The Japanese at Honda are well aware of the life many of their imports lead in the U.S. and so they took SEMA seriously. Besides offering quite a lot of customized versions of the 2011 Honda CR-Z they also launched a very special version of the hybrid hatchback. Meet the 2011 Honda CR-Z Mugen limited edition. The limited part of...
The Japanese over at Honda have decided to hit the JDM with a limited edition of the 2011 Civic Type R. It sounds weird doesn't it? Actually, it only sounds weird because there is some information missing. The actual limited edition of the 2011 Honda Civic Type R that'll soon be launched in Japan is something they didn't have there...
Few days ago Toyota faced a big recall of 1,5+ million units due to some brake fluid leak problems caused by the components supplied by the Japanese firm ADVICS Co., the same supplier that caused this recall for Honda, the reason being exactly the same. However, the Japanese manufacturer claims that there was not any incident happened by this problem,...
Those of you with good memories or those who are at least slightly passionate about automotive history will remember that Soichiro Honda, the company's founder, had an important dream of being at the cutting edge. Part of this dream lead to his success but today the announcement came from his company according to which they are on the verge of...
Introduced at Paris, the Jazz Hybrid already received more than 10,000 orders. The Japanese manufacturer announced unexpected sales, in just two days the Honda Jazz Hybrid managed to collect more than 10,000 orders. As the Jazz Hybrid is able to obtain low fuel consumption of just 4.4 liters/100 km and CO2 emissions of 104 g/km, the Japanese manufacturer claimed that...
The all-new Honda Jazz Hybrid manages to fit the hybrid propulsion system without compromising the interior or the trunk space. The hybrid system manages to keep the CO2 emissions at a level of 104 g/km while the fuel consumption estimated by people from Honda 4.4 l/100 km. IMA Hybrid technology was fitted on the Honda's hatchback together with the Magic...
It seems Honda got a bit of the previous recall spree because the car manufacturer recalled 3,336 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour units for inspection. The said cars are located in the United States and the reason: the front passenger arbag. Why all this commotion? Well, according to Honda, the some modules of the front passenger airbag didn't meet a federal...
People at Wraptivo together with the help of other numerous companies will prepare the CR-Z Type-F concept that is waited to hit the 2010 edition of SEMA Auto Show that will start in early November. The concept model received a more complex body paint being wrapped in Wraptivo™ Matte Black and Carbon Black Film. Honda CR-Z Type-F will benefit from...
NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) forced Honda to recall nearly 400.000, to be more precised, 383.000 units due to a malfunction of the ignition interlock system, a system that could go wrong and let the driver to pull out the key while the car is running. The Honda models affected by this recall are Civic, Accord and Element, and...
Even the current Honda Insight hybrid model was launched about a year ago, it gets a facelift version that improves some not very critical features of the car, such as the interior. Handling problems were reported for Insight model by customers, this facelift bringing also some improvements to the suspension in order to resolve the problems reported, but these changes...
The Automobile Club de l'Ouest announced revised technical regulations that will go into effect for the 2011 season and the current LMP1 and LMP2 classes will be combined into a single class based on the current P2 regulations but with smaller racing engines. The new rules also imply the creation of a new P2 class but that's least relevant right...
Honda have announced the plan that's destined to get its Chinese employees back to work and all it's plants in the People's Republic up and running again. The workers that staged a walk out that lead to the closing of four Honda plants in China have been demanding an increase of over 50 per cent in pay and benefits as...
The growing labor issues in China have hit home and Japanese car maker, Honda is the first victim of the situation. Yesterday, May 29th, Honda had shut all four of its Chinese plants as a result of massive strikes of company employees. The problem isn't new as the manifestations started round the middle of the month, with the 17th being...
Honda's slogan "Power of dreams" may not be enough to get their biggest dream accomplished on time. Honda has forever been telling us about the dream of taking flight and in recent years they have been coming forward with operational crafts. Production versions of those aircrafts however seem to take a lot more effort than that to come to life...
The current Honda Civic is one of the cars that you see everyday and to be honest it's one of my favorite looking mainstream cars. Somehow people think it's in a big need of a redesign or a facelift. I'm not one of those guys who thinks old cars make the world go round but i really don't think that...
News from the 2010 Beijing Motor Show just keep trickling in and the latest are from Honda. Honda have just announced that they will have a new car ready for production by the end of 2011. What's special about this particular 2011 car is that it's going to be based on Honda's LI NIAN brand with the Everus concept. If...
Honda has just announced that come August 2010 the Sedan version of the Civic Type R will no longer be made. In order to even out this decision Honda has announced that they will the three-door Civic Type R Euro hatchback into Japan. The current Civic Type R sedan was only sold in Japan and quite a few of them...
A couple of days ago Honda revealed it's new EV-neo electric scooter prototype and made a very interesting announcement in the process. Honda plans to start leasing it in Japan by December this year. The EV-neo scooter has a lithium-ion battery and a brushless electric motor. The lithium-ion battery supplied in the electric scooter is developed by Toshiba and when...
First of all let me tell you that in Germany the starting price of the little Japanese coupe hybrid Honda CR-Z is decent, quite attractive, it’s a little bit over 20.000 euro. To be more specific, the base price for this Honda CR-Z version in Germany, is 21.990 euro, with just 1000 euro expensive compared with the base version of...
We have here the first hybrid with manual gear box from the world, this is the series version of the Honda CR-Z dedicated to the youth from around the world. This Honda CR-Z was presented at Detroit 2010 Showroom and is the first hybrid specially made for the youth. As you already seen this Honda CR-Z comes with a design...
