Honda insurance quotes and insurance groups

Insurance group ratings take into account performance, security, damage and parts costs, new car values, availability of body shells and repair costs and times. What you'll typically find is that cars in lower insurance groups cost less to insure, whilst cars in higher insurance groups attract a higher premium - usually because they are high performance models or have high repair or replacement costs.

In its relatively short life Honda has grown to be the fifth largest automotive manufacturer in the world. Founded in 1948, the company has now become the world’s largest producer of engines, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines every year.

Honda uses the official slogan of ‘The Power of Dreams’. However this slogan is never used to sell Honda’s products as Mr Honda was a firm believer in the idea that if you create well built products they will sell themselves. In fact most of Honda’s eye catching adverts have only ever been released for the UK market and not even aired on North American television.

As a global company Honda has realised its social responsibilities and strives to address automotive safety and environmental issues. One such realisation comes in the form of the Honda FCX Clarity. Honda has been working on this project since 1999 and in 2007 the FCX debuted at the LA Auto Show and became the world’s first dedicated platform hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. The hydrogen fuel cell allows the car to be powered by hydrogen and oxygen from the air which means that the only byproducts are water and heat, thus making the car completely environmentally friendly.

Honda also demonstrate their ‘Safety to Everyone’ commitment through the introduction of a whole host of safety features that protect not only the driver and passengers but also protect people in other cars by mitigating the impact on the colliding vehicle. All new Honda models have this safety technology installed.

One of the most memorable Honda adverts to be shown in the UK and the Internet was the 2003 Cog advert. This advert used a Rube Goldberg machine constructed entirely from parts of a Honda Accord. Despite the spoken tagline at the end "Isn’t it nice when things just... work" the advert took over 600 takes to get right.