Honda Motor also saw a jump of 19% from a year earlier, selling 3.82 million vehicles.
That raise came as workers at other factories, including staff at a Honda Motor Co.
Others that rank high include Honda Motor Company, Siemens AG, Nissan Group and drug maker GlaxoSmithKline.
Honda Motor, for instance, said it would start recycling rare earth metals from used batteries.
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Astra has partnerships with several global auto manufacturers, including Toyota Motor and Honda Motor.
The other car to get a passing grade was the Acura TL, made by Honda Motor Co.
That would also have put Nissan North America ahead of its next-nearest rival, American Honda Motor Co.
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Honda Motor (nyse: HMC - news - people ) has also inquired about the technology.
Honda Motor Corporation are dealing with faltering sales worldwide and the Formula One team is not the only casualty.
Honda Motor Co. shares surged 14 percent, Toyota Motor Corp. jumped 7.8 percent, and Sony Corp. rose 9.6 percent.
Honda Motor Co. showed off its updated Odyssey minivan Tuesday evening ahead of the New York International Auto Show.
Northwest's savior was of a most unlikely sort: Honda Motor (nyse: HMC - news - people ).
Yet companies like Honda Motor seem to be looking past that, convinced there are other ways they can make driving better.
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Japanese exporters gained as the yen weakened, with Honda Motor rising 3.8%, Mazda Motor climbing 4.6%, and Sony zooming up 4.8%.
Also coming: hybrid pickups and SUVs that will finally get GM into a game dominated by Toyota Motor and Honda Motor.
Harley Davidson competes with other major motorcycle manufacturers like Honda Motor Company, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Yamaha Motors.
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Mr. Briggs, who has worked for GM in the past and now works with other auto makers including Honda Motor Co.
We made an exception for the CR-V SUV from Honda Motor , because we wanted to include a vehicle for singles paying off grad school.
Honda Motor (nyse: HMC - news - people ) moved upscale with its Acura division aimed at the luxury market.
That's why one of his biggest holdings at the end April was Denway Motors, listed in Hong Kong, which assembles Honda Motor cars in China.
Of all the bizarre subsidiaries that big companies can find themselves with, Harmony Agricultural Products, founded and owned by Honda Motor, is one of the strangest.
On Tuesday, the two companies announced 7% sales declines for the month of April, while Toyota Motor sales rose 8.5% and Honda Motor sales rose 6.5%.
In July Chrysler's U.S. market share tumbled to 10.1%, its lowest since 1984, as it slipped to number five, behind GM, Toyota Motor, Ford and Honda Motor.
John German, manager for environmental and energy analysis at Honda Motor, described his company's pioneering development of natural gas passenger vehicles and how that development might bloom.
Early tests of the Scuderi engine have caught the interest of at least 11 major automakers that have signed non-disclosure agreements, including Daimler AG and Honda Motor.
Early tests of the Scuderi engine have caught the interest of at least 11 major automakers that have signed nondisclosure agreements, including Daimler AG and Honda Motor.
India's leading maker of motorbikes, the country's most popular form of personal transport, Hero Honda is a quarter-century-old pairing of the Munjal family's Hero Group and Honda Motor.
Honda Motor already lowered its profit forecast, blaming Chinese exports.
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"We, Honda Motor Co Ltd, have come to the conclusion that we will withdraw from all Formula One activities, making 2008 the last season of our participation, " said Fukui.
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