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2007 Honda CR-V Earns National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 5-Star Ratings in Crash Safety Tests

   All 2007 Honda Light Trucks Rated '5-Star' for NHTSA Frontal and Side
                                Impact Tests

    TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The all-new 2007 Honda CR-V
has earned 5-Star safety ratings for both frontal and side impact
performance from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today. A 5-Star rating
is the highest government safety rating. With this rating, all 2007 Honda
light trucks have now achieved 5-Star frontal and side impact crash safety
ratings. Honda is the only full-line brand to have achieved this
distinction.
    "We are determined to provide Honda customers with confidence and peace
of mind when it comes to safety, and these 5-star crash safety ratings for
our light trucks are a great symbol of the safety our vehicles offer," said
John Mendel, Senior Vice President of American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
"Consumers looking for trucks with the best possible government crash
safety ratings can't go wrong with a Honda."
    Honda's complete line of 5-Star crash safety rated light trucks
includes the 2007 Honda CR-V, the 2007 Honda Element, the 2007 Honda
Odyssey, the 2007 Honda Pilot and the 2007 Honda Ridgeline pickup. As part
of Honda's "Safety for Everyone" initiative, all trim levels of these
vehicles include standard Vehicle Stability Assist(TM) (VSA(R)), standard
side-curtain airbags with a rollover sensor, standard driver's and front
passenger's airbags (SRS) and standard front-side air bags with a
passenger-side Occupant Position Detection System.
    Consumer information is available at http://www.honda.com.


SOURCE American Honda Motor Co., Inc.




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