The News Wheel is a digital auto magazine providing readers with a fresh perspective on the latest car news. We’re located in the heart of America (Dayton, Ohio) and our goal is to deliver an entertaining and informative perspective on what’s trending in the automotive world. See more articles from The News Wheel.
Honda has launched a new marketing campaign for the all-new 2019 Honda Insight called “Fight Mehdiocrity,” the premise being that we should fight the trend of “meh” and “blah” hybrid vehicles — which is to say that they are typically uninspiring and unexciting. You can see where this is going. Unlike those other, boring hybrids,…
Photo: Honda If you’re on the market for a new SUV, it’s hard to avoid the Honda CR-V and the Toyota RAV4. They’re not just the two most popular vehicles in the segment, they’re also the best-selling, non-pickup trucks in the country. It’s easy to see why: They offer good utility, safety, and comfort for…
The 2018 Honda Ridgeline is arriving at dealerships nationwide today, carrying a starting Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of $29,630. That base price applies to the RT trim of the 2WD Ridgeline model, which is EPA-rated at 19/26/22 mpg in city/highway/combined traffic. The Sport trim carries a price tag of $33,170, the RTL trim is priced…
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The multi-award-winning 2017 Honda Ridgeline The all-new 2017 Ridgeline from Honda continues to raise its profile. After recently being named 2017 North American Truck of the Year, the vehicle has just earned the highest possible 5-star Overall Vehicle Rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, making it the only pickup truck in America to…
The Honda Fit might be the smallest vehicle in the carmaker’s American lineup, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t big on style and fuel efficiency. It’s considered one of the most fuel-efficient vehicles on the road today, and the 2017 model is no exception to this ruling. With a straight-forward style and unbeatable price, the…
The 10 millionth Honda built in the U.S. was an Accord. Last week, Honda announced that the 20 millionth Honda vehicle built in the United States rolled off assembly lines at its plant in Marysville, Ohio. The vehicle, an Accord, also historically marked the 10 millionth Accord manufactured in Marysville, Ohio. The Marysville Auto Plant…
2018 Honda Fit EX-L Adaptive Cruise Control The News Wheel is a digital auto magazine providing readers with a fresh perspective on the latest car news. We’re located in the heart of America (Dayton, Ohio) and our goal is to deliver an entertaining and informative perspective on what’s trending in the automotive world. See more…
2020 Honda Accord with Honda Sensing The News Wheel is a digital auto magazine providing readers with a fresh perspective on the latest car news. We’re located in the heart of America (Dayton, Ohio) and our goal is to deliver an entertaining and informative perspective on what’s trending in the automotive world. See more articles…
2019 Honda HR-V Sport The News Wheel is a digital auto magazine providing readers with a fresh perspective on the latest car news. We’re located in the heart of America (Dayton, Ohio) and our goal is to deliver an entertaining and informative perspective on what’s trending in the automotive world. See more articles from The…
Photo: Spencer Davis | Unsplash Christian Horner, team principal for Red Bull Racing, says the Formula One team was much happier with Honda in 2019 than with Renault in previous years, as the Japanese manufacturer actually kept its engine promises. Though Red Bull won four titles on the trot from 2010 to 2013 with Renault,…
Photo: ©Honda The 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-in Hybrid has been officially rated as having the highest all-electric range among all midsize plug-in hybrids following fuel economy testing by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The new five-passenger Honda, which launches at dealerships around the country late this year, was rated as being able to go 47…
Don’t get us wrong; the vehicles displayed at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show held in Las Vegas every year are awesome, but there is something slightly depressing about knowing that no matter how much we want to drive any number of customized vehicles displayed, like the refreshed 2014 Honda Civic Coupe, we never…
Window shoppers of the world, take note: the 2017 Honda CR-V has been recognized with an Autotrader “Must Test Drive” Award. So, if you’re the sort of person who loves spending time with car salesmen, this SUV is apparently one of the better vehicles to do it in. Honda’s fully redesigned and reengineered sport utility…
Photo: Honda The 2019 Honda CR-V has been rated among the safest vehicles on the road by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety with top marks in every crashworthiness evaluation. The IIHS found that with the CR-V’s available suite of Honda Sensing active safety technologies, including automatic emergency braking, the CR-V earned the highest possible…
Photo: UK in Japan- FCO Red Bull Racing has won three of the ten Grands Prix that have so far taken place in the 2018 Formula One World Championship, with Daniel Ricciardo taking victory in China and Monaco and Max Verstappen prevailing in Austria. But following the announcement that Red Bull will switch to Honda…
In case you were too busy lamenting the Broncos’ embarrassing gameplay or too busy celebrating the widely unexpected victory of the Seahawks, we’ve gathered the deets on Honda’s big Super Bowl ad, which featured Bruce Willis (but he wasn’t dead at the end) and Fred Armisen (of SNL and Portlandia fame). The Honda “Hug Fest”…
GM and Honda are pooling their resources to develop advanced batteries for their upcoming EVs Innovation often breeds unexpected partnerships. This is especially true for the automotive industry, which is always experimenting with innovative new technologies. Take, for example, a recent partnership between General Motors and Honda. These two automakers will be working together to…
Photo: Honda The 2020 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid is now available at dealerships across the United States with a starting MSRP of $33,400 and an all-electric driving range of 47 miles. Under the hood is a 1.5-liter Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine that can be used as either a direct power source or as a generator for…
Honda Accord Plug-In History The Honda Accord recently entered its ninth generation of production, revealing a more sculpted exterior. For 2014, Honda added the Accord Plug-In to the diverse Accord family. The Plug-In has the same distinct styling features that have made the new generation of Accords a huge success. History The Plug-In was introduced…
The 2013 Honda CR-Z gets a new lithium-ion battery pack, refreshed front-end styling, and more standard features. Honda Owner Resources: Honda Owner Link 2013 Honda CR-Z Exterior Conventional hybrid cars seem to gain their extra efficiency by sacrificing style and performance. One look at the 2013 Honda CR-Z tells you that this is not so….
Honda Civic Coupe History The Honda Civic Coupe was introduced in 1972, at the same time as the regular four-door sedan, as an alternative option for those consumers looking for a practical, yet sporty car. Since its introduction, the Civic Coupe has continually helped the Civic become one of the most popular cars in the…
The long-awaited return of the Honda Africa Twin is upon us, with the new 2016 model set to hit showrooms in early 2016. Today, the Japanese automaker announced further technical details on the CRF1000L Africa Twin (more on that below the video). There’s also a rather entertaining and well-produced video from Honda which shows Africa…
The 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid reflects the styling of the traditionally powered sedan, but with a few special touches. Along with the classic bodylines, the Hybrid also features a variety of different design elements, such as a blue-accented front grille and headlights. Additionally, the Hybrid maximizes an aerodynamic design with a decklid spoiler, making the…
A worker assembles a Civic Natural Gas Vehicle at the Greensburg Honda Plant Honda is phasing out its natural gas vehicles, in lieu of developing more hybrids, electric cars and fuel cell vehicles. A hydrogen-powered Honda FCV should be arriving next year, and the company is also developing a next-generation, two-motor hybrid system for a…
Photo: Honda After what it reported as an “exhaustive testing process,” Edmunds.com has for the first time published its very first editors’ choice awards, which celebrate the top cars, SUVs, and trucks of 2019. Having scrutinized over 300 vehicles on the road and the track and in the process driving more than half a million…
It was announced on Friday that Polk vehicle registration statistics spanning from 1988 to 2012 have earned Honda most durable and longest-lasting brand bragging rights. Honda vehicles have the most staying power of any mainstream automaker in that period; according to the statistics, 75 percent of all Honda vehicles that have been sold in the…
GM Fuel Cell Car When it comes to innovation, General Motors has tried hard to keep up with the times: it recently purchased Cruise Automation to help with developing its own driverless technology, it is expanding the reach of its OnStar in-vehicle tech, its current plug-in hybrid is winning all kinds of awards, and it is…
It really was no surprise to us when Honda once again claimed the title of “Most Trusted Brand” in KBB.com’s 2014 Brand Image Awards. This marks the third consecutive year that Honda has earned this distinction. It is also the second year in a row that Honda has taken the “Best Overall Brand” distinction. “A…
Photo: Honda The year 2020 marks the beginning of a new era for Honda. Earlier this month, the automaker rolled out its first mass-produced, all-electric car — the Honda e — in Europe, and is set to do the same in Japan this October. The Honda e is a car that, when it was first…
Today Honda announced that it would be debuting the updated 2016 CBR500R at next week’s American International Motorcycle Expo (AIMExpo), including the world debut of the updated 2016 CBR500R. In advance of the world premiere, Honda just released two teaser images, one showing the new LED dual headlights (above), and another photo which features the…
The 2016 Honda Civic Sedan Touring trim If you weren’t invited to any 2016 Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards watch parties last night, then you missed seeing a Titanic-like performance by Honda (we mean like how the Titanic movie did at the Academy Awards in 1997, not like how the Titanic ship did at…
This past Friday at the Chicago Auto Show, Honda North America’s assistant vice president of advertising Tom Peyton and Turn 10 Studio’s Kim Wolfkill unveiled a real life version of the former’s Honda Civic Si Coupe that had been adorned with livery designed in the latter’s Forza 5 (available now for Xbox One) with a…
Sales of the Honda Accord have helped lead to Honda market share gains. According to a recent report out of Forbes, it’s very likely that we will see both Ford and Honda market share gains in the U.S. by 2017, due to the renewal of models each year that account for more than 25 percent…
A CR-V full of Mike and Ike candy, part of the Honda trick-or-treating on Twitter Even if you’re too old to go door-to-door this evening, you can still score some free Mike and Ike’s today by taking part in the Honda trick-or-treating event on Twitter. Just take a picture of yourself in your costume and…
2014 Honda Accord Hybrid When it comes to cars, Kelley Blue Book knows its stuff, so when it recognizes a car as one of the best, it can be a pretty big deal. When it recognizes two different models from the same brand, it’s an even bigger deal. KBB.com, Kelley Blue Book’s website, recently listed…
With the release of the 2014 Honda Civic Coupe and Sedan, how do you think they will compare to last year’s model? Today, the 2014 Honda Civic Coupe and Sedan are available to the public at last, carrying a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) starting out at $18,190 (plus tax, license, registration, and $790 destination…
The quest of the Honda Aircraft Company to put their HondaJet into service next year took another step forward on June 27 when Honda celebrated a successful initial flight from the first production version of the aircraft. “With this first flight, the HondaJet program has entered the next exciting phase as we prepare for delivery,”…
A Honda manufacturing plant in Brazil will soon be powered by Honda wind turbines, like the ones here, which are currently in use at an Ohio plant A Honda manufacturing plant in Brazil will be powered entirely by a wind farm located over 600 miles away. The Honda plant, located in Sumare, Sao Paulo, will…
“I’ve made a huge mistake” Somewhat ironically, the owner of a Honda Insight showed very little insight into the dangers of standing water when he drove his hybrid straight through a flooded underpass in Houston last Tuesday. What makes this video even more fascinating/funny is the fact that it was all captured by a local…
Photo: Honda The Honda Accord has been named to Car and Driver’s 10Best, the annual list of the best vehicles you can buy. If you’re getting a little confused and wondering if you haven’t seen this headline before, we understand — it’s not the first time the Accord has been able to make this claim….
Just two weeks ago, Honda announced that the 2017 Honda Civic Hatchback would be launching in North America sometime this fall. In the announcement, the Japanese automaker said that the car would target top safety ratings from the federal government. Well, the new model has hit its target—today Edmunds.com is reporting that the National Highway…
The future of automakers in the UK is a controversial subject at the moment. The referendum vote for Britain to leave the European Union was quite a shock for manufacturers who export and import from Europe, and some of them are making large waves with their temper tantrums. While other brands play games with the…
Honda has delivered a fresh warning to UK officials that thousands of British jobs could be lost if the nation leaves the EU’s customs union. Meeting with British members of the European Parliament, Honda representatives explained that the government’s plan to leave the union could hurt their profits so substantially that it would be forced…
Photo: United Autosports McLaren boss Zak Brown has admitted that the Formula One team would look “silly” if Honda took a big step forward in 2018. McLaren will be splitting up with Honda at the end of the 2017 season after a difficult three-year partnership. Honda will instead power Toro Rosso and McLaren will go…
Even as technology delivers us newer, stronger, and faster ways to enjoy all of the things we love, sometimes the old fashioned way is simply the better way. An eBook will never be able to that new book smell, and for all the IMAX and 3D options, no megaplex experience can match the feeling of…
Honda’s marketing team has created a new anti-texting-and-driving campaign called #PhoneDownEyesUp, proving that they are as committed to automotive safety as they are to reminding us all of an old (NSFW) 2 Live Crew song. As part of the social media campaign, Honda has been releasing videos that compare the dangers of texting and driving…
Alexander Rossi at the wheel of his Honda-powered IndyCar at the 100th Indy 500 Photo: Doctorindy In 2016, Honda accomplished something historic: it won the 100th Indy 500 with Alexander Rossi, a 24-year-old rookie, at the wheel. He became only the ninth first-year driver in history to win the prestigious race, and now his car…
Little Leaguers in Houston, Texas experienced the ultimate rain delay when consistent flooding throughout 2016 extensively damaged their baseball fields. Fortunately, Honda and its award-winning Ridgeline pickup are stepping up to the plate to provide some much needed run support. Through the Honda Little League Grant Program, the Japanese automaker donated $55,000 to the “Honda…
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