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Honda is one of the oldest Japanese car manufacturers, and is also huge in the motorcycle market. Honda cars are known for reliability and are generally considered good family oriented cars. Honda sells cars worldwide, and also owns Acura, its luxury car subsidiary. Honda models to watch: Honda NSX, Honda Civic, Honda Accord
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Honda Tackles Pikes Peak In B-Spec Rally Fit, Desert Pilot
“B-Spec Rally Fit” and “Desert Pilot” sound like the names of Steven Seagal characters, but they’re actually Honda’s attempt to tackle the 89th annual Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. The Rally Fit is a modified version of the Fit that aims to keep things as stock as possible, while the Desert Pilot makes no pretentions about…
J.D. Power Survey Shows Toyota, Lexus Rebounding, Ford At All-Time Low
Ford‘s meteoric rise may have hit a speedbump with the latest J.D. Power Initial Quality results showing the Blue Oval at its worst ranking in a decade, coming in at 23rd. Meanwhile, perrenial quality champion Toyota rebounded from 21st last year to 7th this year, after an annus horriblus of recalls, lawsuits and quality defects…
Toyota And Honda Plan To Hire 5,000 Workers As Japan’s Industry Recovers
Toyota and Honda plan to hire as many as 5,000 temporary workers in Japan for the first time in more than a year as the automotive industry recovers from the March 11 earthquake. Toyota will be hiring between 3,000 and 4,000 temporary workers from mid-July as the company plans to increase production in October. This…
Mugen CR-Z Detailed With Full Specs, Photos
It’s been quite a while since Mugen and Honda had this much buzz surrounding a car. And while some are still rolling their eyes at the thought of a modified hybrid, Mugen is definitely poised to prove that you can have your cake and eat it too, finally announcing full specs of its supercharged CR-Z….
Americans Choose Fuel Efficient Compacts Over Hybrids
Even with high gas prices, Americans are choosing fuel effiecient compacts with conventional gas engines over pricier gas-electric hybrids. Sales have steadily increased with the Hyundai Elantra, Ford Focus and Chevrolet Cruze while hybrids are showing little activity. Hybrid sales in the U.S peaked in July,2009 peaking at 3.6% and last month sales were down…
Honda Targets 30 Percent CO2 Reduction by 2020
As a part of the company’s latest environmental report, Honda has committed to an ambitious 30 percent CO2 emissions reduction strategy by 2020. This bold new objective follows a similar goal laid out in 2006 wherein Honda targeted a 10 percent emissions reduction in its vehicles, motorcycles and power equipment by 2010 – compared to…
Honda Beat Successor Rumored With Dual-Clutch Transmission
Beat it, just Beat it! Honda is looking to revive its adorable, legendary (adoregendary?) kei-class convertible, the Lilliputian Beat, this time with motorcycle technology. The last Beat was built from 1991 to 1996 and featured a 650cc engine in the middle, three cylinders, 63 horsepower, rear-wheel drive, and a name that endlessly amuses Westerners. The…
Honda Accord Nears One Million Mile Mark
Joe of Norway, Maine has hit a new record in his 1990 Honda Accord: he’s about to reach over one million miles in it over the past 15 years. Enough to send him into orbit around the moon, twice. That averages to 14,000 miles every three months—usually what people drive in a year. His odometer…
Honda Fit Shuttle Introduced In Japan, Available As Hybrid
Honda of Japan gets a new people schlepper with a familiar name. The Fit Shuttle is a mini MPV that will get two distinctively different powertrains: a VTEC gasoline engine, and a hybrid. The i-VTEC engine is Honda’s familiar 1.5-liter 4-banger, which is good for nearly 44 miles per gallon—same as the Fit. The hybrid…
Honda Civic Five Door Hatchback in the Works
When Honda officially debuted the new 2012 Civic lineup at this year’s New York Auto Show, the Japanese automaker may have held back a little. Sure there was the Civic Coupe and Sedan, the Si, Hybrid and even a high fuel efficiency HF model, but now it appears as though the big H is preparing…
Honda, Toyota Falling Behind in Key Market Segments
According to Eric Nobel, of the Orange, California based consulting firm The Car Lab, both Honda and Toyota are losing ground because their products haven’t been competitive in crucial market segments since the first half of the last decade.
Mugen CR-Z Makes Video Debut
With the first photos of the Mugen-tuned CR-Z hitting the net a few weeks ago, the European division of the famed Honda tuner has now released a short video profiling the concept car. While it doesn’t have the K24 many a Honda fanboy had been begging for, its powerplant might just be better, with a…
Honda Dealers Can Take Orders For Fit And Insight Models
The news is welcome relief for dealers, whose supply of smaller cars was running desperately low in some cases, nevertheless, Mendel re-iterated that dealers still needed to be aggressive on the sales and marketing front to move metal, even if stockpiles are returning to normal levels.
Honda CR-Z Racer To Run Demo Laps At 24 Hours of Le Mans
Honda is truly out to prove a point that CR-Z owners can have their cake and eat it too. This isn’t the first time we’ve spotted Honda’s CR-Z Racer, created by Honda Performance Development (HPD). The vehicle debuted at SEMA 2010 and hit the track at the Thunderhill 25 Hours. And now it’ll show its…
Hyundai Elantra Coupe To Debut At 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show
The all-new Hyundai Elantra Coupe will debut this fall at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, with Hyundai is hoping this new coupe will eat into Honda Civic Coupe sales. The basic powertrain will likely come from the sedan which is powered by a 1.8-liter four-cylinder producing 148-hp and 131 lb-ft of torque. Hyundai is also likely to…
Honda Out-Sold by Porsche in Germany
You can say Germans have their priorities right. The statistics for German passenger car registrations have been released, documenting car sales by brand, and some interesting trends have manifested themselves: namely, that more people are buying Porsches than Hondas. The largest registration declines over the past five months concern the Chrysler family, and all of…
Top 10 Selling Cars in May: Honda and Toyota Absent from List
The May auto industry sales numbers are in and things continue to look down for Honda and Toyota. Both brands saw big drops in their May sales, with Honda down 23 percent and Toyota down 33 percent. While the earthquake and tsunami are to blame for supply issues, it’s hard to ignore the fact that…
Honda Adding Second Shift to Civic Production in Indiana
So far this year, sales of small cars are up by 20 percent over 2010, spurred in part by higher fuel prices. Honda’s overall sales are up by 17 percent, as is demand for the Civic, so the news probably could not have come at a better time.
Wheldon Takes Home $2.6 Million After Spectacular Indy 500 Win [Video]
The outrageously dramatic last lap of the Indianapolis 500 will be talked about for years to come. JR Hildebrand, in a freak accident lost first place and $1.5 million in the last mile of the race. On the final turn of the last lap Hildebrand, overtook a slower car and slammed into the safety wall,…
2012 Honda Civic Sedan Receives IIHS Top Safety Pick Award
The all-new 2012 Honda Civic sedan models received the highest safety rating of Top Safety Pick from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, announced today. In order to receive a top safety pick, the vehicle must include a standard electronic stability control system and must successfully protect occupants inside the vehicle, involved in front, side…
Despite A Slow May, Auto Sales Expected To Reach Highest Level Since 2008
Nevertheless, the overall outlook remains optimistic. Among the automakers; Toyota says it expects production to return to around 70 percent of normal levels by June, while Honda says it will resume full capacity by August.
Honda Canada Latest Victim of Hackers; 283,000 Owners Have Personal Info Stolen
The latest company to suffer a security breach is Honda, which recently admitted over a quarter of a million customers in Canada had their personal information stolen by hackers. In total 283,000 Honda and Acura customers in Canada had their names, addresses and vehicle VIN numbers harvested from the e-commerce MyHonda and MyAcura sites. Honda…
Mugen Euro Looking to Jazz Up The Honda Jazz
Mugen Euro is looking to build off its success in developing a supercharged Honda CR-Z hybrid by spicing up the Honda Jazz (Fit in America). And while Mugen of Japan has already released several styling accessories for the Honda Jazz, Mugen Euro is looking to increase its performance and make it a much more exciting…
Toyota To Add Wrong Way Driving Alert To Navigation Systems
Toyota will be adding a function to its onboard navigation systems that gives on-screen and voice alerts to wrong way drivers. The system was developed with Aisin AW Co., Ltd. and Denso Corporation and the function will monitor the vehicle’s direction. This system will work on highways and selected toll roads, including tollgates, service area…
