Honda is a premier automobile and motorcycle manufacturer in the world and has a very large presence in the United States of America. It has nine plants in the United States and employs nearly 25,000 people in its world class plants thereby substantially contributing to the American economy. It purchases parts and materials from over 530 suppliers in US and thus also generates indirect employment through its suppliers. The domestic procurement from the United States accounts for more than $12 billion. This is in addition to its $12.7 billion investment in US operations. Apart from directly and indirectly contributing to the American economy, Honda also makes active contribution in various forms to the American civil society. This can be evident from the fact that Honda has been the official vehicle of the National Hockey Leagues (NHL) for the past three years. In addition to sponsoring NHL, Honda also plays a very active and motivating role in various community initiatives of the league.

Honda Odyssey 2011

Honda has always worked on making their cars safer and better to drive and therefore they have always come up with better safety features that would keep the drivers and passengers safe. Recently, Honda Odyssey 2011 became the first and the only minivan that have earned the highest ratings from IIHS and NHTSA. The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have stringent safety test guidelines and not many cars can get the highest ratings when it comes to safety.

Honda cars have always created a sensation in the market and this year Honda is coming up with the new 2011 Honda Odyssey that has already earned 5 star ratings from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The car has already received the best possible Overall Vehicle Score from NHTSA. According to Honda this is their second car in the year 2011 that has received full marks for all three crash tests, each crash test category and the overall rating. The first car that had received the best Overall Vehicle Score was 2011 Honda Accord sedan which is among the few cars that has received some of the best possible ratings in its category for combined frontal and side crash safety ratings.