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 [...]
Honda announced today that it is expanded a previous recall of certain 2001 through 2003 model-year Honda and Acura brand vehicles to replace the driver’s airbag inflator originally install in around 273,000 vehicles in the United States. The recall covers an additional 917,267 vehicles. Honda said that “affected driver’s airbag inflators may deploy with too [...]
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 [...]
At the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show today, Honda dropped a revamped lineup of 4 and 6-cylinder engines along with a family of continuously variable transmissions. Both of the new products will make it to the roads over the next two years. Known as the ‘Earth Dreams Technology’ lineup, the engines and transmissions are a next [...]
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 [...]
In an attempt to woo journalists, visitors and tuners, Honda presented the new Civic Si coupe and sedan, Compass360 Racing Honda Performance Development (HPD) Civic racecar and an Accord Coupe HPF Concept at this years SEMA show. As we now know, there will be a earlier-than-expected Civic refresh, but at SEMA, Honda is drawing on [...]
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 [...]
Fox Marketing is providing the tuner kit for the Honda Civic Si for the upcoming SEMA show that leaves little portion of the car without a change or an upgrade. Power mods stack up to provide 450hp, and include a Full-Race intercooled turbo kit for the motor, featuring a BorgWarner EFTR turbo borrowed from the [...]
