2016 Honda Civic Named North American Car of the Year

We’ve been saying it for months, but it continues to look like 2016 will be The Year of the Civic for just about every Honda dealership across the country, and why shouldn’t it be considering all the praise it’s continued to garner following its debut last year? Already the accolades for this most recent version of the best-selling automobile in the history of Honda are pouring in, and the 2016 North American Car of the Year award is just the most recent on that list.

Honda Debuts New Ad Campaign for Civic

It used to be that if an automaker wanted to advertise a new or redesigned model like the 2016 Honda Civic to the masses, they would have to plan a widespread television campaign that reached all those millions of people sitting down in front of the tube at night to take in their usual array of shows, but times have changed considerably for automakers. Fewer and fewer people actually have standard cable subscriptions and those that do tend to fast forward through the commercials on DVR.

Honda Bringing Ridgeline Back in 2016

Fans of the Honda Ridgeline pickup truck know that the model took a year of production off so that engineers could put together a stunning new next-generation version of the vehicle, which means after seeing no new Ridgeline models during the 2015 model year, Honda is ready to debut the redesigned 2016 Honda Ridgeline at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit later this month.

2016 Honda CR-V Earns NHSTA 5-Star Rating, Too

For those that weren’t aware, there are two main safety-centric organizations that perform crash tests on all automotive models in a given year: the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the federal government’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. While both are rather stringent in the tests that they perform, they have the same basic modus operandi in helping consumers choose automobiles that are going to protect them in the event of an unforeseen accident.

Five Honda Models Earn IIHS Safety Accolades

This won’t come as a huge surprise to those that have been Honda owners for some time, but Honda models continue to be among the safest automobiles in the industry, as proven once again by safety tests performed over the course of the last few months by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

These tests, which look at all the most common ways that a vehicle can be involved in an accident, look at how advanced safety features and designated crumple zones work when a vehicle is pushed to its limits. Since Honda is known for working in cutting-edge safety tech and performing extremely well on these tests, it’s no shock to see that four 2016 model year Honda vehicles already have been named an IIHS Top Safety Pick+, while a fifth has been named a Top Safety Pick.

2016 Honda Models to Get Apple CarPlay

Once every few years, somebody comes up with an in-car technology that completely changes the way that people enjoy their automobiles. There was a time before windshield wipers, for example. Imagine how much easier life was after those came along!

Someday, we may say the same thing about Apple CarPlay, an in-car system that runs iOS and iOS apps through the vehicle’s touchscreen or through voice commands, and as your Honda dealership we are very excited to announce that certain Honda models will, for the first time, feature this slick new bit of tech for the 2016 model year.

2016 Honda Civic Earns Top KBB Best Buy Award

While the 2016 Honda Accord is currently the best-selling automobile in the Honda stable and the 2016 Honda CR-V remains the top-selling SUV in the entire American auto industry, no Honda automobile has generated as much positive buzz over the course of the last several months than the 2016 Honda Civic, a vehicle that just last month was named the Kelley Blue Book Overall Best Buy for the 2016 model year.