Honda Supports Green Music Group Challenge

Honda is supporting the Green Music Group Challenge by being a prize sponsor.  The winner of the web-based photo contest will win a 2010 Honda Insight hybrid:

In the tradition of American Honda™s support of the arts and overall environmental leadership, Honda joins the Green Music Group (GMG) as a prize sponsor in the first-ever Green Music Group Challenge. As a part of the sponsorship, a 2010 Honda Insight hybrid will be awarded as the Grand Prize at the conclusion of the 18-week web-based photo contest.

"At Honda, we have long supported environmental and musical initiatives," said Tom Peyton, senior manager of Honda national advertising. "We hope Honda™s participation in the Green Music Group Challenge will encourage music fans to make small changes in their lives that will add up to a significant positive impact to our environment."

Starting on April 10th music fans can participate in nine bi-weekly "call to action" environmental challenges issued by Green Music Group artists such as the Dave Matthews Band, Sheryl Crow and Civic Tour alumni band, Maroon 5. For each of the challenges, participants will submit a photo illustrating their completion of the specific eco-minded activity. Each entry will be judged and prizes will be awarded to challenge winners, with all entries being eligible for the Grand Prize drawing of a 2010 Honda Insight hybrid. 

"We are excited to once again work with Honda on this effort to enact environmental change," said Adam Gardner, co-founder of Reverb and guitarist / vocalist of Guster. "Our goal is to reach millions of music fans and empower them to make a difference in their community, one step at a time."

For full contest rules and details on the Challenge, please visit http://www.greenmusicgroup.org/.

For more information on the 2010 Honda Insight hybrid, contact Tyrrell-Doyle Honda.

2010 Honda Civic Si Coupe Unveiled

Recently on the Honda Civic Tour, the 2010 Honda Civic Si Coupe customized by Paramore was unveiled.  You can enter a sweepstakes for a chance to win this vehicle here.  Sweepstakes ends 10/31/2010.

Find out more about the 2010 Honda Civic at Tyrrell-Doyle Honda.

Take a Look at the 2011 Honda CR-Z

Motor Trend took a look at the amazing 2011 Honda CR-Z:

The letters stand for Compact Renaissance Zero and announce Honda's goal of transforming the automotive landscape with a compact car that produces negligible emissions. As implied by renaissance, Honda has been down this road before: In name and silhouette, the CR-Z is clearly meant to trigger fond memories of the original Honda CRX. That little coupe helped foster and legitimize the Japanese, front-drive sport-compact craze. Light and snappy handling, the CRX proved a high water mark for the era, especially in canyon-carving Si trim.

Though 15.9 inches longer (9.3 inches of that between the wheels), 4.6 inches wider, and 4.1 inches taller than the original CRX, the CR-Z shares many characteristics with that car and the tadpole-shaped first-generation Insight. All are two seat (2+2 in Japan and Europe), front-drive coupes with wind-cheating Kamm-back profiles and vertical rear-deck windows. All come equipped with tiny four-cylinder engines and manual transmissions, though only the Insight and CR-Z have the hybrid raison d'etre, Honda's Integrated Motor Assist system.

Read entire article here.

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JD Power & Associates Honors 3 Honda Models

JD Power and Associates has named 3 Honda models in their 3 year dependability study of 2007 models.   The models are the CR-V, Fit and Ridgeline:

J.D. Power and Associates has named the 2007 Honda CR-V, Fit and Ridgeline as the "most-dependable" vehicles in their respective segments in its 2010 Vehicle Dependability Study℠ (VDS).

The study, which measures problems experienced by original owners of three-year-old vehicles (2007 model year), includes 198 different problem symptoms across all areas of the vehicle. Overall dependability is determined by the level of problems experienced per 100 vehicles (PP100), with a lower score reflecting higher quality. The industry average for all vehicles in the 2010 VDS survey measured 155 PP100.

Read entire article here.

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Motor Trend's First Drive: 2011 Honda CR-Z

Motor Trend recently drove Honda's new hybrid, the 2011 Honda CR-Z:

Built on a slightly shorter, but wider, Insight platform, the CR-Z's wheelbase has been clipped 4.5 in compared with the Insight. It's also 1.2 in lower, and 97 lbs lighter. It seems much more low-slung when you slip into the driver's seat, because the H-point is closer to the floor. There's plenty of headroom for driver's up to 6 ft 5 in, but forget the rear seats, which would struggle to accommodate a 12 year old. Flatten the rear seats and you create 14.1 cubic feet of luggage space, enough for a couple of suitcases, or two golf bags.


Under the hood is the 1.5-liter i-VTEC engine from the Fit, and mated to a revised 6-speed manual transmission lifted out of the European-spec 1.8-liter Civic. The internal combustion engine delivers 112 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 107 pound-feet of torque at 4800 rpm; the CR-Z's brushless DC electric motor -- positioned in place of the flywheel, and powered by nickel metal hydride batteries -- generates 14 horsepower at 1500 rpm and 57 pound-feet at 1000 rpm. Through a complex calculation, which we won't go into here, Honda claims the combined power output of the CR-Z's hybrid system is 122 horsepower at 6000 rpm while combined torque is 128 pound-feet at 1500 rpm.

Given the 1.5-liter's greater torque we had to redesign the IMA system and gearbox to cope," explains Tomobe. But to experience the full force of this beefy bottom end grunt, Tomobe suggests we first select 'sports mode' from the car's new dash-mounted, 3-mode drive system switches. In sports mode, throttle response mapping is changed, and the electric motor acts as a kind of mild supercharger when accelerating, Tomobe says. The other modes -- 'Normal' and 'Econ' modes -- retard throttle response to reduce fuel consumption and lower emissions.

Read entire article here.

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