2017 Honda Clarity Electric sedan In the never-ending debate over whether America’s best coast is the East or West Coast, the latter just earned another point in its favor, as Honda’s all-new, five-passenger, zero-emissions electric vehicle is now on sale in California and Oregon. Today Honda announced that the 2017 Honda Clarity Electric sedan has…
2016 Honda CR-V The 2016 Honda CR-V is a compact SUV with a starting MSRP of $23,595. Besides offering a bold exterior and plenty of space for cargo, the 2016 Honda CR-V also offers respectable fuel efficiency and a capable four-cylinder engine. The Honda CR-V competes in the same segment as the Hyundai Tucson, Ford…
Renault has told Red Bull Racing it would no longer supply them with engines after the 2018 Formula One season, which will force the team to use Honda engines from 2019 instead. The news comes on the heel of an announcement that Red Bull’s sister team, Toro Rosso, would be switching to Honda power next…
Photo: Joe McGowan Red Bull Racing is wasting no time burning bridges with Renault. After repeatedly slamming the French manufacturer for poor engine reliability and performance, Red Bull is now claiming that its relationship with Honda, its next engine supplier from 2019, is already “way stronger” than its relationship with Renault, with whom it won…
(From right) Christian Horner and Dermot Boden Photo: LG Last week we reported the Red Bull Racing team would have until May 15 to decide whether it wants Renault or Honda engines for the 2019 Formula One season, but that deadline has just been pushed back by another two weeks. Though the deadline is set…
It was a mixed weekend for Toro Rosso at the Canadian Grand Prix. Though Pierre Gasly did well in the race, he had taken a grid penalty and started too far back to make it into the points. And his teammate, Brendon Hartley, was involved in a collision on the first lap. But with a…
The New York Daily News Auto Awards were announced today, with Honda picking up three trophies as a result of this year’s rankings. The 2017 Honda CR-V, Fit, and Pilot all took top honors in their respective categories. The panel of eight Daily News automotive journalists chose vehicles that best represented the specific “DNA” of…
Today the 2017 Honda Fit hits dealerships, carrying a starting MSRP of $15,990 for the base LX model with 6-speed manual transmission (not including tax, license, registration fees, and $835 destination charge). A carryover model, the 2017 Fit offers a new exterior color, Lunar Silver metallic, to replace the outgoing Alabaster Silver metallic. Other than…
Multiple Moses Sumneys sing “Everlasting Sigh” in a creative new 2016 Honda Civic ad Honda has come up with a creative way to promote the new tenth-generation Civic: a 360-degree music video featuring singer-songwriter Moses Sumney. The Los Angeles-based musical artist is joined onscreen by singer Moses Sumney, who provides harmonizing vocals, drummer Moses Sumney,…
Sadly, those US Honda Civic Type R rumors may be as real as this Type R from “The Other Side” (which is to say, not real at all) Yesterday, we got our (and probably your) hopes up by spreading the rumor that a Honda Civic Type R is coming to America. But like a child…
Honda has announced that its new Civic lineup—consisting of the Civic Sedan,… At long last, the date has arrived—the first-ever American Type R is… One very lucky (and presumably very generous) person will soon get to… The Honda Civic Type R is getting closer and closer to its… Honda is playing up the connection between…
In order to promote the 2014 Odyssey, which boasts the first-ever in-vehicle vacuum cleaner, Honda has launched a new ad campaign showing the HondaVAC’s effectiveness against the assorted kinds of crud that may be lurking beneath the seats. To help drive the point home, Honda has tapped the familiar vocal talents of actors Neil Patrick…
In recognition of its class-leading environmental performance, Green Car Journal has named the all-new 2016 Honda HR-V its “Green SUV of the Year.” This marks the third time that the magazine has honored Honda in just the last five years, alongside previous Green Car of the Year Award winners including the 2012 Civic Natural Gas…
The Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has added more challenging technology guidelines to its already rigorous testing standards for 2014. Not only are vehicles tested on their ability to protect occupants in the event of a collision, but now vehicles are evaluated on how well they prevent or mitigate front-to-rear collisions, and no cars do…
The 2016 Honda HR-V has earned a 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Five is the highest number of stars available in the NHTSA’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). “Using Honda’s packaging magic, powertrain innovation and safety engineering expertise, the HR-V delivers a high level of occupant safety protection along…
AutoPacific has released its annual 2015 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards, with Honda taking… Honda announced today that the 2015 Fit, Accord, and CR-V have all… The 2015 Honda Fit has received a 5-Star Overall Safety Rating from… While it doesn’t quite compare to Chevy’s haul, Honda is sill proud… Green Car Journal has selected the 2015…
The 2025 Honda Civic Hatchback Photo: Honda On the surface, the 2025 Honda lineup doesn’t seem to offer any big changes. But look a little closer —several of the automaker’s core vehicles actually boast significant updates for the new model year. Here’s a look at what Honda shoppers will find when they browse the lineup….
Photo: ©Honda Ever looked at the Honda Civic Type R hot hatchback and thought, “I don’t really want the car, but I’d love to get my hands on that sweet engine to put in another chassis”? Well now you can, thanks to the new Civic Type R crate engine program Honda has just launched at…
The 2016 Honda Civic sedan Honda proved to be the big winner today when US News & World Report released its annual rankings of the “Best Cars for the Money.” Five vehicles from the automotive brand’s lineup took home six awards, more than any other car company. The all-new tenth-generation 2016 Civic was named “Best Compact Car…
Photo: Honda Honda will launch its first all-electric SUV in 2024, called the Prologue. It’s an apt name for a vehicle meant to mark the start of the automaker’s earnest advance toward a zero-emission future. Besides the name and Honda’s initial sales target of 70,000 units, there’s not much we actually know about the Prologue…
Texting while driving is such a problem that Honda has flipped the script and resorted to encouraging teens to be the role models in their relationships with their parents. Having dubbed April the “Distracted Driving Awareness Month,” Honda is telling teens to have #TheTextTalk, “an open dialogue with their parents about practicing safer driving habits.”…
Photo: Honda When the current, 10th generation Honda Accord first launched at the end of 2017 as a 2018 model, it began to rack in so many industry awards that we started to have a “here we go again” attitude to every article we published reporting such award. Now, two years later… well, here we…
Photo: Honda A few months ago, Honda revealed some of the sweet tech powering the infotainment aboard the Prologue, the company’s first mass-market all-electric SUV. At the time, the automaker held most of the information regarding the SUVs propulsion system close to the chest, but the veil is finally lifted. With the official launch date…
Photo: Lukas Raich via CC It’s official: Honda will return to Formula 1 in 2026 as the exclusive engine manufacturer for the Aston Martin Racing team. Honda had left the sport at the end of 2021 after a change in its management, but new 2026 F1 engine regulations focusing on sustainability enticed the automotive giant…
Your whole life is a lie: The Honda Civic Type R from “The Other Side” never existed Remember when we showed you that brilliant promotional video for the Honda Civic Type R, “The Other Side”? The one that showed a middle-aged dad driving his kids home from school in a Honda Civic, but when you…
2018 Honda Accord Touring The 2018 Honda Civic Type R and 2018 Honda Accord have each earned a “Best Car to Buy” award this week from two separate publications—Motor Authority and The Car Connection, respectively. The Civic Type R, which just went on sale in the United States last week and whose engine also became…
Honda has picked up another award, this time for the 3.5-liter gasoline-electric V6 hybrid powertrain found in the NSX hybrid supercar. The motor was named “Best New Engine” at the 2017 International Engine of the Year Awards, presented by Engine Technology International magazine. The awards, now in their 19th year, are determined by a panel of experts from…
It took a long time for Honda to retool its original Ridgeline—eleven years, in fact, between the first and second generation. But it was time well spent, as proven by the 2017 Honda Ridgeline’s big win today in Detroit. The completely redesigned and reengineered pickup truck was named 2017 North American Truck of the Year…
Honda continues to put the rest of the truck world to shame with its 2017 Ridgeline. Not only did the Ridgeline blow away the Silverado and F-150 in the old “rock drop” test, but now the all-new model has become the first and only 2017 pickup truck of any size to earn a Top Safety…
Photo: Honda Best Overall Brand, Most Trusted Brand, Best Value Brand, Best In-Vehicle Experience Brand, Best In-Vehicle Experience Brand, and Best Overall EV/Hybrid Brand. These are the awards Honda earned in the 2024 Kelley Blue Book Consumer Choice Awards. This isn’t just dominance — it’s practically a clean sweep, as Honda grabbed all but one…
Photo: Honda An updated IIHS crash test of seven midsize sedans made all but the 2023 Honda Accord look quite poor. It was the only one of the bunch to get the top rating in all rear seat safety tests. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety updated its moderate overlap crash test last year in…
Honda also teased two new electrified sports cars Photo: Honda Over the next decade, Honda will spend approximately five trillion yen ($39.8 billion) to electrify its vehicle lineup. By 2030, it plans to have created a dedicated EV production line in North America and to have increased production to two million EVs per year. The…
The 2015 Honda CR-V, which just enjoyed record June sales Honda had a good month in June—or at least, half of the lineup did. Overall, 118,870 Honda vehicles were sold in June 2015, representing a minor 0.9% increase over June of last year. But a definite trend emerges if you look more closely at the…
The 2017 Honda HR-V is available with either a manual or continuously variable transmission (CVT) The 2017 Honda HR-V will officially become available on September 20th at dealerships in the US, but those consumers clamoring for the Alabaster Silver exterior color option are out of luck as this particular hue will not be offered for…
The New York Daily News Auto Awards were announced today, with Honda… Honda tends to clean up once it enters awards season, and this… The 2017 Kelley Blue Book Best Resale Value Awards have been announced,… The Honda Fit might be the smallest vehicle in the carmaker’s American… Today the 2017 Honda Fit hits dealerships,…
When you think of Honda, typically cars come to mind. Although, with their new video spot, viewers will realize Honda has much, much more to offer. Honda’s new video, “Hands” hit the viral video chart this week with more than 3 million views online. The two minute video is beyond mesmerizing. Two hands and a…
Honda introduced its updated HR-V subcompact crossover for the 2016 model year… Honda landed not one, not two, not three, but four spots on… Awards season continues to be kind to Honda. The Japanese automaker managed… Honda continues to clean up during awards season, with two 2017 Honda… Honda tends to clean up once it…
The new 2015 Honda CR-V The new 2015 Honda CR-V goes on sale tomorrow, Wednesday, October 1, 2014, and today the automaker is touting this most recent iteration of America’s best-selling SUV for the past decade as “the most significant mid-model cycle refresh in [the CR-V’s] history.” New for 2015, the CR-V is now boasting…
It will be standard equipment on all new Honda and Acura models in the United States by 2030… The Legend EX can autonomously steer, accelerate, and brake in order to pass slower cars on the highway before returning to the original lane… Honda Sensing is a suite of five different safety and driver-assistive features that…
On the surface, the 2025 Honda lineup doesn’t seem to offer any big changes. But look a little closer —several of the automaker’s core vehicles actually boast significant updates for the new model year. Here’s a look at what Honda shoppers will find when they browse the lineup. All-new Honda models for 2025 2025 Honda…
Sauber is close to an engine deal that would see it switch to Honda engines for the 2018 Formula One championship season. Sauber would be the first team other than McLaren to be powered by the Japanese manufacturer, which could prove to be a potential step up as Sauber is currently powering its 2017 cars…
At least one Honda Civic Type R comes to America—will more follow? Photo Source: Jordyn, via Jalopnik 1/22/15 UPDATE: More photos of the Civic Type R in Ohio! Last month, we reported on a very exciting rumor that the Honda Civic Type R was coming here to the US, and then we threw cold water…
Those who have grown old and grey patiently waiting for an American version of the Honda Civic Type R were greeted with some good news this morning, as they ate their Early Bird breakfast of bran muffins and oatmeal. The long-anticipated production model of the 2017 Civic Type R, which is slated to go on…
Honda boasts most top safety-rated vehicles built in the U.S. Today, Honda announced that it has the most top-safety rated vehicles made in America, even more than American automakers such as Ford and Chevy. Specifically, four of Honda’s American-built 2014 models have earned the distinction of Top Safety Pick+ from the Insurance Institute for Highway…
Today Honda announced its intentions to introduce vehicles with “Level 4” highly automated driving systems installed by the year 2025 (if mankind is still alive…) This comes after an earlier announcement that Honda and Acura vehicles will feature “Level 3” highly-automated freeway driving capability by 2020. Honda says both targets are crucial to the automaker’s…
The 2006 Honda Civic lineup Photo: Honda The Civic is one of Honda’s longest-running nameplates in the U.S. The sporty compact has been on sale in North America since 1972, when it debuted with a 1.2-liter engine. The Civic led the way for other small (and therefore more efficient) cars when the price of gas…
2016 Honda Accord sedan The 2016 Honda Accord sedan features a redesigned exterior and comes with a starting MSRP of $22,105. Besides offering excellent fuel efficiency and reliability, the Honda Accord sedan also offers the choice between two capable engines and it’s also available with a long list of advanced safety technology. The 2016 Honda…
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