According to reports coming from dealers, Honda will be offering a mid-cycle update to the Honda Civic sedan this fall – just 18 months after the new model was launched. The move signals a rush to improve the Civic in time for the 2013 model year after it received critical reviews from Consumer Reports and [...]
Interested, perhaps distracted by the sucess of the Nissan Quashai compact crossover, Honda wants to jump in the game with a shrunken CR-V, which temporarily will be known as the Civic SUV until Honda publish a name for it. Initially, the concept drew me some worry, thinking there might be some Mercedes-esque micro niching going [...]
A $10,000 lawsuit has been filed against Honda Motor Co. by a Los Angeles woman who claims her Civic Hybrid doesn’t meet its gas mileage outlook. The claim was filed on Tuesday in American Honda headquarters city of Torrance, CA small claims court by 46 year old Heather Peters. Peters claims that the 50 mpg [...]
Recently, angsty consumers and of course ‘the internet’ have not been kind to the new and perhaps uninspired Honda Civic; there is some hope though as Consumer Reports has just awarded the sportier Civic Si the “recommended” designation. The news comes from a comparo between the Si and the VW Jetta GLI; though many feel [...]
Honda says that it finally has a diesel engine that should worry its European competitors. Setting the Volkswagen Group diesel engine as a benchmark, Honda says that it has built a new 120-hp 1.6 liter diesel engine that can produce a strong 221 lb-ft while emitting a CO2 level of less than 100 grams per [...]
Earlier this week, Honda released the first details and images of the upcoming Honda CR-Z ICF, a performance version of the hybrid hatchback developed by the company’s in-house tuning firm Mugen. Showing its commitment to performance models, senior sources at Honda have confirmed that the company will indeed be doing a new version of the [...]
Here’s a bit of news that may be a bit depressing if you just purchased the new Civic. Honda‘s CEO Takanobu Ito says that he takes personal responsibility for the redesigned 2012 Civic’s poor reception and sales performance in the United States since the car launched in April. “The ultimate responsibility rests with me,” Ito [...]
The Honda Civic has always been the compact sedan of choice here in the United States but as of recent, the segment has introduced some other strong competitors including the new Chevrolet Cruze and the Hyundai Elantra. There is no doubt that the new Civic is struggling here in the United States. But how about [...]
At the 2011 LA Auto Show, the GreenCar Journal awarded the new Honda Civic Natural Gas its 2012 Green Car of the Year winner. “There is no other vehicle like the Civic Natural Gas on American highways, and this recognition has been a long time coming for Honda,” said Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of [...]
When the 2012 Honda Civic made its debut in April, it was chastised by many publications for being a horrible redesign and re-engineering. Consumer Reports went as far as to remove the Civic from its list of ‘recommended’ vehicles and called it ‘cheap’ and ‘insubstantial.’ A review by the Wall Street Journal called it ‘a [...]
