Greenacre has won the Honda Yūshū award that recognises customer excellence. The dealerships, based in Clitheroe & Blackburn, Lancashire, have placed first and second for the Honda Yūshū award 2022. Yūshū, meaning ‘Excellence’, is a celebration of those Honda Dealerships that focus on maintaining the highest level of customer satisfaction. The winner is the dealership with the highest overall satisfaction ...
Read More »Honda Civic named Scottish Car of the Year 2022
The Honda Civic has been named Scottish Car of the Year 2022 by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers. The new hybrid-only hatchback, which won the Best Family Car category before going on to win the overall title, impressed the judges with its combination of practicality, technology and driving dynamics. The Kia Sportage was a double winner, lifting the Best ...
Read More »Honda tops reliability, East Asian brands sweep the list
Warrantywise has revealed Honda as the most reliable brand. According to the latest data from its Reliability Index, Japanese and Korean marques continue to lead by example when it comes to reliability as they sweep the top five spots. The Reliability Index ranks every car on a combination of factors that include the cost to carry out repairs and the ...
Read More »Honda confirms pricing details for the new Civic
Honda has confirmed pricing details for the all-new Civic. Starting from £29,595 OTR or from £349* per month through Honda Finance, the 11th generation Civic is available exclusively as a hybrid; equipped as standard with Honda’s advanced self-charging two-motor e:HEV (hybrid electric vehicle) powertrain technology. The car’s launch marks the completion of the brand’s Electric Vision strategy for all its ...
Read More »Steven Eagell, Honda, electrification and EV Retailing Summit 2022
In the June issue of Motor Trader we caught up with Steven Eagell, CEO of the eponymous Group (P22) who has built up a highly successful business focusing exclusively on Toyota and Lexus. Eagell addresses taking on the Lexus brand in 2016, which he said took no major change in philosophy, and addresses questions over further growth by saying that ...
Read More »Motor Trader Franchise Focus: Honda UK
Over the past decade Honda has changed its approach to the UK market, dramatically reducing volume and cutting its dealer network. Now upping its electrification, what does this mean for the brand and its dealers? Honda is pushing forward with its electrification, announcing two full electric models and six new hybrids, with an aim to have 30 BEVs by 2030. ...
Read More »Honda commissions playlist to celebrate new Civic
The Honda Civic is celebrating its 50th anniversary and the launch the new Civic. Honda has teamed up with a DJ to compile the ultimate driving playlist featuring a track from every year since the original Civic launched in 1972. From Alice Cooper’s ‘School’s Out’, through classic 80s and 90s hits to this year’s number one hit ‘Starlight’ by Dave, ...
Read More »Honda UK launches new virtual showroom ahead of HR-V release
Honda UK has launched a new virtual showroom. This marks the physical arrival in showrooms of its new HR-V in November. The car browsing “innovation” offers customers a realistic experience, said Honda, including a virtual demonstration of the latest coupe-styled SUV to join the brand’s hybrid car family before it hits dealerships. Customers can take a 360° digital tour of ...
Read More »Donnelly Group opens new Honda dealership in Belfast
Donnelly Group has pumped £3m into a new Honda dealership in Belfast. In addition to the site on Boucher Road, Donnelly Group has nine locations across Northern Ireland in Ballymena, Bangor, Dungannon, Dungannon M1, Eglinton Derry, Enniskillen, Mallusk and Maydown Derry. The group is ranked 52 in the Motor Trader Top 200 with annual revenues of £311.9m Dave Sheeran, managing ...
Read More »Riverside Motors buys Harratts Honda dealership in Wakefield
Yorkshire based Riverside Motor Group has acquired Harratts Group’s Honda site at Calder Park Wakefield for an undisclosed sum. The deal includes Harratts’ Honda dealership and assets at Calder Park, its Kia showroom, and a lease of premises at Darton, Barnsley for a period of 10 years. Riverside will represent Honda for Wakefield and Barnsley and the Honda dealership will ...
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