Honda Superstore of Lisle

Every year, automakers receive their annual report card from industry- and customer-acclaimed Consumer Reports. For some automakers, such as Honda (who "still make[s] the best vehicles overall"¹, according to Consumer Reports' April issue), this gives the opportunity to show off their appeal to potential car buyers. For others, it's a time spent trying to hide their scores from potential buyers.

Luckily/unluckily for automakers, Consumer Reports scores are never graded on a…

The Honda Fit subcompact is growing stronger in the market. More than able to hold its own among the competition, it overtook the popular Toyota Prius gasoline-electric hybrid as Japan's top-selling car in January 2011. The last time the Honda Fit was a top-seller was in March 2009. That's nearly two years ago.

According to Honda, January 2011 sales surged nearly 14 percent from January 2010, to 14,873 vehicles, about half of…