Photo: Honda The Honda Fit e:HEV hatchback, unveiled at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show, uses a two-motor hybrid system that works alongside its usual 1.5-liter combustion engine. According to Yasuaki Asaki, Honda’s head of power unit development, the automaker looked to its Formula 1 program for inspiration when building this new roadgoing powertrain. High Performance…
The new 2016 Honda Odyssey The 2016 Honda Odyssey hit dealerships this month, carrying with it a starting manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $29,275, not including the $880 destination charge. The newest Odyssey offers some changes, primarily a new Special Edition (SE) trim that incorporates several premium features. The 2016 Honda Odyssey is available in…
A vintage 1972 Honda N600 powered by a motorcycle engine has won the first-ever Honda Super Legends Series, a competition for modified Hondas. As the winner, the N600, owned by Stephen Mines, will not only become an official Hot Wheels car but also be presented at Honda’s booth at the SEMA Show. “When I arrived…
Today Honda debuted a completely redesigned Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) vehicle website, www.HondaCertified.com, which has been upgraded to provide an easier and more focused shopping experience for the automaker’s pre-owned vehicles. The revamped site introduces a new inventory alert feature that gives customers the most up-to-date vehicle availability information, and also filters inventory search results by…
2013 Honda Civic Hybrid The 2013 Honda Civic has been substantially revised with an all-new body structure, standard Bluetooth connectivity, styling updates, and a more premium interior. 2013 Honda Civic Hybrid Exterior A wide lower grille opening, tall trunklid, and rear horizontal chrome trim piece all contribute to the 2013 Honda Civic Hybrid’s new look…
Photo: Honda The 2020 Honda Fit yesterday made its international debut at the Tokyo Motor Show, revealing what the fourth generation of the popular compact car has to offer. Originally launched in 2001, the Honda Fit has long been a prime example of cars that feel much larger inside than they look, offering surprisingly spacious…
The 2019 Honda Pilot has now arrived at dealerships nationwide, and despite significant changes and new features, the base model will cost only $550 more than the 2018 version. MSRP is $31,450, excluding a $995 destination charge. The award-winning eight-seat SUV comes with a variety of exterior styling updates. Honda’s goal was to make the…
Today Honda announced that it has signed on to be the presenting sponsor of the third annual Red Bull Global Rallycross event at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, to be held on October 8th and 9th. The double-header weekend event will also mark the season finale of the 2016 season, making this…
Honda UNI-CUB Participating in Hackathon at Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo To us, the UNI-CUB still kind of feels like a weird and hilariously lazy alternative to walking, in spite of its star turn in a pretty awesome OK Go video. But those who are fans of Honda’s self-balancing personal mobility device should head to…
Photo: Honda The 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid has finally been announced and will begin arriving at dealerships tomorrow on March 1. It’s the most powerful and fuel-efficient CR-V yet, featuring the latest version of Honda’s two-motor hybrid system, an improved all-electric range, and an EPA-estimated city fuel economy of 40 mpg. The compact SUV is…
Photo: Jen_ross83 Worry seems to be a recurring emotion for Honda rivals. Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul expressed concern at Honda’s investment in the sport, and now Renault driver Carlos Sainz Jr says that Honda’s pace at the latest Formula One qualifying sessions is “worrying,” though he believes they are still doing well in the races….
Honda says the Honda Fit will become autonomous with Honda Autonomous Parking. Slowly but surely, technology in cars has advanced to become less and less reliant on the driver, allowing people to park with the push of a button and utilizing sensors to make sure drivers are staying a certain distance from the cars in…
Honda Sales in March were sky high thanks in part to the Honda Civic. While many American carmakers are seeing a slight sales decrease due to the harshest winter we’ve had in many years, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. continues show a large sales growth after posting its March Honda sales report. With total Honda…
HondaRacingCorporation.com Website Goes Live, Features Racer Videos Motorcycle racing fans, rejoice: This week, the new HondaRacingCorporation.com website went live, providing one place for regular news, features, and videos of the five main championships that HRC factory teams compete in. Team HRC in MXPG and Cross-Country Rally/Dakar, the Repsol Honda Team in MotoGP and Trial World…
Today Honda launched a completely new “about” website (www.Honda.com/about) redesigned to offer a “mobile-first approach,” with content that can be easily viewed on any type of device. The new website emphasizes the company’s slogan, “The Power of Dreams,” and focuses on the automotive brand’s past, present, and future with an interactive timeline. Called “The Honda…
Ryan Hunter-Reay’s car in the Indianapolis Grand Prix Honda-powered Simon Pagenaud and Ryan Hunter-Reay sped to a 1-2 finish at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis two weekends ago thanks to their superior race pace and fuel strategy. The start was hectic. Sebastian Saavedra, on pole and backed by a Chevy engine, stalled on the starting…
Got plans to be at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year? Then you will have another opportunity to lay hands on two of Honda’s must stunning achievements in performance: the Honda Civic Type R and NSX concepts. Granted, neither the Honda Civic Type R concept nor the NSX concept will participate in the iconic…
Is the phrase “PLEASE STEAL ME” scrawled on here in invisible ink somewhere? LoJack, creators of popular vehicle theft prevention and recovery tools and products, have released their annual list of the 10 most stolen and recovered cars. It’s time to get happy, Honda Accord owners, because your car is the most stolen and recovered…
Honda has announced the Brownsville Drive-In in Pennsylvania has become the tenth drive-in theater to benefit from Honda Project Drive-In, a national effort to save as many of America’s drive-ins as possible. Unfortunately, the end of 35mm film distribution has meant that many drive-ins could not afford to stay open because of the steep cost…
Honda is going all out for this year’s Super Bowl: in addition to buying ad time to give the all-new 2017 CR-V it’s television debut, the automaker is also sponsoring a unique way for fans to make their own game day snacks without having to take a trip to the grocery store. Honda is teaming…
Much has been said about Honda’s competitiveness in Formula One and how Red Bull will have to dampen its expectations in 2019, its first season with the Japanese manufacturer. Supposedly, the F1 team is anticipating something of a J-curve, whereby it will first experience a dip in performance after losing the Renault engine, which will…
Introducing the Honda NeuV, complete with “emotion engine” It’s officially auto show season, which means automakers go from being companies that manufacture cars to significant others who know you’re in the mood to see more but only give you a peek at the shoulder. That’s right—it’s time for auto show teasers. Ahead of the 2017…
What’s New for the 2014 Honda Odyssey It is no redesign, but there are some noticeable updates to the Honda Odyssey for 2014. New sheet metal gives the Odyssey’s exterior a refresh, and Honda has loaded its flagship minivan with new standard and available features, including Bluetooth audio, HD radio, a Pandora internet radio interface,…
The 2016 Honda Civic Sedan Honda has earned two Hispanic Motor Press Awards, one for Best Compact Sedan and one for Best SUV, for the 2016 Honda Civic and Pilot, respectively. The awards recognize the best all-new or significantly refreshed vehicles for Hispanic families in 2016. “The all-new Civic and Pilot were designed to define…
Given how well 2018 went for Honda, it’s no surprise to see it doing so well again in yet another round of awards. Both the 2019 Honda Accord and 2019 Honda CR-V were named overall winners in the 2019 AutoWeb Buyer’s Choice Awards, and with five more awards in tow, Honda firmly led all brands…
2014 Honda Civic Natural Gas To match the forward-thinking technology that runs the 2014 Civic Natural Gas sedan, Honda has created a modernized exterior look that appeals to those looking to save a bit at the gas pump, while still staying true to the typical Civic look. One of the biggest exterior changes that allows…
Photo: Honda Honda F1’s managing director says the manufacturer has no plans to revive its Formula One factory team despite incoming budget caps that should, in theory, make it easier for new teams to get into the sport and be competitive. Honda is currently enjoying its best year in F1 since returning to the sport…
Honda’s 2015 Rose Parade float, Building Dreams of Friendship Honda is entering its fifth year as the presenting sponsor of the Rose Parade, the iconic New Year’s celebration that takes place each year in Pasadena, California. For the 126th Rose Parade, which will take place on January 1st, the Japanese automaker is doing something special:…
Honda is winning so many automotive awards that we’re now convinced that if everyone actually paid attention to awards, every car on the road would be a new Honda. After claiming countless trophies, honors, and recognition from just about every industry publication there is, Honda has just scored three more awards to add to its…
The tech-savvy interior of the 2017 Honda Civic Sedan The Honda Civic is truly the La-La Land of cars, in the sense that it’s been winning a lot of awards lately, and is probably going to win a lot more. The latest recognition achieved by the Civic is a 2017 Kelley Blue Book Best Auto…
The Honda S660 After selling out in Japan just four months after going on sale, the pint-sized Honda S660 mid-engine sports car may be coming to the US market. “We’re looking at it intently for North America,” American Honda executive John Mendel said in a recent interview. “We want some spice in the lineup.” Priced…
As he points out in the most recent installment of Jay Leno’s Garage, comedian and car aficionado Jay Leno already owns a gorgeous vintage Honda S600 roadster, which he featured on his web series last year. So why did Leno decide to focus on another ’64 S600 (and one that looks decidedly worse for wear)…
Franz Tost, team principal for the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team, says that Honda has come a long way in terms of reliability and have “exceed expectations” with the quality of its engines. Toro Rosso partnered with Honda after the 2017 season, at which point Honda had come under massive fire from McLaren for…
The explosion of ridesharing apps like Lyft and Uber has largely replaced the need for designated drivers, making it easier and safer than ever for sad sacks to drink alone. Inversely, the rise of smartphone technology has also made sober driving more dangerous, as people find themselves tempted to send text messages while they’re supposed…
Will Red Bull Racing choose Honda or Renault as its engine supplier for the 2019 Formula One championship? It’s the question that’s on everyone’s lips this summer, but according to the Missed Apex Podcast, Red Bull may have already signed with Honda several weeks ago. Though the team had claimed it would use the Canadian…
The 2016 Honda Civic on display at the Chicago Auto Show For the fifth time, Honda has been named the automotive industry’s “Best Value Brand” in Kelley Blue Book’s 2016 Brand Image Study. The award is based on responses from non-luxury new car shoppers. “This Best Value Brand award from KBB validates the efforts of…
Honda motorsport boss Masashi Yamamoto says the company is making a big effort to catch the frontrunners ahead of the 2019 Formula One season, and that it aims to have the third-best engine in the sport by the time the lights go out at the Australian Grand Prix in March. Third-best doesn’t sound like much…
The Honda Civic Type R recently went an impressive five-for-five on its tour of historic European tracks, setting a new record lap time for FWD models at each circuit. The hot hatch set new benchmarks for front-wheel-drive production cars at Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, Estoril, and Hungaroring. Back in May of 2014, the Civic Type R…
While Bugatti and Koenigsegg battle over making their production cars get closer and closer to the 300 mph barrier, Honda is busy laying claim to another record: that of the fastest lawn mower. It’s a record that Honda held for only a year. In 2014, the automaker built the hilariously-named “Mean Mower,” a lawn mower…
The star of Honda’s Fred Savage voice-over training videos, as he looked in 1989 Photo credit: Alan Light, CC Last month, former childhood star and current television director Fred Savage was announced as the new voice of Honda. But since Savage has had no formal experience narrating things (that was Daniel Stern who voiced grown-up…
Eddie Caldwell is the first to be featured in the “What Makes a Honda is Who Makes a Honda” video series. Honda employs more than 30,000 hardworking associates in North America, many of whom are as dedicated to their communities as they are to their jobs. To highlight their ongoing dedication to the communities in…
Red Bull Racing hopes Honda will be able to maintain the same rate of progress it showed with Scuderia Toro Rosso throughout the 2018 Formula One season, but Renault’s former engine partner doubts this is possible. Cyril Abiteboul, the Renault managing director who famously doesn’t get along with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, believes…
The all-new 2018 Honda Fit Sport trim Honda has yet to reveal a release date or price for the refreshed 2018 Honda Fit, but the Japanese automaker did confirm that the upcoming hatchback will feature a new Sport trim, among other enhancements. For the 2018 model year brings, Honda has made significant updates to the…
Photo: Honda Honda is planning to introduce an extra engine upgrade for the 2019 Formula One season that will target an improved qualifying mode. The manufacturer finally clinched its first win at the Austrian GP this year after a 13-year draught and a difficult road through the new hybrid engine regulations. It came as a…
Photo: Honda The 2019 Honda Accord and 2019 Honda Odyssey have topped the midsize car and minivan categories, respectively, in Edmunds’ 2019 Retained Value Awards. This is the second time in a row the Accord has been featured, and the seventh time the Odyssey has taken top honors in the eight years the awards have…
Photo: Honda About a year and a half ago, Honda unveiled a delightfully futuristic retro urban EV concept that, after its warm reception at the Frankfurt Auto Show, seemed to have disappeared. We assumed, as with most concepts, that it would never see the light of day. As it turns out, that was wrong. Now…
The Red Bull Racing Formula One team has two major decisions to make very soon: to switch to Honda engines or stay with Renault, and whether to negotiate a new contract with Daniel Ricciardo. Both have been the subject of a lot of press and speculation, and both could significantly affect the future of the…
The fully-redesigned 2016 Honda Pilot is now in dealerships, carrying with it a starting manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $29,995, not including the $880 destination charge. The newest model of the third-generation Pilot offers a lot of changes, including a new and improved powertrain and fresh safety and technology features. [wptab name=”What’s New”] What’s New…
Each year, Consumer Guide puts out its Best Buys in a number of categories, including Automotives. To do so, the editors test drive over 150 new vehicles, review them, compare them, and pick out the top choices as the guide’s Best Buys in each category, ranging from Subcompact Cars to Sporty/Performance Cars to Large Pickup…
Honda vehicles have been around for decades and are firm favorites with American drivers. You can probably pick out a recent Accord or CR-V on the road, but how much do you know about classic Honda models? [wptab name=”Z600″] The 1970 Honda Z600 Photo: CH’7K, Flickr 1970 Honda Z600 The Honda Z600 was a quirky-looking…
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