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 Kurt Verlin

Honda Launches Esports GT3 Driver Academy

Honda Launches Esports GT3 Driver Academy

Honda Performance Development teamed up with Europe’s JAS Motorsport to create a new HPD JAS Esports Academy. Its mission statement is to “[cultivate] the next generation of racing talent through sim racing,” which it will do via the popular Assetto Corsa Competizione racing video game. Motor Oil 101: What’s the difference between regular and synthetic? […]

 Kurt Verlin

What Makes the 2021 Honda F1 Engine So Good?

What Makes the 2021 Honda F1 Engine So Good?

Head of power unit development Yasuaki Asaki was surprisingly forthcoming about some of the details of the 2021 Honda F1 engine

 Kurt Verlin

Honda to Sell Only EVs by 2040

Honda to Sell Only EVs by 2040

To reach its goal, Honda will launch a series of EV models based on a new “e:Architecture” platform, starting in the second half of the 2020s

 Kurt Verlin

Honda, Acura Set New March Sales Record

Honda, Acura Set New March Sales Record

Last year’s shutdown, which began at the end of March, skews the year-over-year statistics, but even taking those into account, Honda and its luxury subbrand have plenty to rejoice over

 Kurt Verlin

First Look at the 11th Generation Honda Civic

First Look at the 11th Generation Honda Civic

Compared to the current model, the 2022 Honda Civic already looks simple and sporty, with more elegant lines and fewer angles

 Kurt Verlin

Honda Begins Rolling Out Level 3 Automated Driving

Honda Begins Rolling Out Level 3 Automated Driving

The Legend EX can autonomously steer, accelerate, and brake in order to pass slower cars on the highway before returning to the original lane

 Ben Parker

2021 Honda Passport Overview

2021 Honda Passport Overview

The Honda Passport was introduced in 1993 as the brand’s first entry in the now-packed SUV market in the U.S. Now in its third generation, the Passport is the second-largest vehicle in the lineup, coming in just after the Pilot. Not many updates arrived with the debut of the 2021 model, save for a few […]

 Ben Parker

2021 Honda HR-V Overview

2021 Honda HR-V Overview

What some may not know is that the Honda HR-V actually made its debut in 1997 at the Tokyo Motor Show. It was marketed exclusively in Japan and didn’t make its way to the U.S. until 2013 when the second generation was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show. Now in its third gen, new for […]

 Kurt Verlin

Six Honda Cars Get IIHS Top Safety Pick Ratings

Six Honda Cars Get IIHS Top Safety Pick Ratings

Six Honda cars have so far earned a Top Safety Pick rating or better from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, establishing them as among the safest cars on the roads today. Three of the six earned the basic TPS rating. These were the Civic hatchback, Civic sedan, and CR-V SUV. Three others earned the […]

 Kurt Verlin

Honda’s 2022 F1 Engine Fast-Tracked for Upcoming Season

Honda’s 2022 F1 Engine Fast-Tracked for Upcoming Season

Honda will bring forward the engine it was intending to introduce at the start of the 2022 Formula 1 season by a year, giving Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri an extra boost

 Kurt Verlin

All-New Acura MDX Platform Will Be Used by Honda

All-New Acura MDX Platform Will Be Used by Honda

This seems to be a step in the opposite direction taken by most other manufacturers, who are increasingly streamlining their platforms to be able to support all of the vehicles in their lineup

 Kurt Verlin

Red Bull Agrees to Take Over Honda F1 Engines Until 2025

Red Bull Agrees to Take Over Honda F1 Engines Until 2025

Despite some initial disagreements, the teams recently and unanimously approved the engine freeze, leading to Red Bull officially forming a new company — Red Bull Powertrains Limited — to run the Honda F1 engine project project

 Kurt Verlin

2021 Honda SUVs are ‘Best Car for the Money’

2021 Honda SUVs are ‘Best Car for the Money’

Unlike us, Honda actually does care about rules and made some pretty tip-top rides, at least according to the experts over at U.S. News & World Report

 Kurt Verlin

Honda F1 Chief Targets Title Victory in 2021

Honda F1 Chief Targets Title Victory in 2021

Technical director Toyoharu Tanabe says that Honda, which provides engines for both the Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri teams, has set for itself a clear target: more race wins and a championship victory

 Kurt Verlin

2021 Honda Ridgeline Pricing Starts at $36,490

2021 Honda Ridgeline Pricing Starts at $36,490

Before, the Sport and RTL were offered with either 2WD or AWD, but now all models come with AWD as standard equipment.

 Kurt Verlin

2022 Honda Odyssey Goes On Sale, Starts at $32,090

2022 Honda Odyssey Goes On Sale, Starts at $32,090

Admittedly, the Odyssey’s touch-screen system and set of physical console buttons isn’t quite as impressively vast as what you might find in a 747, but it’s certainly a lot more user friendly

 Kurt Verlin

Honda 2020 Sales End on a Strong Note

Honda 2020 Sales End on a Strong Note

The Japanese automaker reports that in the United States, it sold 136,467 vehicles in December alone, and as before the pandemic, trucks and SUVs reigned king

 Kurt Verlin

Honda Models Have Highest Average Fuel Economy in America

Honda Models Have Highest Average Fuel Economy in America

A little over a year ago, Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson suggested that a clean automotive future was being compromised by SUV-crazed customers. The 2020 EPA Automotive Trends Report certainly seems to support his argument.