August 8, 2008

• Honda Unveils New Ridgeline Pickup Truck (WAAY-TV Huntsville)

  LINCOLN, Ala. - The next-generation of the Honda Ridgeline pickup truck was unveiled Thursday at the company's assembly plant in Lincoln. Honda said its 2009 Ridgeline will feature dozens of new additions,

• Honda Tweaks 2009 Ridgeline (The Car Connection)

  The 2009 Honda Ridgeline gets a fancy grille reminiscent of Honda's 2009 Pilot, plus a raft of other upgrades and tweaks, the Japanese automaker says. The "bolder" look outside will no doubt be controversial, as it's been on the big Honda crossover vehicle that emerged for the 2009 model year. Dare to say, the look works better on the ..

• Main Street (Coeur d'Alene Press)

  Coeur d'Alene High School Class of '78 reunited over the weekend at The Coeur d'Alene Resort, no surprise on the venue since classmate Bill Reagan is The Resort's GM. The class was treated by the attendance of legendary band teacher John Terris, recently retired drama teacher Pat Macey and still-teaching teachers Brenda Kraus, Eileen Bieber and Eric Ohlund.

• Unveiled: 2009 Honda Ridgeline (Edmunds.com)

  TORRANCE, California — Honda says it has added "50 significant changes and new features" to the 2009 Ridgeline, including "a bolder look and feel." That's why they call it "public relations."

August 7, 2008

• Unveiled: 2009 Honda Ridgeline (Edmunds.com)

  TORRANCE, California — Honda says it has added "50 significant changes and new features" to the 2009 Ridgeline, including "a bolder look and feel." That's why they call it "public relations."

• Brick man facing drug charge following crash (Asbury Park Press)

  A 47-year-old Brick man was arrested on a drug charge after he was involved in an accident that shut down a portion of Route 35 in both directions this afternoon, police said.

• 2008 Honda Ridgeline (Carlist)

  June was Honda's best sales month ever – up 17.9 percent from June 2007. The company moved a remarkable 130,083 vehicles, and dealers can't keep their economical Civic and Fit vehicles in stock.

• Main Street (Coeur d'Alene Press)

  Coeur d'Alene High School Class of '78 reunited over the weekend at The Coeur d'Alene Resort, no surprise on the venue since classmate Bill Reagan is The Resort's GM. The class was treated by the attendance of legendary band teacher John Terris, recently retired drama teacher Pat Macey and still-teaching teachers Brenda Kraus, Eileen Bieber and Eric Ohlund.

August 6, 2008

• Toyota Sequoia Takes Top Spot in 2008 Motorist Choice Awards (Centre Daily Times)

  SOURCE INTERLINK MEDIA's (NYSE:SORC) IntelliChoice.com, the online source for automotive ownership cost and value analysis, and AutoPacific, the industry source for owner satisfaction rankings, today announced the results of their third annual Motorist Choice Awards for model year 2008. With better than expected insurance costs, the Toyota Sequoia scored highest of any vehicle, a position …

• Toyota Sequoia Takes Top Spot in 2008 Motorist Choice Awards (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

  CAMPBELL, Calif. & TUSTIN, Calif.—-SOURCE INTERLINK MEDIA's IntelliChoice.com, the online source for automotive ownership cost and value analysis, and AutoPacific, the industry source for owner satisfaction rankings, today announced the results of their third annual Motorist Choice Awards for model year 2008.

• 2009 Honda Ridgeline Gets Minor Facelift, Even More Minor Power Bump [New Honda Ridgeline] (Jalopnik)

  The Honda Ridgeline has received a minor facelift for 2009 that includes cosmetic tweaks to give the truck-UV more of a shared look with its brother, the 2009 Honda Pilot. But the changes apparently…

• Main Street (Coeur d'Alene Press)

  Coeur d'Alene High School Class of '78 reunited over the weekend at The Coeur d'Alene Resort, no surprise on the venue since classmate Bill Reagan is The Resort's GM. The class was treated by the attendance of legendary band teacher John Terris, recently retired drama teacher Pat Macey and still-teaching teachers Brenda Kraus, Eileen Bieber and Eric Ohlund.

August 4, 2008

• Honda Delivers FCX Clarity to Jamie Lee Curtis

  TORRANCE, Calif., U.S.A. - American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced that its second FCX Clarity customer, Jamie Lee Curtis, took delivery of the vehicle on July 31, 2008.

• Honda supply shortage to last through FY-CFO (The Economic Times)

  Honda Motor Co said on Monday its output of passenger cars would fall short of demand at least through the rest of the business year to next March as fuel prices force customers to look for smaller cars.

• Honda supply shortage to persist through FY : CFO (Hindustan Times)

  Honda Motor Co will be dogged by a shortage of passenger cars at least through the rest of the business year to next March as production fails to keep pace with demand, its chief financial officer said on Monday.

August 3, 2008

• Asian carmakers zoom ahead of Big Three in US market (The Economic Times)

  While Asian brands garnered 49 per cent of the market share, GM, Ford and Chrysler's US brands shrank to a record low 42.7 per cent.

• Kiyonari Takes A Superb Double Win At Brands Hatch

  BRANDS HATCH, U.K. - Ryuichi Kiyonari took his first and second World Superbike race wins after two thrilling contests, the first with championship leader Troy Bayliss and Max Biaggi, then the second with his countryman Noriyuki Haga.

• Grand Prix of Belgium: Race Results

  LOMMEL, Belgium - Honda Martin’s Marc De Reuver narrowly missed out on a podium position at the Grand Prix of Belgium despite riding his factory CRF450 to a first moto victory.

• Hungarian Grand Prix : Race Results

  BUDAPEST, Hungary - The Honda Racing F1 Team's Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello brought their cars home in 12th and 16th places respectively in the Hungarian Grand Prix.

• The crimes, they are a-changin' (Kingston Daily Freeman)

  Tom Gordon talks about gas that was drained from one of the 2008 Frontier pickup trucks at Kingston Nissan. Purchase a copy of this photo.