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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. A 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line hybrid in a Colorado wrecking yard.

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UCOTD: Seventh-Generation Honda Accord Coupe

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Honda Accord coupes get a lot of love around these parts, for good reason. Today we bring you a seventh-car of unlisted year -- this generation ran from 2002-2007. Image: Honda] Become a& TTAC& insider. They looked good, were fun to drive, and have a reputation for being reliable. You'll have to click through.

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Ford brand US sales top 2 million for first time since 2007

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US sales of the Ford brand this week topped 2 million vehicles for the first time since 2007. The milestone makes Ford the best-selling brand in America and the first automotive brand to hit the 2 million mark in the US since 2007. By comparison, Toyota Camry experienced a 27% decline while Honda Accord sales saw a 20% drop.

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First Acura electric SUV to be named ZDX; co-developed with GM

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The ZDX name pays homage to a previous Acura model of the same name, which was the first vehicle styled from the ground up in the Acura Design Studio which opened in Los Angeles in 2007. The new ZDX is now being styled in the same Acura Design Studio. 2011 Acura ZDX.

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Report: Honda resuming production of minicars

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The Nikkei reports that Honda will restart production of minicars for Japan (cars with engine displacements of 660 cc or less) after a hiatus of more than four years. Honda stopped making cars with engine displacements of 660 cc or less in June 2007, farming out production to subsidiary Yachiyo Industry Co.

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Cumulative worldwide sales of Honda hybrids passes 1 million units

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Honda Motor Co., Toyota hit the 1-million mark for cumulative global hybrid sales at the end of May 2007 ( earlier post ), and has since rocketed past 4 million cumulative units. History of Honda’s Hybrid Models. Honda is also planning to begin production of the Jazz Hybrid in Malaysia in 2012. mpg US, 2.86 Earlier post.)

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Honda starts construction of new CVT plant in Mexico

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Honda de Mexico, S.A. HDM) has started construction of a new Honda transmission plant in Celaya, near the City of Guanajuato. The new plant will be located adjacent to the new automobile plant that will begin mass production early next year of the all-new 2015 Honda Fit.

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