Among electrified vehicles, plug-in hybrids have a bit of a problem. Although they combine the benefits of both electric and conventional hybrid vehicles, they don’t have the benefit of simplicity—electric cars just run on electricity and normal hybrids just work like a regular car, while plug-in hybrids operate as an electric for a shorter distance…
The Honda Civic Type R prototype Fresh off of its world premiere in Paris, Honda will be bringing the new Civic Type R prototype to the 2016 SEMA Show in Las Vegas next week. The hot hatch concept will be making its North American debut at the annual aftermarket trade show, alongside a whole bunch…
One very lucky (and presumably very generous) person will soon get to take home the very first 2017 Honda Civic Type R in the world, when Honda auctions off Vehicle Identification Number 01 online beginning June 7th to raise money for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. The fastest, most powerful Honda ever produced for the…
Photo: Honda If you’ve shopped for a new Honda at any point over the last few years, you’ve probably heard of Honda Sensing. It’s a suite of safety and driver-assistive technologies offered as standard equipment across virtually all Honda models. But what exactly does Honda Sensing do? Honda Sensing is made up of five key…
Honda announced on Wednesday it took a $750 million equity stake in Cruise, General Motors’ autonomous vehicle subsidiary. Over the next 12 years, two companies will together invest $2.75 billion in the development of self-driving vehicles. “This is the logical next step in General Motors and Honda’s relationship, given our joint work on electric vehicles,…
Photo: Honda The 2020 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell is now officially available at select dealerships and comes with a number of notable updates for the new model year. But first, Honda really wants you to start driving cleanly, so it’s offering the car at a competitive lease price of only $379 per month, which includes…
Photo: Honda Honda has announced it will make an all-new hydrogen fuel cell vehicle based on the recently-revealed next-generation 2023 Honda CR-V. The hydrogen variant will go into production next year for the 2024 model year. Honda’s manufacturing center in Marysville, Ohio, will build the zero-emission vehicle, contributing to the company’s goal of having conventional…
Photo: Honda The Suzuka Circuit in Japan ranks among the most iconic race tracks in the world, and is regularly rated by drivers as one of the most fun to lap. And now, it has a new front-wheel-drive track record, set by none other than the new 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition. The…
Photo: Honda The Civic Type R has long been the king of Nürburgring lap records, having claimed and reclaimed the fastest time among front-wheel-drive cars repeatedly over the years. And now it’s happened again. The former top time at the famous Nürburgring Nordschleife, where automakers love to strut their stuff, was set by the 2019…
Christian Horner, Red Bull Racing team principal, and Jim Farley, Ford President and CEO Photo: Ford In 2026, Red Bull Powertrains will partner with Ford to create Formula 1 engines for the Red Bull Racing team. But team principal Christian Horner says that if they had known Honda would be coming back to the sport…
The Mean Mower V2 will make its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, but before that happens, Honda put the mower to work by trimming the lawn at the Duke of Richmond’s estate in preparation for the event. With 190 horsepower under the hood and a maximum lawn-mowing speed of 50 miles per hour,…
The 2014 Honda Insight is an efficient and comfortable compact car. With a modern silhouette that looks a bit like the Toyota Prius at first glance, there’s no doubt that the 2014 Insight makes an impression. The high-tail hatchback body and steeply angled windshield create an aerodynamic shape that allows for optimal fuel efficiency. As…
Honda Roadside Assistance will be standard on all 2015 Honda vehicles, including the Fit (whenever we actually get them) Starting with the all-new 2015 Honda Pilot, which is on sale now, and the 2015 Honda Fit, which we think will be arriving sometime in our life time, all new Honda vehicles will benefit from a…
Freddie Wynn (middle) is who makes a Honda The eighth installment of Honda’s 12-part What Makes a Honda is Who Makes a Honda video series, “Freddie’s Story,” was recently released by the Japanese automaker. The two-minute video highlights Freddie Wynn, a senior production manager at Honda Power Equipment Manufacturing in North Carolina, who climbed his…
Photo: Honda Through the “Key by Amazon” app, Honda owners subscribed to the HondaLink Remote Services connected in-car system will now be able to benefit from Amazon’s in-car delivery service, which makes it possible to have Amazon Prime packages delivered straight to your vehicle. The service comes at no extra cost to owners of select…
Do you ever have one of those moments where you realize that, when it comes to the current cultural zeitgeist, you’ve simply lost the thread? Perhaps you notice everyone around you dancing and singing along to a hit single that you don’t even recognize. Or maybe your friends are excitedly discussing spoilers for season six…
Photo: Honda For the second year running, Kelley Blue Book has named Honda as America’s Best Overall Brand as well as its Most Refined Brand — not to mention its “Best Value Brand,” this one for the fifth consecutive time. Yes, Honda does win a lot of awards. All of these awards were meted out…
Photo: Toyota Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, and other non-unionized manufacturers are opposing a new proposal that would introduce a $2,500 EV tax credit for vehicles produced by union labor. The current EV tax credit is capped at $7,500 and the proposal could potentially raise the limit to $12,500 by adding a $2,500 credit for EVs made…
Photo: Honda Honda America has just opened its first full-scale wind tunnel in East Liberty, Ohio. The automaker says that the new $124-million facility, called Honda Automotive Laboratories of Ohio (or HALO for short), is “the world’s most advanced wind tunnel, with three separate state-of-the-art testing functions — aerodynamic, aeroacoustics, and racing — in one…
Honda’s 2015 IndyCar Super Speedway Aero Kit Today Honda revealed the “Super Speedway” aero kit that its teams will use during this year’s 99th running of the iconic Indianapolis 500. And no, it’s not as awesomely spoiler heavy as this bad boy, but it still looks pretty sharp. Produced by Honda Performance Development, the 2015…
Photo: Honda The 2021 Honda Ridgeline has arrived with rugged new styling, something it had desperately needed to appeal to those for whom function matters more than form. The Ridgeline now looks like a proper truck, though it has always been a proper truck — one with exclusive unibody construction, fully independent suspension, and a…
Today Honda is launching a new app for Apple and Android devices called Honda Road Readers, which will provide Honda drivers with free access to children’s audiobooks that kids and families can listen to during long drives. The Japanese automaker also released an introductory video which provides more details about the educational app: Honda Gives…
What’s more exciting than seeing a full-loaded stock or Indy car barrel down a racetrack? Seeing a tricked-out minivan. A decade ago, this Honda Odyssey–built at the Honda Manufacturing Plant in Lincoln, Alabama–underwent numerous upgrades and modifications to become the Racing Odyssey. The 2005 Honda Racing Odyssey minivan is a testament to the brand’s passion…
Red Bull Racing is so far enjoying its best-ever season since Formula One’s turbo hybrid V6 engine era began in 2014, having won three of the first 10 races, equaling Mercedes’ record so far into the season. And though it is lagging behind in the standings, the team still has a slim chance at fighting…
The 2021 EPA Automotive Trends Report shows that Honda has the highest fleet average fuel economy and lowest fleet average CO2 emissions among all “full-line” automakers in America, a repeat of its performance in the 2020 report as well as in the 2019 report. The EPA found that over a period of five model years,…
Photo: Jake Archibald At the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix yesterday, Fernando Alonso once again retired his McLaren–Honda Formula One car from the race while claiming to have a reliability issue: “Engine problem, engine problem,” he lamented on the radio, as he had at other races before. And yet there were no visual signs that anything…
Honda and Scuderia Toro Rosso were ecstatic after the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix, where the Formula One team earned its best-ever result of the new hybrid engine era. But at the following race in China, the team failed to score any points, leaving both Toro Rosso and Honda scratching their heads at why the STR13…
Honda S660 Concept – Photo by Morio File this one under “rumors that sound altogether plausible but that will be taken with a grain of salt until we see something a bit more concrete.” It’s an easy enough department to find; it’s the shelf next to “rumors that have almost no possibility of realization but…
The Honda HR-V was confirmed for production in the United States. Last week, we discussed the possibility of Honda’s all-new Fit-based crossover being named the Honda H-RV, as that’s what the rumor mill had been churning out. As it usually is in the automotive community, the rumor mill proved correct, as Honda officially introduced the…
Honda has finally revealed further details about the pricing and EPA ratings for the all-new Insight sedan. The car will start at $22,830 (excluding an $895 destination charge) and will boast an estimated 55 mpg in the city, 49 mpg on the highway, and 52 mpg combined. The new hybrid will be available at three…
The new Honda FCV Concept, which was unveiled yesterday in Japan On Sunday, the Honda FCV Concept had its world premiere in the automaker’s home country of Japan. The car manufacturer’s new fuel-cell vehicle concept is intended to arrive at Japanese dealerships in March of 2016, followed by launches in Europe and the US. Showcasing…
Last week, Honda unveiled the Honda Civic Type R Concept at the Geneva Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland. The concept previews the future exterior design styling for the Type R that will bow in Europe next year. Honda is promoting the Honda Civic Type R Concept as a “racing car for the road,” instead of…
The Honda Civic Tour is back for the summer, with this year’s Honda-sponsored concert tour being headlined by the multi-platinum band OneRepublic. Fitz and the Tantrums and James Arthur will also appear as supporting acts on the North American tour, which is now in its sixteenth year. All new for this year’s Honda Civic Tour…
Red Bull Racing celebrates Alexander Albon’s first F1 podium finish at the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix Photo: Honda Honda will officially pull out of Formula 1 after the 2021 season, leaving the Red Bull Racing team and its sister organization, AlphaTauri, in a tricky situation. So far, the most likely eventuality is that the energy…
Photo: Honda Unfortunately for Red Bull Racing’s title challenge, Honda has confirmed that Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez’s engines are irreparable after the damage they sustained at the British and Hungarian Grands Prix, respectively. Championship rival Lewis Hamilton had crashed into Verstappen at the British Grand Prix in Silverstone, which led to a lot of…
The Honda Ridgeline has once again been named in Car and Driver magazine’s annual list of the “10Best Trucks and SUVs,” its third consecutive appearance. The Ridgeline took top honors in the midsize pickup category, which is populated by strong opponents the likes of the Toyota Tacoma and Chevrolet Colorado. To determine the award winners,…
A profitable EV might be just around the corner for GM Photo: Chevrolet General Motors has repeatedly stated that EVs will make up a large portion of its vehicle offerings moving forward. Many automakers and analysts might consider this move a risk, as EVs currently struggle to be profitable. Yet, GM’s CEO Mary Barra believes…
Five Honda models were recognized in the 2018 Kelley Blue Book Resale Value Awards, which honor the brands and vehicles that deliver the best resale value after three and five years of ownership. The awards take into account various factors when projecting how well a vehicle will hold its value, including vehicle and sales data,…
Today Honda announced its endorsement of the “Smart Columbus Plan,” a proposal put forth by the city of Columbus, Ohio, to win the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Smart City Challenge. Honda, which bases its North American manufacturing operations in central Ohio, has also pledged to partner with Columbus in a variety of transportation innovations,…
The 2015 Honda Jazz, which is set to debut in Paris next month Honda is previewing the next-generation 2015 Jazz with some new photos, although the car won’t have its official unveiling until early next month at the 2014 Paris Motor Show. The Jazz is essentially just the European version of what we Americans call…
A Honda Fit “Races to the Clouds” at the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb For the third consecutive year, Honda is sponsoring the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, the legendary “Race to the Clouds” that will have its 93rd running on Sunday, June 28, 2015. Honda vehicles will be participating in the event…
Photo: Honda Historically, automakers have prioritized rugged performance over comfort when it comes to trucks. If you’re looking for a truck that’s comfortable for long drives but also rugged enough to take on dirty trucks, take a look at the 2020 Honda Ridgeline. Now in its second generation, this ride has the features it needs…
Folks, it’s the end of an era. Remember back in December when reports starting rolling in saying that Honda was planning on dropping the ax on the Insight? Well, we now know for certain that the Honda Insight has reached the end of its road. Honda Insight production will come to a screeching halt this…
Dave’s Ridgeline is this brilliant red color. The all-new 2017 Honda Ridgeline scooped up one of the auto world’s most prestigious awards at the Detroit Auto Show this year, driving home with the North American Truck of the Year trophy. That’s all well and good, but how does it actually hold up against the competition?…
Recently, longtime rivals Ford and General Motors put aside their differences and teamed up to create a 10-speed automatic transmission for their high-horsepower vehicles. GM first debuted the 10-speed gearbox in the automaker’s 2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1, and announced plans to offer the transmission in seven other vehicles by 2018, while Ford will first feature…
Photo: Honda With a shutdown lasting from the end of March to early May, 2020 was a difficult year for every car manufacturer. But sales had rebounded by the fall season, and by the end of the year, brands like Honda had managed to recuperate some of their losses. The Japanese automaker reports that in…
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…
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…
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…
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