Honda Cars : Honda Jazz G2 ARC Race Car Teased In New Artwork | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Honda Australia has released new teaser artwork for the upcoming Jazz G2 racing car, ahead of its debut in next year's Australian Rally Championship.The carmaker's local arm will field two Jazz cars in the series, designed to the championionship's two-wheel-drive G2 specification.Power for the Jazz ARC cars will be provided by Mugen-prepared 2.0 litre four-cylinder engines, delivering 183kW at 9000rpm and 193Nm of torque.In its regular road-going...

Honda Cars : Honda Reinvents Regenerative Braking for Fit EV | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

By Brad BermanAs we discussed in October, the secret sauce of a good electric car is not how it accelerates, but how it brakes. Yesterday, I had two short rides in the Honda Fit EV at the company’s Twin Ring Motegi complex north of Tokyo—prior to my visit to the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show today. My driving impressions from behind the wheel are embargoed until Dec. 5—but I’m free to report on my discussion with Kunimichi Hatano, the engineer who created...

Honda Cars : Honda plants to resume full production | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Honda Motor's plants in Japan and North America are set to resume full production following disruption to parts caused by floods in Thailand.Honda said full production in Japan at the Suzuka and Saitama factories will resume from 5 December while output at its six plants in the US and Canada will return to normal levels from tomorrow (1 December).Production for January onwards will be decided while monitoring the situation.Honda said all water at...

Honda Cars : Honda CEO Interview | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

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Honda Cars : Honda EV-Ster Concept - Tokyo Motor Show 2011 | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

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Honda Cars : Honda Exhibits World Premiere of EV-STER the next-generation electric small sports concept | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

TOKYO, Japan, November 30, 2011 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. will exhibit the world premiere of the EV-STER, the next-generation electric small sports concept model, at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show 2011, which will take place at Tokyo Big Sight from Saturday, December 3 through Sunday, December 11, 2011.Featuring a dynamic and innovative styling design and excellent environmental performance, the EV-STER, an electric rear-wheel-drive two-seater convertible...

Honda Cars : Honda CEO Says Civic will Improve, Shoots Down F1 Rumors | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Honda's chief executive acknowledged that the 2012 Civic has fallen flat with critics--accepting personal accountability--and said the company is considering ways to upgrade the car in light of stiffer competition.The Civic was revealed at the New York auto show in April and launched soon after. Though it remains fuel efficient and popular with many consumers, detractors have said the car's styling is too similar to that of the previous generation,...

Honda Cars : The 42nd Tokyo Motor Show 2011 Speech of Takanobu Ito President and Chief Executive Officer | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Honda captured the "triple crown" that is the Contractor, Rider and Team Championships in this year's MotoGP. I would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the support and enthusiasm of Honda fans around the world.Motorsports is at the origin of Honda and is part of our DNA. After watching the MotoGP races all year, I wanted to experience for myself the overwhelming acceleration of the actual MotoGP machine which took our...

Honda Cars : Honda Announces Revolutionary Next-generation "Earth Dreams Technology" -New plan calls for top-of-industry fuel efficiency in every vehicle class wit | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

TOKYO, Japan, November 30, 2011 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the outline for a revolutionary next-generation technology for automobiles called "Earth Dreams Technology.""Earth Dreams Technology" is a next generation set of technological advancements which greatly enhance both driving performance and fuel efficiency at a high level, using as its base advanced environmental technologies to pursue the joy of driving unique to Honda. It is...

Honda Cars : Honda to Begin Sales of N BOX, First Model of New Mini-vehicle N Series | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

TOKYO, Japan, November 30, 2011 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced it will begin sales of the N BOX, the first model of the new mini-vehicle N Series, on December 16, 2011. Honda created the N Series with a passion to create the best and new vehicle for Japan, and a newly-designed platform and powertrain were adopted for the N Series models.Honda, which has great experience in producing minivans, developed the N BOX with the goal of creating...

Honda Cars : Honda Launches 2012 CR-V Crossover in Japan, gets 2.0L and 2.4L Engines | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Japanese buyers will be the first to receive the all-new fourth-generation CR-V, as Honda announced today that the 2012 CR-V would go on sale at dealerships across the country on December 2, approximately two week ahead of its U.S. launch that's slated for December 15 and almost a year before it reaches European showrooms next fall. The new CR-V, which we first saw at the Los Angeles Auto Show earlier this month, will be offered in Japan in two flavors,...

Honda Cars : 2011 Tokyo Auto Show: Subaru BR-Z Revealed | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

We’ve already seen one result of the joint project between Toyota and Subaru, the Toyota GT 86, and now we have the official photos of Subaru’s variant, the BRZ. By now, nothing about the BRZ is much of a surprise even though we anxiously await the world debut at the Tokyo Motor Show.The rear-wheel-drive BRZ will be powered by a 2.0L Horizontally-Opposed Boxer Engine with 200-hp and 151 lb-ft of torque. Transmission options will be either a six-speed...

Honda Cars : Toyota FT-86 Get Production Name GT-86 | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

We finally have official specs and details about the production model of Toyota's FT-86 small sports car, one of which is its new name: the Toyota GT 86.At least, it will be known as the GT 86 in the European market. In the Japanese market, it may be simply known as the Toyota 86 or Hachiroku in the Japanese tongue. And when the model reaches U.S. shores next year, it may do so wearing a Scion badge with an FR-S or similar nameplate.We already knew...

Honda Cars : Stuntbusters: 1962 Cadillac VS 2002 Cadillac Head-On Collision | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

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Honda Cars : Lamborghini SUV Rendering Released | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Did you think hat you’ve heard the last of the Lambo SUV? Think again, as the dreaded brand dilutor has risen to attention once again, thanks to a set of four renderings created by digitec-ve.com graphics designer Alexander Kostur.We still can’t say for sure if this vehicle is coming to market or not, since there have been no prototype spotting images yet. But if it does, the off-roading Lamborghini is likely to look a bit like this. Don’t expect...

Honda Cars : Honda, McLaren Rumored to Join Forces in F1 Again | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

One of the most successful partnerships in the history of Formula 1 has to be the combination of a Honda engine in a McLaren chassis and body, with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost behind the wheel. It was the perfect partnership which saw the team win many races and championships.Over the last 16-years, McLaren has found much success by giving their driver’s Mercedes-Benz power. However, for the last two-years, Mercedes-Benz has been running its own...

Honda Cars : Honda CR-V line in Ohio starts Tuesday despite Thai floods | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Production of the new all-new 2012 Honda CR-V starts Tuesday in East Liberty, Ohio, despite flooding in Thailand that is causing trouble for suppliers. The new 2012 model will be in showrooms in December.These new pictures of Honda vehicles damaged by the floods underscore its severity. Hundreds of new vehicles awaiting shipment were swamped. While finished vehicles are not the issue for the Thailand plant, the floods have caused havoc when it comes...

Honda Cars : Theophilus Chin asks; What if the new CRV had the CrossTours Roof (like a BMW X4)? | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Keep in mind that this is purely a speculative 'shop', and is not on Honda's radar (as far as I know).... Great job though....I got curious about how the CR-V will look with the Crosstour’s roof. This is the result. It’s lower than the CR-s in head room and in ground clearance. Will Honda build this? Well, there will be such car soon from BMW, the X4.Source;http://www.theophiluschin.com/?p=3...

Honda Cars : Are Volkswagen’s media vehicles the same as what you can buy? | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

When a consumer reads a road test—from any source—they want to know that the reviewer isn’t playing games with the results, such as holding back data to make one product gain an unfair advantage. Equally, consumers want to know that the product delivers as advertised: that the smart phone battery does last the 8 hours between charges….that the music player does hold 16 gigs of data…that the toaster does accommodate Texas Toast.But manufacturers try...

Honda Cars : Leftlane News: Next Gen Nissan Altima Spyshots | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

By Andrew GanzMonday, Nov 21st, 2011 @ 3:08 pmNissan’s strong-selling Altima has been a hit for the Japanese automaker since its mid-1990s debut, but a fifth-generation model is just around the corner.Our spy braved a torrential downpour to discover a a bright red Altima sedan covered in camouflage. But despite the presence of the camo, it’s not hard to make out the new Altima’s curves.From the rear, we can easily see that the back fenders and the...

Honda Cars : Car and Driver; In Depth with the 2012 Honda CRV | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Compact crossovers are a little like toothbrushes. They perform a necessary function, but they’re rarely exciting. Everybody needs a toothbrush, though, and toothbrush manufacturers want to outsell their competitors, so we have wear-indicating bristles, flexible split heads, integrated tongue-and-cheek scrapers, and the like.Accordingly, much of Honda’s technical presentation on the new CR-V focused on the next-gen mini-ute’s new features, including...

Honda Cars : Honda CR-V makes basic tech standard to compete in the hot cute ute market | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

By Bill Howard on November 18, 2011 at 2:00 pmThe basics of the connected life are standard on the new Honda CR-V SUV: a USB jack, Bluetooth, text reader, dashboard control of Pandora, and at least one color display. It’s Honda’s way of staying competitive in the burgeoning market for small sport utility vehicles, the so-called cute ute segment. The 2013 Honda CR-V is one of the best, although the equally-new Ford Escape has even more tech available,...