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• Honda has won more Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards than any other brand
• Honda Civic wins the Compact Car category for a record 9^th time
• CR-V takes top honors in the Compact SUV class for a record 8^th time

The 2025 Honda Civic and CR-V were honored with Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards in its 2025 new car rankings. Civic was named the top Compact Car for a record ninth time, while CR-V took top honors in the Compact SUV category for the eighth time, also a record. Each award includes the hybrid-electric variant of the Civic and CR-V models.

With 41 total awards, Honda is by far the most honored brand in Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards history. At least one Honda model has earned a Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Award in each year since the award's inception in 2015.

Kelley Blue Book on the Honda Civic and CR-V:

• 2025 Honda Civic – Best Compact Car: "Honda has taken the Civic's excellent formula — a stellar mix of features, dependability, driving pleasure, and value — and added hybrid power and efficiency."
• 2025 Honda CR-V – Best Compact SUV: "Not only is the Honda CR-V wonderfully practical, utterly dependable, and fuel-efficient, but it's also quite satisfying to drive."

The Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards is a comprehensive recognition program that spotlights the standout cars, trucks and SUVs the editors of Kelley Blue Book recommend to new-car shoppers across a variety of segments. The annual awards are the result of a yearlong process of expert evaluation and testing of nearly every new vehicle available in the U.S. Criteria include vehicle pricing, 5-Year Cost-to-Own data, consumer reviews and ratings, and vehicle sales information.

More information about the 2025 Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards and the winning Honda vehicles can be found here.

For more information on the 2025 Honda Civic and Civic hybrid click here.
For more information on the 2025 Honda Civic Si click here.
For more information on the 2025 Honda Civic Type R click here.
For more information on the 2025 Honda CR-V and CR-V hybrid click here.

About Honda
Honda offers a full line of clean, safe, fun and connected vehicles sold through more than 1,000 independent U.S. Honda dealers. The award-winning Honda lineup includes the Civic and Accord, along with the HR-V, CR-V, Passport, Prologue and Pilot sport utility vehicles, the Ridgeline pickup and the Odyssey minivan. The Honda electrified vehicle lineup, representing more than a quarter of total sales in 2024, includes the all-electric Prologue SUV, hybrid-electric Accord, CR-V, and Civic, and Fuel-Cell-electric CR-V e:FCEV. A hybrid-electric Prelude set to join the lineup late this year.

Honda has been producing automobiles in America for over 40 years and currently operates eight major manufacturing facilities in America. In 2024, more than 99% of all Honda vehicles sold in the U.S. were made in North America, with nearly 60% made in America, using domestic and globally-sourced parts.

More information about Honda is available in the Digital FactBook.

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