected with Google's Open Automotive Alliance

Jan 6, 2014
Honda and GM will join Audi in using Android operating systems.

Hydrogen powered cars to hit the road near you

Nov 21, 2013
Hydrogen fuel cells worked for Apollo astronauts. Now cars with the technology are bound for showrooms.