Honda Proving Center Reopens in Mojave Desert [VIDEO]
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If you listened to but did not view the video below, with its loud and melodramatic “BWAAAAAH” sounds, you would be forgiven for thinking you were hearing the trailer for the next Godzilla movie, or the next super-intense Superman movie, or the next mind-bending treatise on dead wives that Christopher Nolan has dreamed up. But […]
Honda Investing $25 Million in Cantil Proving Center
Honda announced today that it will invest $25 million in renovating the Honda Proving Center of California (HPCC), located in the Mojave Desert near Cantil, California. The facility, which was in operation for twenty years from 1990 through 2010, is now scheduled to reopen in April 2016. Honda’s 4,255-acre warm weather testing facility includes a […]
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Honda ‘Very Close’ to Matching Renault, Says F1 Project Lead
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