Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. ’s Chief Executive Officer Takanobu Ito said the carmaker may post better-than- forecast first-half earnings on sales in China and at home.

Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. , Japan’s two largest automakers, led the second straight increase in the nation’s monthly auto sales as government incentives boosted demand.

TOKYO — Honda Motor Co. is hoping to repeat the success of its Insight with another hybrid-only model, the CR-Z. And the Japanese automaker is promising affordable pricing — again.

TOKYO — Honda is set to unveil a trio of concepts at the upcoming 2009 Tokyo Auto Show in mid-October, including the EV-N, a small electric city car concept that revives the look of the N360 minicar from the '60s.

TOKYO — Honda's Skydeck concept, scheduled to debut at the upcoming 2009 Tokyo Auto Show , is a vision of what a future six-seat hybrid minivan might look like.

Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , Japan’s second- biggest carmaker, may post better-than-forecast first-half results on sales in China and at home, Chief Executive Officer Takanobu Ito said.

TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co <7267.T> chief executive officer Takanobu Ito said the carmaker may have exceeded its earnings forecasts in the fiscal first-half that ended on Sept. 30 due to brisk sales in China and Japan, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

Honda's cute new concept blends nostalgic styling with a state-of-the-art electric motor. By RICHARD BLACKBURN.

Honda is hinting at the world's first hybrid sports car with a petrol-electric hot hatch that harks back to the CRX of the 1980s.

Honda Motor Co. on Wednesday unveiled two new hybrid concept cars and an all-electric concept model to be shown later this month at the Tokyo Motor Show at Makuhari Messe exhibition hall in Chiba Prefecture. Among the new concept cars are the four-seater CR-Z Concept and the six-seater Skydeck, sporty variants of the Insight, its first hybrid car.