2013 Civic Tour Sets Sales Record

With a month left before the start of the 2013 Honda Civic Tour, this year's trek has already sold more tickets than any other in the Civic Tour's history, with multiple sell-out venues. Upon achieving this milestone, Honda and Maroon 5 are giving fans a chance to win a customized and autographed Maroon 5 Honda Civic Si Coupe and Honda CBR250R motorcycle. Both the car and motorcycle were designed by the LA quintet with their signature color scheme, each making a clean yet bold statement.
"The goal of the custom Civic and motorcycle was to capture the Maroon 5 iconography that expresses both the band's essence and live experience and channel it into a custom design," said frontman Adam Levine.
Details on the custom Civic include a race-inspired exterior, Honda Factory Performance® body kit, Adam Levine and James Valentine signatures on the passenger door and a large "5" hood graphic. The Civic is outfitted with custom painted Honda Factory Performance® wheels that alternate between red and black.
The sleek motorcycle design was born out of the GRAMMY-winning pop-rock outfit's collective imagination. With custom graphics and wheels, the motorcycle gives the impression that it's moving fast even while remaining still.
Enter for your chance to win the Maroon 5 custom Civic by visiting Honda.us/M5Civic and the Maroon 5 custom CBR250R motorcycle by visiting Honda.us/M5Bike.
Honda Civic Tour is also giving Maroon 5 fans a chance to attend two sold out Southern California concerts courtesy of Honda Financial Services. You  can register for a chance to win the trip by visiting Honda.us/HFSGrad through Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 11:59pm ET. The prize includes round trip airfare for two, hotel accommodations in Anaheim and Los Angeles, two front row tickets to the Honda Civic Tour show at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine on October 4th, two front row tickets to the final Civic Tour stop at the world famous Hollywood Bowl on October 6th, two theme park tickets, a sightseeing tour of Hollywood and  Maroon 5 merchandise.
For complete rules and restrictions, please visit Honda.us/M5Civic. The tour kicks off August 1st in St. Louis, MO with special guest Kelly Clarkson.
About the 2013 Honda Civic Si Coupe Customized by Maroon 5

• Honda Factory Performance® body kit, including front, side and rear underbody spoilers.
• Custom painted Honda Factory Performance® 18-inch x 7-inch Diamond Cut Alloy wheels.
• Exterior painted in Maroon 5 signature colors of black, red and white.
• Adam Levine and James Valentine signatures on passenger side door.
• Red "5" hood graphic.

Source: Honda Media Newsroom 

"Hands" Ad to Rival "The Cog" Video?

In celebrating 65 years of innovative work, Honda continues to make a big splash in the ad world! The new Hands ad might just match up to the success of the 2003 "The Cog" video. Let us know what you think!!

The 2014 Honda Odyssey Is In!

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2013 Honda Fit, Civic Named Among Coolest Cars Under $18,000

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4th of July Event

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Honda & GM Team for Hydrogen/ Fuel Cell Projects

In January, Ford, Daimler and Nissan announced they would all work together on fuel cell technology. Toyota is getting ready for its own 2015 fuel cell car. Hyundai is delivering H2 vehicles today. The Department of Energy has a plan called H2USA. Put all this together, and the future of the hydrogen vehicle is finally getting a little clearer. Especially with today's announcement that General Motors and Honda have signed a "long-term, definitive master agreement" that will co-develop next-generation fuel cell system and hydrogen storage technologies. The companies hope to have these new technologies in vehicles in around 2020.

To be clear, this is not an announcement that the two OEMs will build a car together, just the hydrogen guts. The main reason for the collaboration – which follows the logic Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn laid out a few months ago – is that fuel cell starts with cost disadvantages compared to gas vehicles (e.g. the cost of the pressurized tank is higher than a plastic gas tank and there are expensive precious metals in the fuel cell stack) and it will be easier to reduce these costs in partnership. On top of this, GM and Honda want to reduce costs in whatever shared components will be in the resulting vehicles.
 

Since there was no actual car (or cars) announced, both companies declined questions on price targets for the resulting 2020 fuel cell model. Honda executive vice president Tetsuo Iwamura did say Honda hopes to make the vehicle "as affordable as possible." Currently, Honda leases the FCX Clarity (pictured) in California for $600 a month.

GM, which has its own long history with hydrogen, said it has "a lot of respect" for what Honda has done with H2 technologies and the companies' technologies "complement each other," said GM vice chairman Steven Girsky. GM has put almost three million miles onto its fuel cell test fleet over the years, including with Project Driveway.

The two companies will also be contributing to hydrogen infrastructure efforts, starting in the Golden State. There are about 10 H2 stations currently open in California, with plans to increase that to 25 or so in the next few years and then 100 stations beyond that. Both Honda and GM – and other automakers – are supporting this infrastructure growth and the beginnings of a hydrogen infrastructure are also in the works for Japan and Europe.

 

Source:  autoblog.com

By: Sebastian Blanco

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