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Commonwealth Motors wins prestigious Honda award
http://www.lowellsun.com/latestnews/ci_25279391/commonwealth-motors-wins-prestigious-honda-award?source=rss
LAWRENCE -- Commonwealth Motors was one of just three Massachusetts dealerships named to American Honda Motor Co.'s Honda President's Award for 2014.
Commonwealth Motors is a three-year winner of this distinction, which recognizes top-ranking Honda dealerships.
Achieving the award requires a yearlong commitment to attaining excellence in customer satisfaction, sales, training and facility image. More than 1,000 Honda dealerships participated in the 2013 program, with 173 earning dealership honors.
"At Honda, we have a passion for excellence that serves as the driving force behind everything we do for our valued customers," said John Mendel, executive vice president of automobile sales for Honda, in a statement. "The President's Award was introduced in 1995 as a way to challenge our dealerships to achieve the exacting standards Honda established for the brand."
Commonwealth Motors, known for its "Shop Us Last" slogan, carries a full line of Honda vehicles, including the Accord, Civic, CR-V, Cross Tour, Fit, Odyssey and Pilot. It also offers Chevrolet, Kia, Nissan and Volkswagen models, as well as pre-owned vehicles.
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Honda Mean Mower is officially the fastest lawnmower in the world
http://www.gizmag.com/honda-mean-mower-guinness-world-fastest-lawnmower/31463/
Cutting the lawn can be a tedious chore, so no-one wants to be doing it for longer than they must. The bods at Honda obviously feel the same way. The Honda Mean Mower has broken a Guinness World Record to become the world's fastest lawnmower.
The mower was put through its paces at the IDIADA Proving Ground, in Tarragona, Spain. It was driven by was Piers Ward of the BBC's Top Gear Magazine. Ward was required to perform two runs within an hour along a 100 m (328 ft) speed trap in both directions, with an average speed taken across both runs.
Ward set an average speed of 187.60 kph (116.57 mph), shy of the mower's cited top speed of 209 kph (130 mph) that was reported by Gizmag last year. His speed broke the previous record of 140 kph (87 mph), which Ward had also set using the Mean Mower. In addition to achieving a fastest average speed, a mower vying for the title has to be able to cut grass and, crucially, must also look like a lawnmower. Both of these criteria were also deemed to have been met.
The Mean Mower is based on a Honda HF2620 Lawn Tractor and was designed and built in the UK by Honda's British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) partner, Team Dynamics. A new 4130 chromoly (high carbon steel) chassis was added to provide a strong, but light, platform and the machine was powered by a 1,000-cc engine from a Honda VTR Firestorm. Bespoke suspension and wheels from an ATV were used in order to provide grip and keep the mower stable.
In order to keep weight to a minimum, the cutter deck was custom-made from fiberglass and the grass bag was used to contain the fuel tank, a high capacity oil cooler and a secondary water cooling radiator. It featured a custom-made Cobra sports seat, a Scorpion exhaust system and a steering rack taken from a Morris Minor, as well as a custom-made paddle shift six-speed gear system that was apparently included on the advice of British Touring Car champions Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden.
"The original brief for Mean Mower was to create the world’s fastest lawnmower – and now it officially is, by some distance!" says Kate Saxton, Honda Motor Europe's manager for European PR communications. "We are all delighted to hold a Guinness World Records title and we’d like to thank everyone who was involved in what has been a challenging yet incredibly exciting project."
The video below shows the Mean Mower in action.
Source: Honda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFo7ztlMlmg
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Acura ILX Wins 2014 IntelliChoice Best Overall Value of the Year Award
Official release from Acura Media Newsroom:
ILX takes top spot in Premium Compact Passenger Car category
04/07/2014 – TORRANCE, Calif.
The Acura ILX luxury sports sedan has earned the 2014 IntelliChoice Best Overall Value of the Year Award in the Premium Compact Passenger Car category. The IntelliChoice award is based on analysis of every new model sold in the United States and identifies those that have low total ownership costs and lower than expected costs over time when compared to similar models.
“With great performance, premium features and a luxurious interior, ILX is the very definition of value on a luxury scale,” said Michael Accavitti, senior vice president and general manager of the Acura Division. “This Overall Best Value award demonstrates customers can step into luxury through this great gateway to the Acura lineup of luxury vehicles.”
With its high quality and well-appointed interior, ILX is smart, spacious and sporty. It offers numerous features important to luxury buyers, including a Keyless Access System with smart entry and push-button start, Pandora® interface and SMS text message function for easy connectivity, Bluetooth® HandsFreeLink®, and a power moonroof.
Additional standard equipment on the 2014 Acura ILX includes 17-inch alloy wheels, leather seating surfaces, an eight-way power driver’s seat, heated front seats and a Multi-Angle Rearview Camera. The ride experience is further enhanced by an audio-system subwoofer and an Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) system.
Also available on ILX is the AcuraLink™ Satellite Communication System, Acura Navigation System with Voice Recognition™, AcuraLink Real Time Weather™ with radar image maps and HomeLink.
Throughout the year, IntelliChoice aggregates and analyzes data on nearly 2400 vehicle models to determine its Best Overall Values. Data gathered from auto manufacturers, the U.S. government and third-party resources are used to determine the actual costs of ownership for each new vehicle over a five-year period. IntelliChoice then assigns a value rating to each vehicle and compares that rating to peer models to determine a Best Overall Value in each vehicle class. The Best Overall Value awards help consumers understand that the total cost to own a vehicle is influenced by a variety of factors beyond initial purchase price.
About Acura:
Acura offers a full line of technologically advanced performance luxury vehicles through a network of 275 dealers within the United States. The Acura lineup features six distinctive models including the RLX luxury flagship sedan, the TL performance luxury sedan, the TSX Sport Wagon and sedan, the ILX compact luxury sedan, the RDX luxury crossover SUV, and the all-new MDX luxury sport utility vehicle.
[Source: Acura]
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Acura of Libertyville Earns Dealership of Distinction Award
http://libertyville.patch.com/groups/business-updates/p/acura-announces-acura-of-libertyville-as-a-dealership-of-distinction
LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS – April 9, 2014—Acura is proud to annouce that Acura of Libertyville has earned Dealership of Distinction honors for its exceptional performance in 2013.
The annual award is presented to Acura dealerships that achieve excellence in all areas of operation that affect the client experience. The award is considered Acura’s highest dealership honor and denotes excellence in the brand’s dealer network. This is the twelfth year that Acura of Libertyville has earned this prestigious award.
Acura introduced the Dealership of Distinction award in 1987 to recognize Acura dealerships that consistently delivered an exceptional performance and exemplified the brand’s core values. Over the years, the criteria for earning the award have changed to align with Acura’s direction. In 2013, Acura made significant changes to the program criteria and introduced a new Dealership of Distinction trophy that depicts its never-eneding pursuit of excellence. Acura of Libertyville is amoung 93 Acura dealerships nationwide to earn recognition in 2013.
“The ability to set your dealership apart as the best of the best is no easy task for an Acura dealership,” says Jeff Conrad, vice president and general manager at Acura. “Our expectations are high to ensure we provide the ultimate client experience in the luxury automobile market. Earning Dealership of Distinction honors requires a yearlong commitment by every member of the dealership team. It’s important we recognize the efforts of those dealership employees, who are ultimately the face of Acura.
“I encourage you to visit Acura of Libertyville to experience the superior service offered by its award-winning employees. They can introduce you to the features and benefits of each of our Acura models, and they will stand by you through mainenance and service for years to come. This team has proven itself worthy of the title Dealership of Distinction. Stop in to see why.”
Glenn Bockwinkel, president, Acura of Libertyville said “Our philosophy has always been to treat each client as we would wish to be treated going through the auto sales or service process. I think you’ll find the passion and enthusiasm of each of our employees are unparalleled.”
Acura of Libertyville is located at 1620 S. Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville, Illinois and carries the full line of technologically advanced Acura performance vehicles, including the TL and RLX luxury sedans, the TSX sports sedan or wagon, the ILX perfromance sedan with hybrid option, the ZDX sports coupe, the RDX crossover with all-wheel drive, and the MDX luxury sport-utility vehicle.
Additional information about Acura of Libertyville and the Acura products can be found at www.AcuraLib.com.
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Honda Jazz triumphs in Women’s World Car of the Year Awards 2014
Popular super-mini wins Budget Car Category in Women’s World Car of the Year Awards 2014
International voting panel made up of female motoring writers from 15 countries
Further plaudits for Jazz ahead of all-new model set for release in 2015
Honda’s ever-popular Jazz super-mini has triumphed at the recent Women’s World Car of the Year Awards, pipping the Kia Soul to the post to win the Budget Car Category.
Judged by a panel of prolific female journalists from 15 countries, including nine based in Europe, the awards considered ten different criteria including design and function, style and appeal, comfort, storage, and drive quality. Additionally, specific to these awards, other elements considered by the judging panel included the ‘wow’ factor, sex appeal and value for money; factors which all of the judges felt to be important to female car buyers. Now in their fifth year, the awards, organised by New Zealand’s Women’s World magazine, recognise the best cars in six categories including best family car, sports car, luxury car, SUV, green car and budget car.
Sandy Myhre, CEO and founder of the Women’s World Car of the Year comments: “Honda can be very proud of this achievement. It is very difficult for any car to be on our shortlist, women motoring writers are very discerning and to win a category is a significant accolade.”
Currently available with a choice of two economical 1.2 and 1.4 i-VTEC petrol engines or Honda’s super-efficient hybrid IMA technology, the award comes ahead of the arrival of an all-new model Jazz due to go on sale in Summer 2015. As part of Honda’s ‘small series’ range, the third generation European Jazz will be built on the company’s global compact platform, retaining the centre fuel tank layout found in the current model, as well as the Civic and recently-announced HR-V. Combined with the Honda’s highly versatile Magic Seats®, this space-saving layout delivers genuine customer benefits in terms of versatility, interior practicality and storage solutions. Additionally the new European model will offer improved fuel economy and higher performance thanks to its new next-generation Earth Dreams Technology engine.
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