Renault Boss ‘Worried’ About Honda’s F1 Investment

Photo: Joe McGowan Despite planning an all-new Formula One engine for 2019 and making promises to close the gap to Ferrari and Mercedes, Renault is looking over its shoulder at Honda with concern. One of the big talking points of the late 2018 season has been the rapidly improving performance of the Honda engine, which…

2019 Honda Insight Named IIHS Top Safety Pick+

It’s getting increasingly difficult to earn the IIHS’s Top Safety Pick+ award, the most coveted safety recognition in the automotive industry, but the all-new 2019 Honda Insight managed it with remarkable ease, acing every test the institute threw at it. To qualify for the award, a vehicle must earn the highest possible rating of “good”…

2015 Honda Fit Pricing, EPA Ratings Announced

Get ready to get Fit! No, we’re not talking about your abandoned New Year’s Resolution to cut the calories and get in the gym four days a week (hey, you remember that?). We’re talking about the impending release of the 2015 Honda Fit, which is scheduled to being arriving at dealerships across the country within…

Honda Air Bag Recalls Not Hurting Sales

When Skeletor stands by the quality of your product, not even Honda air bag recalls can dissuade customers The recent Honda air bag recalls certainly seem like bad press for the Japanese automaker, but so far, they haven’t had a particularly negative impact on sales. The recall of about 5 million early 2000s Honda vehicles…

Honda Surprises With 20 Percent Rise in Profits

Photo: JD Hancock via CC Today, Honda surprised many by reporting a 20% increase in fiscal first quarter profits. Apparently, the costs of the Japanese automaker’s airbag recall were offset by the benefits of a cheap yen. Honda’s April-June net profit was 186 billion yen ($1.5 billion USD), representing a 155.6 billion yen year-over-year increase….

Pierre Gasly’s Alonso Radio Joke Was to Credit Honda

Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly finished fourth at last weekend’s Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix, giving Honda its best-ever result as an engine manufacturer since it returned to the sport in 2015, and Toro Rosso its joint second best-ever result. On his cooldown lap after the checkered flag, Gasly celebrated the fourth-place finish and thanked…

[Photos] 2017 Honda Pilot Pricing Starts at $30,595

2017 Honda Pilot Elite Honda has announced that the 2017 Honda Pilot will become the latest vehicle in its lineup to receive Apple CarPlay and Android Auto functionality. Additional updates for the 2017 model year include a fingerprint-resistant touchscreen and additional interior color options. Also New from Honda: 2017 Civic Hatchback makes its way to…

Next-Gen Honda Ridgeline Teased in Chicago

The Honda Ridgeline teaser sketch revealed at CAS Honda grabbed most of its headlines at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show by debuting the 2016 Pilot, but that’s not the only thing the automaker is revealing in the Windy City. A new sketch (above) of the next-gen Honda Ridgeline was also unveiled at the event. The automaker’s…