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Honda Voted As Best Volume Manufacturer Modifies Smoking Policy

Honda in the UK maker of quality Honda turn signal has been voted Best Volume Manufacturer in the Lloyds TSB autolease ServiceTrak Awards. The recognition gauges excellence in corporate after sales service as well as accident repair. More than 2600 corporate customers gave criticisms on key aspects of the service that is delivered by suppliers as well as manufacturers.

The Manager for ServiceTrak at Lloyds TSB autolease by the name of Joe Bhamra said that Honda UK has excellently demonstrated its capability to deliver excellent service and share similar care values. He added that their company makes sure that the services delivered to their customers are serious. He therefore concluded that it is important for Lloyds TSB autolease to identify and most especially recognize manufacturers and suppliers who meet and exceed their expectations.

Brian Jameson the Corporate Aftersales Manager for Honda UK commented that they have a strong service maintenance repair programme and the aforementioned award depicted how their dealers have taken retail experience and used this in the rushing automotive market so that the corporate customer will be benefited. He added that the service maintenance repair programme endorses findings of this years JD Power Survey where Honda was top in the first time fix category and second in the overall survey.

The quality of service to customers is measured by Lloyds TSB autolease ServiceTrak after vehicles were serviced or repaired. It then gathered feedback on the service quality and communication that are provided by suppliers and manufacturers.

The manufacturers were specifically measured based on the service that is provided by their individual sites with the accident repair technicians measured on their speed of service against strict repair quality criteria.

Meanwhile employees and visitors at the Honda Motor Co. plant in central Ohio soon will have safer areas where they can smoke cigarettes without violating state law as Honda modifies smoking policy.

On February 8 Honda made the plant and its surrounding property tobaccofree in response to the smoking ban that was approved by Ohio voters in November 2006. When visitors and employees want to smoke they then began driving off the property and parking along nearby roads.

It was the concern of the Union County Sheriff’s Office authorities that it could be dangerous for people to park and perhaps even stand along those roads. Honda then decided to change its policy.

Honda spokesman Ed Miller said that they still do not encourage smoking but their primary goal is to run a safe workplace. He added that Honda will create some smoking areas within the premises and employees and visitors will be able to smoke in their cars while within the plant property.

About the writer:  Ally Wahlberg is a Computer Information Systems specialist. Ally leads an active lifestyle and he is a fan of extreme sports. He is also a car enthusiast and writing about his interests is one of his passions.

Honda Upgrades In-car Telematics System

Writing for the Associated Press Yuri Kageyama reported that Honda’s car navigation system already maps the quickest route to a destination to efficiently avoid traffic jams. Drivers now will be able to get information about earthquakes and warnings of heavy rainfall ahead while on the road.

Introduced to reporters Wednesday Honda Motor Co.’s service will be offered starting with the remodeled Fit subcompact which goes on sale in Japan later this year. There are no plans yet however to offer this newest innovation overseas executive Manabu Nishimae reportedly said.

“We believe information services are an important part of a car’s quality” he told reporters.

The new car navigation system is free for Honda vehicles but drivers will have to pay mobile phone bills for the relaying of data with data transmission cards for a set monthly fee amounting to about 8 for frequent users. About 530000 drivers use the current navigation service in Japan or about 40 percent of Honda owners.

The latest upgrade allows email warnings to be sent to a preassigned address when car with the system is in an area of a strong earthquake which definitely is an advantage if you live in an earthquakeprone nation like Japan. In case of heavy rain owners can expect a forecast on a planned route with icons of exclamation marks popping up on vehicles the monitor.

Honda maker of top of the line parts like Honda cargo liner and currently Japan’s No. 2 automaker has also upgraded its map system so updates take just a few minutes to download.

According to the automaker the company has found a way to compress data so that portions of a map such as new roads get relayed piecemeal. On average driving time is cut by 20 percent says Honda. Up to now disks with map data had to be changed.

Navigation systems are offered by all the world’s major automakers. Navigation services include guides to nearby restaurants automatic connection to ambulances in accidents and as well as to human operators.

Another feature of Honda’s system is that it compiles information from individual Honda cars on the road. The new earthquake notification service for instance allows drivers to see which roads have been shut down.

General Manager Takeshi Imai says this kind of detailed information could even tell drivers exactly which lane of a freeway is congested quite useful for drivers who want to avoid traffic at all cost.

About the writer:  Ally Wahlberg is a Computer Information Systems specialist. Ally leads an active lifestyle and he is a fan of extreme sports. He is also a car enthusiast and writing about his interests is one of his passions.

Honda Stunner CBF Self Drum

Getset and zoooom Open the door for untrodden roads and hoot along with the call of the wild with the tough and muscular Honda Stunner CBF Self Drum. Don?t be puzzled if you get addicted to it.

Key Features

Keep your feet off the ground with the stunning new advanced Honda Stunner CBF Self Drum with a powerful 11 bhp Honda engine 5 speed transmission and a maximum power of 11.11 PS 8000rpm that ensures an absolute sensational ride no matter where you choose to trod.

Great features and outstanding style constitutes this functional genius which comes directly from the workstation of one of the largest automobile giant known worldwide as Honda. Featured with a 4stroke air cooled OHC single cylinder and digital ignition that facilitates quick start this gives you a proper mileage of 48 to 50 Km per hour so that you can cover distances in no time. And you can really do those dash and dribble with it as it has to its credit a maximum torque of 11Nm 6500rpm. Feel absolutely safe with its front wheel Disc Brakes that helps you stop at the most improbable situations and its loaded with a 3 step spring loaded hydraulic shock absorber that almost makes the road below you fade and disappear.

Design

The Honda Stunner CBF is possibly custom made for those real ?men? out there. Solid muscular and extremely masculine the Honda stunner CBF Self Drum is synchronized with an aerodymanic design that gives its biker the ultimate freedom to experience its power kick while riding through the wind. And blimey it is truly a stunner. Decked with a 35W halogen and minted in rocking colors this is a hit among youngsters for sure and it?s a given.

Conclusion

It has good looks and great style but is minimal in extraordinary good features. Generally a good starter option and does a very good job in giving you comfort mileage and a tangy sporty look that?s so in and if you want a bike that?s funky and average in features.

About the writer:  Albert Cain is a well known writer. He has written many articles on Cars Automobiles bikes car DVD Players scooter speaker and so on.