Honda Motor Company is reeling under floods and natural disasters that have affected sales and greatly damaged inventory. The company is hoping that new Honda and Acura models which have been planned for launch in coming two years should boost sales and help the company reach its goal which has been badly affected. While top executives are praying that such natural disasters do not repeatedly occur,... 

Honda Siel Cars has heavy bookings at stake but not enough production to ensure timely deliveries.  The grim flood situation in Thailand is to blame for shortage of spare parts and components to Honda and this has had an adverse effect on deliveries of their models. Honda is now looking to other markets of Japan and China to source out supplies and has already started informing customers that delivery... 

Uncertainties affecting the auto manufacturers due to natural calamities in Thailand have caused Honda Motor Company to pull out their annual projections of the year.  On Monday, the company withdrew its estimated projections and profit ratings as not only Thailand’s flood situation but an unstable currency market would also have an adverse effect on earnings and profits. Honda Motor Company has... 

With all of Thailand reeling under a deluge, Honda Motor Company in Japan has announced that their set up in the area would be shut for at least 6 months.  This move though inevitable will affect the company sales by about 3%. The floods have resulted in most of the company equipment and machinery being under water and an executive of the company was quoted as saying that most of these would have... 

Some of the well known auto manufacturers like Mahindra & Mahindra, Toyota Kirloskar, and Honda need to do a rethink on their supply strategy.  There were a number of new launches by these companies but unfortunately they did not take into consideration the increased demand resulting in lower production and long waiting periods. The overwhelming demand for XUV500 SUV from Mahindra resulted in... 

Although the only high end model we get to see in India by Honda is the Honda CBR250R, there is no harm is checking out the new models that are due in the international markets. These are the first pictures of Honda's 2012 Fireblade. The bike sports Big piston forks, angular styling, new rear suspension, new clocks, and lightweight wheels. The engine of the new 2012 Honda Fireblade is basically much... 

Another calendar month is over and sales report from various car and bike manufacturers in India are uploaded all over the internet. Indian auto industry growth in recent years has stunned major car manufacturers around the globe. Even though car manufacturers suffered a slump in sales in June 2011, the 2 wheeler industry is still going strong. In June 2011, a total of 880,000 units of motorcycles... 

Honda is known for creating cars that are an example of great craftsmanship, perfect quality, and great driving pleasure. Honda has made sure that it releases cars from every segment into India, thus making it as successful as it is now. The sedan and the hatchback segment has really been something that has made Honda really popular in India. Honda has also been successful with the SUV segment ever... 

Honda bought in the CBR250R and ever since that day there has been no looking back for Honda. This bike has taken all the sports bike lovers by rage to ride this monster. Honda in the true sense to make it even more popular is all set to sell 30000 CBRs in India alone. The amount of response the bike attained was tremendous and thus the company has decided to set such an uphill sales task for themselves.... 

After the news floating around the bike world with the spy pictures about the New Yamaha R15, BikeAdvice has shared some great news about the new R15. As per a Yamaha exec, it is true that the mighty R15 will be getting an upgrade in the near future and tht future is not far away with the bike ready with an upgrade by end of year 2011. Even though lot of the bike enthusiasts were expecting power up-gradation,... 

After slashing its price by Rs 66,000, Honda now plans to overhaul their highest selling car, City in India. On the condition of anonymity, a Honda Siel Motor official stated that the new city will have a new design and more color options. “The car would carry new colors and design cues like new tail lamps that could get an LED treatment and internal changes in form of some modifications with instrumental... 

Effective from today itself, Honda City will now be cheaper by as much as Rs 66,000 in the Indian auto industry. Giving in to competition and rising fuel costs, Honda Siel Cars were probably forced to take this drastic step in order to increase sales. City competitors in India include, Verna, Vento, SX4, Fiesta, DZire which are all available with a diesel heart. Honda is not ready to accept that they... 

The Hyundai company after so many spy pictures is all set to reschedule the launch of the small car, H800, the code name by 2011 end instead of the earlier launch date of 2012. Hyundai's H800 is going to give tough competition to the Tata Nano and Maruti Suzuki Alto and is expected to be in the price range of Rs 2 lakhs. This car will be positioned in the car lineup just below Santro and will be 800cc,...