Three Honda Models, including the New Passport and Used Civic and Accord Models, are Recommended for Teen Drivers by IIHS and Consumer Reports

• All-new 2026 Honda Passport is recommended as a new vehicle for a teen driver
• Pre-owned Honda Civic and Accord models, including hybrids, are recommended as used vehicles for teens
• Early application of Honda Sensing® since 2014 means over 10 million vehicles in the U.S. offer this high-tech suite of safety and driver-assistive technologies

Three Honda models, including the all-new 2026 Passport and over a decade of Civic and Accord models, have been recommended for teen drivers by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and Consumer Reports (CR). The 2026 Honda Passport is recommended as a new vehicle for a teen driver. For consumers shopping used vehicles that offer good crash protection and are suitable for teen drivers, IIHS and CR recommend Honda Civic coupe or sedan models from 2014-2025, which can start under $10,000, and Honda Accord sedan models from 2013-2025 (including hybrids from 2014-2025), which can start under $20,000.

IIHS and CR jointly produce the annual list of teen vehicles to assist families shopping for a car that can help keep a new driver safe. All vehicles on the list earned scores of average or better from CR for braking, and for emergency and routine handling. Usability is also considered, and models with the most confusing and distracting controls and displays are excluded.

Recommended vehicles also provide strong protection in a crash, based on IIHS testing. The all-new 2026 Passport earned the pinnacle TOP SAFETY PICK+ (TSP+) rating from IIHS and Safety Verdict of Best from CR.

Safety for Everyone: Honda Safety Commitment
Based on the longstanding Honda “Safety for Everyone” approach, a commitment to advance safety for everyone sharing the road, Honda has installed the Honda Sensing® suite of safety and driver-assistive technologies in more than 10 million vehicles in the U.S. since the suite of safety and driver-assistive technologies was introduced in 2014. Honda Sensing® is a significant value for used car buyers, offering the benefits of safety and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS).

Research shows that risky behavior, such as distracted driving, especially with young drivers, contributes to almost half of the traffic fatalities in America. This makes Honda Sensing a significant benefit to young and first time buyers where affordability is a more significant issue. The early application of ADAS technologies Honda began in 2014 to popular models like the Honda CR-V – and its push to make this suite standard on most vehicles by 2022 – means many Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) and used Honda vehicles now come equipped with these safety and driver-assistive features.

Every new 2026 Honda model, including the Passport, is equipped with Honda Sensing® that includes a Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS™) with Pedestrian Detection, Forward Collision Warning, Road Departure Mitigation (RDM) incorporating Lane Departure Warning (LDW), Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS) and Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC).

The 2014-2025 Honda Civic, 2013-2025 Accord and 2026 Passport also benefit from the Honda proprietary Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure, designed to help protect occupants in a wide variety of frontal collisions.

Even as Honda engineers continue to advance vehicle design and performance, the company believes technology alone is not enough to achieve its challenging goal of zero traffic collision fatalities involving Honda motorcycles and automobiles by 2050. The Honda safety strategy is committed to further advancing safety for everyone sharing the road through three domains: advancing technology, augmenting safety awareness efforts to influence driver behavior, and working with government, industry and community partners to improve the traffic safety ecosystem. In other words, Honda is seeking to achieve Safety for Everyone, with everyone.

Honda Safety Driven
More than one million students have taken part in the innovative Honda Safety Driven young driver safety initiative in partnership with Discovery Education. With nearly one-third of annual traffic fatalities in the U.S. involving drivers under the age of 25, the multi-year safety education program is working to equip young drivers across the country with the knowledge and skills needed to drive more safely.

The Honda Safety Driven initiative, in partnership with Discovery Education, applies real-world Science, Technology Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) concepts to empower students with safe driving skills and encourage responsible decision-making.

The educational initiative launched in Oct. 2023 with a virtual field trip for students in grades 3-12, bringing them inside Honda’s one-of-a-kind Automotive Safety Research Facility in Raymond, Ohio and the Driving Simulation Laboratory at The Ohio State University. To date, this virtual field trip has reached more than 250,000 students, and educators are expected to continue to use it each new school year as part of their evolving curriculum.

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Honda Commitment to Safety
Honda is committed to further advancing safety for everyone sharing the road, which is captured in the Honda global safety slogan “Safety for Everyone.” The company has established a global goal to achieve zero fatalities from traffic collisions involving Honda motorcycles and automobiles by 2050. To achieve this goal, Honda is expanding its focus beyond advanced safety and driver assistive technologies alone, to include efforts to augment driver awareness, modify driver behavior and improve the traffic safety ecosystem by working with government, industry and community partners.

Honda operates two of the world’s most sophisticated crash-test facilities in Ohio and Japan, and is responsible for numerous pioneering efforts in crashworthiness, collision compatibility and pedestrian safety.

Advanced passive safety features include the proprietary Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure and next-generation driver and passenger front airbag technology, which are designed to provide a high level of collision protection for occupants. Advanced active safety and driver-assistive systems found in Honda Sensing® and AcuraWatch™ technologies, now on over 9.5 million vehicles on U.S. roads, are designed to reduce the frequency and severity of collisions while also serving as a technological and perceptual bridge to the more highly automated vehicles of the future.

Learn more at https://www.honda.com/safety.

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, Prelude 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 nearly a third of total sales in 2025, includes the all-electric Prologue SUV, hybrid-electric Accord, CR-V, Civic, and Prelude, and fuel-cell-electric CR-V e:FCEV.

Honda has been producing automobiles in America for over 40 years and currently operates eight major auto manufacturing facilities in America. In 2025, nearly 99% of all Honda vehicles sold in the U.S. were made in North America, with 60% made in America, using domestic and globally made parts.

More information about Honda is available in the Digital FactBook.

Important Notice
Although the information included in this press release is accurate as of the date of publication, this information is subject to change at any time without notice. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. assumes no responsibility for updating this information.

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