Honda News

In May 2025, Honda proudly reached a momentous milestone, the cumulative global production of 500 million motorcycles.

Honda’s CR-V and Elevate stand out among 37 contenders, showcasing innovation, style, and excellence in South Africa’s premier motoring awards.

Honda South Africa is revving up with excitement as both the Honda FIT Elegance and the iconic Civic Type R have secured their spots as semi-finalists in the prestigious 2025 Cars.co.za Consumer Awards! The FIT Elegance shines in the Best Compact Hatch category, while the powerful Civic Type R is a strong contender in the Best Performance Car category.

The prestigious Old Mutual Insure 2024 Car of the Year (COTY) competition finalists have been announced. Showcasing the best in automotive innovation and performance, the top 18 finalists meticulously chosen by the jurors of the 38th annual COTY competition presented by the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ) will go through to the next stage in the search for the 2024 SA Car of the Year.

7,967 km of rallying across Saudi Arabia came to a conclusion by the breathtaking Red Sea at Yanbu with Monster Energy Honda Team’s Ricky Brabec taking the top step of the Dakar for a second time, making history as the only American to do so.

Speed Week is a gathering of the fastest, most exciting vehicles of the year contending for the ultimate trophy - that of being the best performance car of the year, evaluated and decided by TopGear SA.

Honda SA is excited for the cars.co.za consumer awards, where the Honda Type R and the Honda FIT have both been nominated as finalists for the Performance Car and Compact Hatch Categories respectively.

Leading online motoring portal Cars.co.za is proud to announce the 39 finalists of the 2023/24 Cars.co.za Consumer Awards – South Africa’s most comprehensive and authoritative motoring awards programme.

Honda would become known for its spirit of improvement, innovation, and faith in the project. Maybe they were not aware of it then, but on 24 September 1948, the 34 Honda Motor Company employees were making mobility history.