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Honda Awards and Accolades

 
Over the years, Honda has earned a reputation for producing quality automobiles that are at the forefront of innovation. From loyalty accolades to value awards, Honda is honored to have its vehicles so highly regarded by our customers and the automotive press.

The J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study SM (IQS) ranked Honda  Accord , Civic , Fit , Insight-hybrid, Crosstour, Element  and  Ridgeline  as the highest performers in defined car and truck segments within the first 90 days of vehicle ownership. Awards included "Highest Ranked in Initial Quality for Sub-Compact Car, Compact Car, Compact Crossover/SUV, Midsize Car, Midsize Crossover/SUV, Midsize Pickup." That's more than any other automaker.

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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has named the 2012 Civic Sedan a "2011 Top Safety Pick," based on more stringent standards implemented in 2010. The Civic Sedan received top ratings in each category including frontal offset, side impact and rear impact crash safety tests and the new roof-strength test.
The people have spoken, and once again, the people have said that Honda is the best overall value on the road. After surveying over 12,000 new-car buyers, Kelley Blue Book[1] gave Honda a 2011 Brand Image Award for Best Value Brand. We received this prestigious honor after Kelley Blue Book talked to thousands of new-car buyers about their perceptions of various auto manufacturers.
Edmunds.com has published its 2011 New Car Buying Guides, and we're pleased to announce that the   Fit ,  Accord-sedan ,  Odyssey and  Cr-v  have all been named 2011 Edmunds.com Top RecommendedSM vehicles. In addition, the Element   was named a 2011 Edmunds.com Top RecommendedSM SUV for drivers with mobility challenges.
Honda has won the first ever Edmunds.com Best Retained Value Award for Non-Luxury Brands. In addition, four Honda models won model-level 2011 Edmunds.com Best Retained Value Awards. Having a clear idea about a car's future resale value is an important part of the car-buying process, and Honda is proud to be recognized for how well our vehicles hold their value over time.
Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com has named the 2011 Honda Odyssey the "Best Redesigned Vehicle for 2011"[2]. The kbb.com editors praised the Odyssey engineers and designers for successfully tackling the difficult task of improving an already very successful, hot-selling model that is widely regarded as the pinnacle of its class.

For more information about the 2011 Best Redesigned Vehicle from Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com,  visit kbb.com
Honda has the great honor of having two of its cars named to Car and Driver's 10Best Cars list[3]. Both the Accord and the Fit boast multiple appearances on this esteemed list. In fact, 2011 marks the 25th time Accord has been included?a record unsurpassed by any other vehicle. And for the Fit, this is the fifth consecutive appearance.
The 2011 Honda CR-v , Honda Accord and Honda Fit   were given the award for "Best Resale Value" by Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com[4].
Both the Honda Odyssey  and the Fit have captured the 2011 ALG Residual Value Award for their respective segments. The value a car retains over time, should be top-of-mind for any car shopper. James Clark from ALG states, "We continue to believe that residual value is the best metric for evaluating the overall strength of an automotive brand."

Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com, the trusted online automotive resource, has named both the Odyssey and Accord Crosstour to their list of "2010 Top Ten Family Cars[5]."
The  Civic Gx (comming soon) Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV),Civic Hybrid  and Insight Hybrid  have been named to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) "Greenest Vehicles of 2011" list. The Civic GX earned the top spot on the list of 13 cars. 2011 is the 10th consecutive year Honda has had more than two cars named to the list.  Learn More.
Honda has a long history of environmental leadership, including the introduction of America's first mass-produced hybrid, the Honda Insight, and the first vehicle to meet California's Low-Emission Vehicle standards, well in advance of regulatory requirements. Acknowledgment of our commitment to innovation can be seen by Honda's topping the rankings as the country's Greenest Automaker by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)for the fifth time in a row[6].


[1] 2011 Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Awards are based on the Brand Watch™ study from Kelley Blue Book Market Intelligence. For more information, visit www.kbb.com. Kelley Blue Book is a registered trademark of Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc.
[2] Kelley Blue Book is a registered trademark of Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc.
[3] Car and Driver, January 2011
[4] Vehicle's projected resale value is specific to the 2011 model year. For more information, visit Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com. Kelley Blue Book is a registered trademark of Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc.
[5] For more information about the 2010 Top 10 Family Cars from Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com, visit www.kbb.com/Top10FamilyCars. Kelley Blue Book is a registered trademark of Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc.
[6] Based on a Union of Concerned Scientists analysis of fleetwide global warming and smog emissions from 2008 model year vehicles.