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DETROIT (AP) — Honda is recalling more than three quarters of a million vehicles in the U.S. because a faulty sensor may cause the front passenger air bags to inflate when they're not supposed to. Also included are the 2021 and 2022 Civic hatchback, the 2021 Civic Type R and Insight, and the 2020 and 2021 CR-V, CR-V Hybrid, Passport, Ridgeline and Accord Hybrid. Affected models from the Acura luxury brand include the 2020 and 2022 MDX, the 2020 through 2022 RDX and the 2020 and 2021 TLX. Documents posted Tuesday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say that the front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, and fail to turn off the air bag as intended. Dealers will replace the seat sensors at no cost to owners.

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☆ Honda recall 2023: Engine concerns impact Pilot, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Acura and other models
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Honda is recalling almost 250,000 vehicles due to a manufacturing error that may damage the engine. 2018 and 2019 Honda Odysseys, 2016, 2018 and 2019 Pilots, and Ridgelines manufactured between 2017 and 2019 are also potentially affected. This recall brings the number of Honda vehicles recalled in 2023 up to more than three million. Honda said owners will be notified by letter in early January, and that dealers will inspect, repair and replace the engines for free. Vehicle owners can find out if their car is included in the recall by visiting www.recalls.acura.com or www.recalls.honda.com.

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☆ Tesla keeps chopping prices, making its cars cheaper than even gas competitors
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tesla is offering cars well below September's new car average transaction price of $47,899. Tesla's base Model 3 and Model Y are both less than that. Last month, new cars saw an average transaction price (ATP) of $47,899, according to Kelley Blue Book. New car prices have slowly but surely been improving as of late, but are still pretty costly. AdvertisementAdvertisementTo be sure, new car pricing is relatively flat year-over-year (down just $360 from September last year), while used car pricing is more nuanced.

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I ignored my Dad's advice about saving money and investing until I saw him retire a decade before his peers. Then I watched my Dad retire at least a decade before many of his peers, and my entire perspective changed. My stepmom, on the other hand, never had plans to retire early until she started dating my Dad. Invest aggressively ... and diversifyLike most people, a 401(k) was central to my parents' retirement plan. Because they wanted to retire early, my parents had to have other investments they could rely on for retirement income.

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☆ Acura is late to the EV party — but its first electric SUV looks like a winner
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

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☆ 2024 Acura Integra Type S: A Throwback With Real Mojo
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Dan Neil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ 2024 Acura Integra Type S: A Throwback with Real Mojo
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Dan Neil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Drivers Frustrated With Their Cars Door Handles, Screens, Other Tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Alexa St. John | Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The auto research firm JD Power assessed dozens of vehicle brands for its latest quality study. The overall quality of new vehicles is deteriorating and nagging problems are on the rise, according to a new study from JD Power. "The basic touch point of door handles is now a percolating problem area as manufacturers attempt to redesign them," JD Power said. JD Power assigned a score to each auto brand based on problems per 100 vehicles, and calculated an industry average of 192 problems per 100 vehicles (PP100), up from 180 in 2022. In terms of vehicles themselves, the Nissan Maxima had the highest initial quality overall, with 106 problems per 100 vehicles, according to the survey.

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No one was killed or injured in the early hour blasts in Washington's Northeast neighborhood, but all three places were damaged, police said in a statement. In one of the blasts, someone threw "a Molotov cocktail style object" at a Safeway store before fleeing in a vehicle, police said. The suspect's back was turned to the surveillance camera in that image and the face was not visible. In an editorial column last year, the Washington Post said that the regularity of violence and crime in Washington was "alarming" and posed a "serious problem." Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Grant McCool and David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Technology is giving cars more nagging problems than ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Alexa St. John | Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Auto research firm JD Power assessed dozens of vehicle brands for its latest quality study. The overall quality of new vehicles is deteriorating and nagging problems are on the rise, according to a new study from JD Power. "The basic touch point of door handles is now a percolating problem area as manufacturers attempt to redesign them," JD Power said. JD Power assigned a score to each auto brand based on problems per 100 vehicles, and calculated an industry average of 192 problems per 100 vehicles (PP100), up from 180 in 2022. In terms of vehicles themselves, the Nissan Maxima had the highest initial quality overall, with 106 problems per 100 vehicles, according to teh survey.

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☆ The best car brands of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Consumer Reports released a list of top car brands Thursday. Consumer Reports released its list of the top car brands for 2023 on Thursday. Taking the bottom five spots are Mitsubishi, Alfa Romeo, Jaguar, Jeep, and Land Rover, with Land Rover at the very bottom. Consumer Reports ranked brands first by determining a road-test score using braking, handling, comfort, convenience, and fuel economy evaluations. The other domestic brands fell in the bottom-third of the rankings.

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[1/2] Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe speaks in this handout picture taken in Marysville, Ohio, U.S., March 1, 2023. HONDA/Handout via REUTERSMARYSVILLE, Ohio, March 3 (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co (7267.T) is moving rapidly to catch up with electric-vehicle competitors in global markets, but the company's top executive said combustion engines could last through 2040 and beyond. Regarding the Japanese automaker's accelerating transition to EVs, Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe said, “I’ve been in the engine development business for more than 30 years, so personally it’s a little threatening. Before then, Honda in 2024 will get two new electric SUVs, the Honda Prologue and the Acura ZDX, from GM’s Spring Hills factory in Tennessee. Reporting by Paul Lienert in Marysville, Ohio Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ These are the best car brands of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

☆ New cars are crazy expensive but, if you’re careful, they don’t have to be
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Yet the average sticker for base models, adjusted for inflation, has actually gone down a little — even as consumers have shifted from sedans to more expensive SUVs. That’s good news for drivers willing to go no-frills: If you don’t want to pay lots of a new car, you don’t have to. It has a base price of $15,730. These base price models may not make much money, if any, for automakers. The average price of a GMC Sierra 2500 HD, as sold, is now double the base price.

☆ Here are 7 fun details that you might miss in the trailer for 'Air,' the Ben Affleck and Matt Damon movie about Nike signing Michael Jordan
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The movie stars Ben Affleck as Nike cofounder Phil Knight and Matt Damon as Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro. In the trailer, Knight's character, played by Ben Affleck, responds to hearing the "Air Jordan" name for Michael Jordan's line of footwear and apparel. Knight's office is filled with booksIn the trailer, there are numerous books on the shelves in Knight's office. Phil Knight's 'rumpled' clothesIn three scenes in the trailer, Knight's character wears a wrinkled suit with the necktie pulled loose. He had a garage full of raw rubber, got some and put it on his wife's waffle iron," Knight said.

☆ High-tech dashboards, driving assistants vex luxury vehicle owners -study
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Joseph White | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The gap in reliability scores between luxury brands and those for mass market brands such as Kia were the widest in the 34 years that J.D. Power sets Tesla aside from other brands in the rankings because the electric vehicle maker doesn't provide it with full access to information about owners. Other luxury brands fared poorly, too. Infotainment systems complaints, such as problems with wireless Bluetooth phone connections, dragged down scores from vehicle owners of several luxury brands, according to the report. Even as luxury brands compete to offer more advanced digital content and dashboard features, luxury vehicle owners are finding fault with the infotainment systems at about double the rate as owners of mass-market brands, Hanley said.

☆ Honda issues 'Do Not Drive' warning for 8,200 U.S. vehicles over air bag risks
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonWASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co (7267.T) on Friday issued a "Do Not Drive" warning for 8,200 model year Acura and Honda vehicles with unrepaired Takata air bag inflators in the United States. The urgent warning covers various 2001-2003 model year Honda Accord, Civic CR-V and Odyssey, Pilot and Acura 3.2CL and 3.2 TL vehicles with so-called "Alpha" inflators. More than 30 deaths worldwide - including at least 23 U.S. fatalities - and hundreds of injuries in various automakers' vehicles since 2009 are linked to Takata air bag inflators that can explode, unleashing potentially deadly metal shrapnel inside vehicles. NHTSA said last month a February death of the driver of a 2002 Accord in Bowling Green, Kentucky, was due to a faulty air bag inflator. In November, Chrysler parent Stellantis (STLA.MI) urged owners of 276,000 older U.S. vehicles to immediately stop driving after three crash deaths tied to faulty Takata air bag inflators were reported.

☆ Carmakers face a crossroads as they work to fit auto dealers into their EV plans
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"I think we're all building this airplane as we fly," Michael Alford, president of the National Auto Dealers Association, a trade association that represents more than 16,000 U.S. new franchised dealers, told CNBC. Automakers and franchised dealers have a complex relationship that is backed, in many states, by laws that make it difficult, if not illegal, to bypass franchised dealers and sell new vehicles directly to consumers. Both automakers and franchised dealers want to maximize profits, but they're separate businesses that heavily rely on one another to succeed. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHonda Motor has said it plans to move more sales online, including 100% online sales for its luxury Acura brand for EVs. Jay Vijayan, who assisted in building out Tesla's digital and IT systems, doesn't believe selling EVs exclusively online will pan out.

☆ Honda's JV with GAC ends production of Acura brand in China
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

GAC will continue to provide after-sales services to Acura customers in China through the joint venture's network, it said in a statement to Reuters. The joint venture will continue to produce other Honda brands. Acura is the second foreign car brand to exit China, the world's largest auto market, in recent months. In October GAC said it was closing its joint venture with Stellantis (STLA.MI), which made Jeep vehicles, following a sharp decline in Jeep sales in China over the past four years. GAC-Honda, which started producing Acura cars in 2016 in China, only sold 6,554 of them in the country in 2021, down 45% from the previous year.

☆ Buying a car is finally easier — but watch out for high interest rates and lingering inventory issues
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Easing supply chain crises mean more vehicles on lots, used vehicle prices are down, and demand is normalizing. "There's really not a lot of ways to escape them unless you are willing to change the car that you're buying," Drury said. As far as luxury cars go, there aren't many deals to be found, he added. Used cars are displayed on the sales lot at Marin Acura in July 2021. Car-buyers might find a used vehicle could suit their needs while they hold out for lower prices surrounding new vehicles.

☆ Suspect in custody following fatal shooting of 12-year-old, 14-year-old also injured in Colorado shooting
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Erick Mendoza | Mirna Alsharif | Mirna Alsharif Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Police in Colorado arrested a man in connection to a shooting that left a 12-year-old dead and a 14-year-old injured on Saturday. Rolando Felipe, 18, was arrested Saturday night at around 10:30p.m. The 12-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later while the 14-year-old "remains hospitalized with serious injuries." Later that night, Felipe, who is known to the victims, was arrested by the police department. Charges against Felipe will be filed with the Arapahoe County 18th Judicial District, who did not immediately return requests for comment.

☆ Mayor running for re-election in Louisiana killed in car crash on Election Day, authorities say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The mayor of a small Louisiana town who was running for re-election was killed in a car crash on Election Day, authorities said. A town sign boasts it is the “Catfish Capital of Louisiana.” Melville is about 130 miles northwest of New Orleans. The crash occurred on U.S. Highway 190 near Louisiana Highway 741, police said. Qualifying for the open mayor seat in Melville is open until Monday, and election will be held on Dec. 10, according to the statement. Candidates Sheila Londerno had 182 votes and Caretta Robertson received 171 votes, according to the clerk.

☆ Wall Street is fed up with Meta - but Zuck’s full steam ahead with his massive metaverse bet.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Since Meta reported earnings on Wednesday, its stock has shed more than 23%. Everyone on Wall Street is mad that Meta keeps spending so much. Investors and analysts took the day yesterday to digest the tech giant's latest earnings, and it's clear patience is wearing thin. Mega-cap tech stocks like Zucks' behemoth are facing a possible crisis, with other giants like Google parent Alphabet reporting slowdowns in digital advertising growth. Wall Street is grappling with the "revenge of the old economy" as tech and growth stocks crash.

Sony Honda Mobility said on Thursday it was aiming to deliver the first of the unnamed EV by 2026, starting in the United States, and will sell them online. Honda has about 1,100 Honda dealers and 270 Acura dealers. "I get teaming up with Sony, but it should be done in conjunction with the dealer network, not outside it," he added. Sony Honda officials promised the vehicle - to be built at one of Honda's Ohio plants - will include advanced driver-assist features and a new software system developed by Sony that offers cloud-connected services that generate recurring revenue. Sony Honda officials declined to say under what brand the vehicle will be sold.

TOKYO, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A joint venture set up by Japan's Sony Group Corp (6758.T) and Honda Motor (7267.T) is aiming to deliver its first electric vehicles by 2026 and will sell them online, starting in the United States and Japan. The update from the joint venture, Sony Honda Mobility, is the first since the two companies launched the project in June. Sony will provide the software system for the new car, from the onboard controllers to cloud-based services that will connect with entertainment and payment systems. The still-to-be named EV will likely be manufactured by Honda at one of its plants in Ohio. The new EV will be delivered to the Japanese market in the second half of 2026.

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