Honda Cars of Mesa has done its job in the Valley. They’ve called the Valley home for over 30 years. Car buyers have come and gone and come again to deal with the great product paired with great service that Honda Cars of Mesa became known for.

You could say that Honda Cars of Mesa grew up with the Valley and just as the Valley has expanded its boundaries Honda Cars of Mesa has expanded to service a larger area of the Valley’s consumers.

The expansion means a new location and a new name. Honda Cars of Mesa became San Tan Honda Superstore of Chandler.

They are now located in the San Tan portion of the Loop 202 and Gilbert Road in Chandler.

The new dealership is a shocking 14 acres with loads of new bonuses to offer their customers: an inspirational showroom in a 105,000 square foot building, 44 service bays and a separate express service area to expedite service when necessary, on site courtesy shuttle service and rental car availability, and extended hours of operation. When Honda Cars of Mesa makes a change they don’t mess around.

Some might see the changes as Honda Cars of Mesa ditching the community upon which its success was built, but they aren’t in any way leaving their old service areas out in the cold. The company’s service centers located in Mesa and Gilbert (as well as a Collision Center located in Mesa) will all continue servicing their areas.

They’ve been given new names to indicate the positive change: San Tan Import Service of Mesa, San Tan Import Service of Gilbert and San Tan Collision Center of Mesa. These three will benefit from their relationship to the new dealership in Chandler as they continue to service the Mesa and Gilbert areas.

Employees are excited about the change mentioning the showroom as “a great way to show potential car buyers what Hondas have to offer” and “the massive amount of cars [making] it easy to find a car for anyone who comes by the dealership.” San Tan Honda Superstore of Chandler is making everyone happy it seems: the dealership management, the employees, and the customers.

Not to mention that the new dealership is now officially the largest Honda dealership in the state of Arizona. As the largest Honda dealership in Arizona, San Tan Honda Superstore of Chandler is definitely the most effective way to purchase a new Honda. There’s no argument there. And with its history of quality service throughout the 31 years spent as Honda Cars of Mesa…you really can’t say they don’t have all the bases covered.

Have you ever watched that old cartoon “The Jetsons”? It’s fabulous. As a child I was positive that by the time I was old enough to get behind the wheel of a car I’d be behind the wheel of one of those self propelled flying cars that the Jetsons drove all over the place. And I have to admit while I’m at it that I always wanted to access the inter city transit that Judy Jetson got to take to the mall. You know…the suction tubes that sucked you right up where you were and spit you right out where you wanted to go? But it wasn’t meant to be. I’ve never found an inter city transit system like the one on the Jetsons and when I took my driver’s test it wasn’t in a flying car. It was a Honda Civic.

Not that I wasn’t ecstatic the day I got my driver’s license. Of course I was! The Honda Civic performed beautifully! More beautifully than I did, actually. (The man conducting my test must have felt bad when he told me I’d been speeding for a large majority of the test so he told me he’d mark it down as “failure to observe surroundings adequately” and I’d only lose a few points and still pass. Whew!) That little Honda Civic was great: no nonsense, sturdy, and there when I needed it. Not a space car, but a good car nonetheless!

But the introduction and wider and wider acceptance of the Hybrid cars are giving me hope that me may someday hit a point at which we’re ready to make the leap to the sort of futuristic transportation that left such a mark on my gullible brain as a child. The sort of travel suggested by The Jetsons isn’t yet an option, but at least we’re getting more options. That’s the first step, right?

We’ve all heard about Hybrid cars for a while now, but they’ve been labeled the “new” item for long enough now to have earned a spot in the industry that a larger and larger portion of the buying public trusts. They’ve shown that they fulfill their purpose and that they are an advantageous purchase for many. They are an especially advantageous purchase now that traditional fuel pricing is rising to painful amounts.

The Hybrid has a 1.3 liter, 95 bhp engine. It’s connected to the electric motor which is actually a part of the flywheel. The crankshaft revolves endlessly even when the power is coming directly from the electric motor. Newer models can run on pure electricity taking us one step closer to the elusive Jetson car (at least I hope so! Keep your fingers crossed.)

The Honda Civic Hybrid offers a noticeable lack of mechanical resistance achieved through inlet and exhaust valves that are always shut allowing no compressions or pumping losses. Drivers will also notice the regenerative braking in which the vehicle recovers energy when drivers tap the brake pedal using the electric motor as a generator. Both of these features work together to provide Honda Civic Hybrid drivers with a typical average fuel consumption falling at about 58 miles per gallon.