Honda has clinched the 2025 “Best Car Brand” award from U.S. News & World Report for the fourth year in a row, cementing its reputation for excellence across performance, interior quality, safety, and reliability.
The accolade highlights Honda’s passenger car lineup, which includes popular models like the Civic, Civic Hybrid, Civic Type R, Civic Si, Accord, and Accord Hybrid.
The 11th-generation Honda Civic stands out as a cornerstone of the brand’s success. Widely regarded as an entry point into the Honda family, the Civic has captured the hearts of Gen Z, first-time buyers, and multicultural audiences, making it the best-selling compact car in the U.S.
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since 1973. Similarly, the Accord has solidified its status as the nation’s top midsize vehicle among Millennials, Gen Z, and diverse customers, driving loyalty to the Honda name.
Honda’s hybrid-electric models are central to the brand’s electrification strategy. With hybrid trims now accounting for over half of Accord sales, the Accord Hybrid has become a key player in the lineup.
Meanwhile, the 2025 Civic Hybrid is expected to represent about 40% of all Civic sales as Honda continues to expand its hybrid offerings. Impressively, hybrid-electric vehicles now make up more than 25% of Honda’s total sales in 2024, underscoring the growing demand for greener options.
The U.S. News & World Report Best Vehicle Brands Awards evaluate 38 automakers to recognize top performance in cars, SUVs, trucks, and luxury vehicles. Winners are determined based on an average score derived from the overall rankings of a brand’s products. These rankings consider critical factors such as safety ratings, reliability metrics, and expert reviews from the automotive press. Honda’s consistent high scores across its lineup secured its win in the car segment.
For buyers seeking more details about Honda’s award-winning lineup of cars and light trucks, resources and high-resolution assets are available online.
Honda’s comprehensive lineup of vehicles spans a range of clean, safe, and connected options sold through over 1,000 independent dealerships in the U.S.
This includes standout models like the HR-V, CR-V, Passport, Prologue, and Pilot SUVs, alongside the Ridgeline pickup and Odyssey minivan. Electrified options are also growing, with hybrid versions of the Accord, CR-V, and Civic, the all-electric Prologue SUV, and the innovative CR-V Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (e:FCEV).
Honda has been manufacturing vehicles in the U.S. for more than four decades, with 18 major production facilities across North America. In 2023, over 99% of Honda vehicles sold in the U.S. were built in North America, with about two-thirds assembled domestically using a mix of local and global parts.
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