Common use of THE OBLIGATIONS OF AMERICAN HONDA Clause in Contracts

THE OBLIGATIONS OF AMERICAN HONDA. 1.1. It is the obligation of American Honda to supply to Dealer, and to all authorized dealers, Honda Products in a fair and reasonable manner in order that Dealer may conduct Dealership Operations in a businesslike manner. In fulfilling this obligation, Honda Products may be supplied either on the basis of dealer order or on the basis of allocation, depending on market conditions and availability. There are numerous factors which affect the availability of Honda Products. Among those factors are component availability and production capacity, consumer demand, strikes and other labor troubles, weather and transportation conditions, and government regulations. Because such factors affect individual dealer supply, American Honda necessarily reserves discretion in accepting orders and allocating and distributing Honda Products, and its judgment and decision in such matters will be final. 1.2. To assist Dealer in the fulfillment of its obligations under the Agreement, which it has as a retail seller of Honda Products, American Honda agrees to provide Dealer sales, service and parts support. 1.2.A. To assist Dealer in fulfilling its sales responsibility, American Honda agrees to offer general and specialized product information and to provide field sales personnel to advise and counsel Dealer's sales organization on sales-related subjects such as merchandising, training and sales management. 1.2.B. To assist Dealer in fulfilling its service and parts responsibilities, American Honda agrees to offer, or cause to be offered, general and specialized service and parts training courses. Based on the service training needs of Dealer's service personnel, to be determined by American Honda with the assistance of Dealer, Dealer agrees to have members of Dealer's service organization attend such courses. Further, American Honda agrees to make available to Dealer field service personnel capable of advising and counseling Dealer's service personnel on service-related subjects, including product quality, technical adjustments, repairs and replacement of product components, recall, product improvement or product update campaigns which American Honda may conduct, owner complaints, warranty administration, service and parts merchandising, and training and service management. 1.3. To assist Dealer in planning, establishing and maintaining the Dealership Premises, American Honda will, at its sole option, make available to Dealer, upon request, sample copies of building layout plans or facility planning recommendations, including sales, service and parts space and the placement, installation and maintenance of recommended signs. In addition, representatives of American Honda will be available to Dealer from time to time to counsel and advise Dealer and its personnel in connection with Dealer's planning and equipping the Dealership Premises. 1.4. American Honda agrees to make available to Dealer, at reasonable cost, such sales, service and parts manuals, brochures, special service tools and equipment and other data for Honda Products as American Honda deems necessary for Dealership Operations. 1.5. American Honda agrees to maintain a nationwide system of authorized dealers of Honda Products. In order that those authorized dealers may be assured of the benefits of comprehensive advertising of Honda Products, American Honda agrees to establish and maintain general advertising programs in such manner and amount as it may deem appropriate and will make sales promotion and campaign materials available to Dealer.

THE OBLIGATIONS OF AMERICAN HONDA. 1.1. It is the obligation of American Honda to supply to Dealer, and to all authorized dealers, Honda Products in a fair and reasonable manner in order that Dealer may conduct Dealership Operations in a businesslike manner. In fulfilling this obligation, Honda Products may be supplied either on the basis of dealer order or on the basis of allocation, depending on market conditions and availability. There are numerous factors which affect the availability of Honda Products. Among those factors are component availability and production capacity, consumer demand, strikes and other labor troubles, weather and transportation conditions, and government regulations. Because such factors affect individual dealer supply, American Amercian Honda necessarily reserves discretion in accepting orders and allocating and distributing Honda Products, and its judgment and decision in such matters will be final. 1.2. To assist Dealer in the fulfillment of its obligations under the Agreement, which it has as a retail seller of Honda Products, American Honda agrees to provide Dealer sales, service and parts support. 1.2.A. To assist Dealer in fulfilling its sales responsibility, American Honda agrees to offer general and specialized product information and to provide field sales personnel to advise and counsel Dealer's sales organization on sales-related subjects such as merchandising, training and sales management. 1.2.B. To assist Dealer in fulfilling its service and parts responsibilities, American Honda agrees to offer, or cause to be offered, general and specialized service and parts training courses. Based on the service training needs of Dealer's service personnel, to be determined by American Honda with the assistance of Dealer, Dealer agrees to have members of Dealer's service organization attend such courses. Further, American Honda agrees to make available to Dealer field service personnel capable of advising and counseling Dealer's service personnel on service-related subjects, including product quality, technical adjustments, repairs and replacement of product components, recall, product improvement or product update campaigns which American Honda may conduct, owner complaints, warranty administration, service and parts merchandising, and training and service management. 1.3. To assist Dealer in planning, establishing and maintaining the Dealership Premises, American Honda will, at its sole option, make available to Dealer, upon request, sample copies of building layout plans or facility planning recommendations, including sales, service and parts space and the placement, installation and maintenance of recommended signs. In addition, representatives of American Honda will be available to Dealer from time to time to counsel and advise Dealer and its personnel in connection with Dealer's planning and equipping the Dealership Premises. 1.4. American Honda agrees to make available to Dealer, at reasonable cost, such sales, service and parts manuals, brochures, special service tools and equipment and other data for Honda Products as American Honda deems necessary for Dealership Operations. 1.5. American Honda agrees to maintain a nationwide system of authorized dealers of Honda Products. In order that those authorized dealers may be assured of the benefits of comprehensive advertising of Honda Products, American Honda agrees to establish and maintain general advertising programs in such manner and amount as it may deem appropriate and will make sales promotion and campaign materials available to Dealer.

THE OBLIGATIONS OF AMERICAN HONDA. 1.1. 1.1 It is the obligation of American Honda to supply to Dealer, and to all authorized dealers, Honda Acura Products in a fair and reasonable manner in order that Dealer may conduct Dealership Operations in a businesslike manner. In fulfilling this obligation, Honda Acura Products may be supplied either on the basis of dealer order or on the basis of allocation, depending on market conditions and availability. There are numerous factors which affect the availability of Honda Acura Products. Among those factors are component availability and production capacity, consumer demand, strikes and other labor troubles, weather and transportation conditions, and government regulations. Because such factors affect individual dealer supply, American Honda necessarily reserves discretion in accepting orders and allocating and distributing Honda Acura Products, and its judgment and decision in such matters will be final. 1.2. 1.2 To assist Dealer in the fulfillment of its obligations under the Agreement, which it has as a retail seller of Honda Acura Products, American Honda agrees to provide Dealer sales, service and parts support. 1.2.A. To assist Dealer in fulfilling its sales responsibility, American Honda agrees to offer general and specialized product information and to provide field sales personnel to advise and counsel Dealer's sales organization on sales-related subjects such as merchandising, training and sales management. 1.2.B. To assist Dealer in fulfilling its service and parts responsibilities, American Honda agrees to offer, or cause to be offered, general and specialized service and parts training courses. Based on the service training needs of Dealer's service personnel, to be determined by American Honda with the assistance of Dealer, Dealer agrees to have members of Dealer's service organization attend such courses. Further, American Honda agrees to make available to Dealer field service personnel capable of advising and counseling Dealer's service personnel on service-related subjects, including product quality, technical adjustments, repairs and replacement of product components, recall, product improvement or product update campaigns which American Honda may conduct, owner complaints, warranty administration, service and parts merchandising, and training and service management. 1.3. 1.3 To assist Dealer in planning, establishing and maintaining the Dealership Premises, American Honda will, at its sole option, make available to Dealer, upon request, sample copies of building layout plans or facility planning recommendations, including sales, service and parts space and the placement, installation and maintenance of recommended signs. In addition, representatives of American Honda will be available to Dealer from time to time to counsel and advise Dealer and its personnel in connection with Dealer's planning and equipping the Dealership Premises. 1.4. 1.4 American Honda agrees to make available to Dealer, at reasonable cost, such sales, service and parts manuals, brochures, special service tools and equipment and other data for Honda Acura Products as American Honda deems necessary for Dealership Operations. 1.5. 1.5 American Honda agrees to maintain a nationwide system of authorized dealers of Honda Acura Products. In order that those authorized dealers may be assured of the benefits of comprehensive advertising of Honda Acura Products, American Honda agrees to establish and maintain general advertising programs in such manner and amount as it may deem appropriate and will make sales promotion and campaign materials available to Dealer.

THE OBLIGATIONS OF AMERICAN HONDA. 1.1. It is the obligation of American Honda to supply to Dealer, and to all authorized dealers, Honda Products in a fair and reasonable manner in order that Dealer may conduct Dealership Operations in a businesslike manner. In fulfilling this obligation, Honda Products may be supplied either on the basis of dealer order or on the basis of allocation, depending on market conditions and availability. There are numerous factors which affect the availability of Honda Products. Among those factors are component availability and production capacity, consumer demand, strikes and other labor troubles, weather and transportation conditions, and government regulations. Because such factors affect individual dealer supply, American Honda necessarily reserves discretion in accepting orders and allocating and distributing Honda Products, and its judgment and decision in such matters will be final. 1.2. To assist Dealer in the fulfillment of its obligations under the Agreement, which it has as a retail seller of Honda Products, American Honda agrees to provide Dealer sales, service and parts support. 1.2.A. To assist Dealer in fulfilling its sales responsibility, American Honda agrees to offer general and specialized product information and to provide field sales personnel to advise and counsel Dealer's sales organization on sales-related subjects such as merchandising, training and sales management. 1.2.B. To assist Dealer in fulfilling its service and parts responsibilities, American Honda agrees to offer, or cause to be offered, general and specialized service and parts training courses. Based on the service training needs of Dealer's service personnel, to be determined by American Honda with the assistance of Dealer, Dealer agrees to have members of Dealer's service organization attend such courses. Further, American Honda agrees to make available to Dealer field service personnel capable of advising and counseling Dealer's service personnel on service-service- related subjects, including product quality, technical adjustments, repairs and replacement of product components, recall, product improvement or product update campaigns which American Honda may conduct, owner complaints, warranty administration, service and parts merchandising, and training and service management. 1.3. To assist Dealer in planning, establishing and maintaining the Dealership Premises, American Honda will, at its sole option, make available to Dealer, upon request, sample copies of building layout plans or facility planning recommendations, including sales, service and parts space and the placement, installation and maintenance of recommended signs. In addition, representatives of American Honda will be available to Dealer from time to time to counsel and advise Dealer and its personnel in connection with Dealer's planning and equipping the Dealership Premises. 1.4. American Honda agrees to make available to Dealer, at reasonable cost, such sales, service and parts manuals, brochures, special service tools and equipment and other data for Honda Products as American Honda deems necessary for Dealership Operations. 1.5. American Honda agrees to maintain a nationwide system of authorized dealers of Honda Products. In order that those authorized dealers may be assured of the benefits of comprehensive advertising of Honda Products, American Honda agrees to establish and maintain general advertising programs in such manner and amount as it may deem appropriate and will make sales promotion and campaign materials available to Dealer.