Honda flexes muscle abroad as Japan market sags
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Honda Motor Co.  will build a second car plant in Thailand and a new motorcycle factory in Vietnam as well as boosting capacity in other regions to meet growing demand abroad even as the Japanese market shrinks.
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Honda Motor Co. Ltd.  took the top ranking among mass-market automakers in a closely watched quality survey released on Wednesday, while Ford Motor Co.  showed strong gains at a crucial point in its turnaround effort.
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Honda Motor Co., Japan's third biggest automaker, reported Wednesday its profit fell 7.5 percent in its second fiscal quarter, saying the strong yen hurt its earnings even though its revenue rose.
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Nissan Motor Co Ltd  plans to move some of its manufacturing operations to Japan from North America as part of its efforts to improve profitability, the Nihon Keizai (Nikkei) business daily reported on Sunday.
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TOKYO  - Japan&#39;s third-ranked automaker Honda Motor said sales hit a record high in the six months to September but the profit performance was undercut by a stronger yen while record oil prices are a problem going forward, especially in the key US
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Honda Motor Co.  posted a smaller-than-expected rise in quarterly profit, helped by brisk sales in Europe and a weak yen that offset a dip in U.S. sales -- where Honda could not keep up with demand -- and nudged its full-year forecast higher.
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Tokyo - Japan&#39;s top three automakers Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor and Honda Motor said on Friday that global production rose sharply in November on the back of strong overseas demand.
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Honda is planning to open car factories across the world to meet fast-growing demand outside Japan.
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Tokyo's Nikkei share average gained 0.94  percent on Thursday, with carmakers such as Honda Motor Co.  buoyed by a weaker yen, while banks extended recent gains as  investors cheered progress in their handling of bad loans.
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Exporters such as Honda Motor Co. led gains in Asian shares on Monday as a rebound in the U.S. dollar eased concerns over corporate profits.
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Consumer Reports' latest auto reliability and survey rankings find overall domination by Japanese automakers, gains from the Detroit Three, and stumbles from Europe.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Confidence among Japan&#39;s big manufacturers has slipped slightly in recent months, according to the Bank of Japan&#39;s closely watched &quot;tankan&quot; survey.
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Japanese automaker Honda says it plans to meet growing demand in China by boosting production at one of its two car-assembly plants there.
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NEW DELHI: Honda Motor Company on Monday announced plans to invest Rs 134 crore in India to nearly double its car production capacity in view of the surging demand in the market.
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Forecasts for the U.S. auto market are  downsizing as consumers reel but Japanese carmakers are  confident of another year of record sales in their most  important market in 2008, buoyed by strong fuel efficiency
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Honda expects its global sales will rise 6 percent this year to a record 3.76 million vehicles on booming demand in the U.S., Europe and Asia, the automaker's president said Wednesday.
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Honda Motor Co.  posted a smaller-than-expected rise in quarterly profit as fierce competition in China weighed on sales, and it left its operating profit forecast unchanged despite a big lift from a weaker yen.