Photo: Honda Takuma Sato should probably thank Fernando Alonso. So far, every time the Spaniard starts in the Indianapolis 500, Sato ends up winning the race. But while Alonso’s first outing at the Brickyard was marred by numerous Honda engine failures, the Japanese manufacturer came back in force for this year’s event. Sold Out: Honda…
Photo: Honda IndyCar has announced that the first four events of the 2020 calendar will be postponed due to the ongoing concerns over COVID-19, including the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg that was originally scheduled to take place this weekend. The other suspended events are the Grand Prix of Alabama (originally to be held on…
Photo: Honda The 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix was one of the most ridiculously unpredictable Formula 1 races in a long time. It kicked off with carnage as Valtteri Bottas missed his braking point and rear-ended Lando Norris, sending him crashing into Max Verstappen. Bottas, at this point no longer in control of his car, then…
Six Honda cars have so far earned a Top Safety Pick rating… It’s the 35th time the Accord has been featured on the list in its 38-year history, and the 24th time in a row. The automaker was keen to point out this was a record, but of course, the previous record was held by…
Takahiro Hachigo (middle) has a 35-year history with Honda The prestigious Honda Motor Company has seen quite a few leaders come and go in the past 30 years. With Takahiro Hachigo as the eighth president of the company, many are hoping he can be decisive and creative enough to efficiently get the company headed in…
Dealerships still have margin to extract more dollars out of customers faced with limited availability of the cars they want… The 2022 Mirai is a rear-wheel drive fuel-cell electric vehicle with an EPA-estimated, zero-emission range of 402 miles… At first glance, its 23-horsepower increase might not seem like a lot, but the engine has been…
Photo: Honda Honda has begun producing vital ventilator parts for COVID-19 patients at its technical development center in Marysville, Ohio. The automaker teamed up with Dynaflo, a manufacturer of valves, pumps, and compressors, to help it increase its production of diaphragm compressors. These are a key component of portal ventilators that hospitals and first responders…
Photo: Honda The FIA has announced it will not review (again) the crash between Formula 1 drivers Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, as requested by Red Bull Racing, because the team failed to bring forward any significant new evidence that had not already been available to the stewards at the time of the British Grand…
It’s Facebook official, so you know it’s true: Skeletor and He-Man are friends now, according to Honda Toy Tunes With the exception of those lame Fred Savage-narrated home movies, Honda has been on a real roll lately when it comes to its promotional videos. From the OK Go music video featuring Honda UNI-CUBs, to the awesome…
Tyrone Johnson, Focus RS chief engineer Ford’s new Focus RS has been winning awards seemingly left and right, from the 2016 Vehicle Dynamics International Car of the Year to Top Gear Magazine’s 2016 Car of the Year. The 350-horsepower hot hatch added two additional trophies to its resume last month, with one honoring the man…
Photo: Toyota It’s a strange world when most of the auto industry is going full-steam-ahead toward electric vehicles — and one of the manufacturers content to continue making manual sports cars is…Toyota. But that’s the world we’re in, and we’re not complaining. After much anticipation, the Japanese automaker has finally launched the GR Corolla, a…
Honda’s 3E Robotics Concept suite While Honda is mostly known as an automaker, those who follow the brand a little more closely know that it also likes to delve into the world of robotics and mobility. Just ahead of CES 2018 (January 9th through the 12th), Honda released a video preview of four tiny, adorable…
The Honda Ridgeline offers all the capabilities consumers expect from a pickup truck, but as it bears a Honda badge and shares some of its underpinnings with the Pilot crossover and Odyssey minivan, some have understandable apprehensions about what it can really do. To put that unease to rest, the Japanese automaker arrived at this…
The all-new 2018 Honda Fit Sport trim Honda revealed the refreshed 2018 Fit today, which will go on sale next month with new styling, the addition of a Sport trim, and available Honda Sensing safety features. This marks the popular hatchback’s first update since the launch of the 2015 model in 2014. The updated styling and…
Honda promotes the Fit for its fuel efficiency, its spaciousness, and its affordability. Rarely, though, do they market the small hatchback as an off-roading vehicle that’s perfect for your next adventure into the wilderness. As this video of an AWD Honda Fit proves, that’s a big missed opportunity. Take a look: It’s no Jeep, but…
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