If you're into social media, crafts, or current trends, you've probably heard of Pinterest, the new social media site that's taking over the online world. On the site, "Pinners" (users) find images on the internet and share style ideas, funny e-cards, wedding ideas, health tips, recipes, and anything else they find intriguing with their followers. Large corporations and small businesses are starting to join the site, which they find a simple and cost-efficient way to showcase their newest products. One of the most recent companies to join the site is Japanese automaker Honda, which launched its official Pinterest page a couple of weeks ago.

April Fool's Day happens every year, yet some people still forget to be leery of jokesters. This year, automaker Honda pulled quite a witty prank to celebrate the day. The company "built" an anti-theft system named TERII, which it said used the knowledge gathered from ten years of research by FBI hostage negotiators  and cognitive psychologists, as well through using a huge amount of "engineering voodoo". As Sidney Finch, fictitious TERII Project Lead at Honda explains, "Car alarms have become less and less effective as a deterrent. The technological advancements of late have been focused on the quick recovery of a stolen vehicle. Our goal was to prevent the theft in the first place. And we have that in TERII."¹

We aren't very surprised that the 2012 Honda Fit is Cars.com's most recent $16,000 Subcompact Shootout winner. After all, the 2012 Fit has already won several awards since its premier. It's been recognized as a six-time winner of Car and Driver's "10BestCars" award, a TOP SAFETY PICK by the IIHS, and has received the 2012 Residential Value Award from ALG, to name a few. So, when the Fit crushed six other compacts in the Shootout, we didn't bat an eye.

The New York Auto Show is coming up soon, and automakers continue to make announcements about vehicles they will be debuting at the show. One example is Honda, which recently announced it will showcase a newly redesigned Honda Crosstour. The Crosstour was labeled as the Honda Accord Crosstour for two years before it simply became "Crosstour" for the 2012 model year.

It's not your typical dashboard component made of dials and outdated-looking front pieces; it's Japanese automaker Honda's newest technology: the Honda i-MID (Intelligent Multi-Information Display). This new system comes standard in the 2012 model Honda Civic- as well as numerous other new Honda models.

Every day it seems like gasoline prices shoot even higher, and they don't seem to be on a downturn any time soon. Here at University Honda, located at 4343 Chiles Road Davis, CA, we understand that it's a tough time to think about spending so much money at the pump, and a new Honda may possibly be the last thing on your mind. It doesn't have to be, though. With new gas-sipping Hybrid models and standard fuel-efficient gasoline vehicles,Honda is concerned about your fuel costs, and the company is doing its best to lessen your need for as much fuel.

The 2012 Honda Fit has been known as an award-winning vehicle since it flew off production lines, and now the Fit has another honor to add to its list. The Fit was recently added to Consumer Reports "Best New Car Value" list and was selected as the best car in its category and the best value overall.

Though the recent natural disasters in Japan (including a tsunami, earthquake, and flooding in Thailand) may have interfered with production and new Honda offerings for a while, Japanese automaker Honda wants to announce to the whole world, "I'm back!"  The company is back up-and-running, and will be offering refreshed versions of its top three best-sellers in the U.S. for the 2012 and 2013 model year: the Honda Civic, the Honda CR-V (for the 2012 year), and the Honda Accord.

Okay, readers, we know you're all in love with the new 2012 Honda Accord, but that also means you'll be excited to know that a ninth-generation Honda Accord will be debuted this month at the Detroit Auto Show. The new Honda Accord will be a fresh coupe concept of the classic favorite. Honda says the concept will convey the vibrant and aggressive profile of the next Accord for the U.S. market set to go on sale in late 2012.

Honda has created a mini- minivan. Called the Honda N-Box, this mini-vehicle is set to be released in Japan in two days (Dec. 16, 2011). Although it's still unknown when (or if) the N-Box will make its way to the United States, we at University Honda can only hope that this unique vehicle does find its way back across the ocean.