Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig honda.com. NS
Answer
honda.com. 5 NS ahmpolibe3v01.amerhonda.com.
honda.com. 5 NS ns1.amerhonda.com.
honda.com. 5 NS ns4.amerhonda.com.
honda.com. 5 NS ns2.amerhonda.com.
honda.com. 5 NS ns3.amerhonda.com.
honda.com. 5 NS ahmphlibe2v01.amerhonda.com.
honda.com. 5 NS ahmptlibe1v01.amerhonda.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.amerhonda.com. 5 A 207.130.95.60
ns2.amerhonda.com. 5 A 207.130.95.40
ns3.amerhonda.com. 5 A 207.130.79.7
ns4.amerhonda.com. 5 A 207.130.79.8
ahmphlibe2v01.amerhonda.com. 5 A 207.130.79.11
ahmpolibe3v01.amerhonda.com. 5 A 207.131.182.20
ahmptlibe1v01.amerhonda.com. 5 A 207.130.95.53
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0