Small cars are hot commodities this year as oil prices skyrocket over $100/bbl in the U.S., emissions standards creep ever higher and electric vehicles begin nipping at the edges of the public consciousness as a real possibility. Despite the seemingly short future for petrol-powered cars, small and efficient vehicles can provide very good […]
While the folks at Tesla, ZAP! and other electric car manufacturers may take umbrage with the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) choice of the natural gas-powered Honda Civic GX as its Greenest Vehicle of 2008, for an internal combustion powered car, the Civic GX is as clean as they come. Ranking […]
The U.S. may be the biggest market for hybrid cars but Honda’s next petrol-electric model will be designed primarily to suit the European market. Both the styling and engineering of the new model, tipped to be a small hybrid sports coupe, will be influenced heavily by European tastes and the car’s final development […]
Although Honda was first to the mass-market with its Insight hybrid in the U.S., the tiny form-factor made it less than practical for most buyers. Consequently, Toyota’s Prius ran off with the hybrid crown when it came along with seating for five. The Honda Civic hybrid has been making some inroads, but its similar price […]
Honda is investigating ways of recapturing heat energy lost through a car’s exhaust to help generate electricity and power an electric motor for a new generation of ultra-efficient hybrid cars. Conventional internal combustion engines waste a lot of energy in creating heat, but by applying a ‘Rankine cycle,’ a process where hot exhaust gases are […]
Earlier today we were treated with the reveal of the Acura TSX sedan and now Honda has released details about its Accord Euro stablemate. As the images reveal the new Accord Euro’s styling is an evolution of the current model, although it’s significantly wider and slightly lower than its predecessor, and adopts a […]
Update: The 2009 Honda Accord Euro has been released. Click here for the latest story.
Honda’s upcoming Accord Euro (Acura TSX) has been spotted again, this time in its ‘Tourer’ wagon bodystyle. Last week we saw a disguised version of the sedan testing in sunny California and now the car has been spotted […]
Honda has promised its hundreds of formula one staff a $2000 bonus should Jenson Button or Rubens Barrichello win a race in 2008. The move, which would cost the Brackley based team in excess of $1.5m per victory, would apply not only to mechanics and engineers but also to the cleaners of the Brackley factory, […]
Update: The 2009 Honda Accord Euro (Acura TSX) has been released. Click here for the latest story.
Last month Honda released official teaser images for its next-generation Accord Euro, and now we have images of an actual sedan prototype undergoing testing in California. In the U.S. the car will be sold as the […]
Influential magazine Consumer Reports has come out with its annual list of the top rated car brands and once again Japanese makes have dominated the field. First and second places were taken up by Toyota and Honda but this year’s result also saw U.S. automakers improve their standings, with three of the top five spots […]
The Geneva Motor Show is a little over a month away and already the first teaser shots of some of the major highlights have been revealed. Earlier this week images of the facelifted SL were leaked, then Mazda revealed its new Mazda2 three-door, and now Honda has released several teaser shots of its […]
Acura may be having troubling with the design of its NSX flagship but the launch of its next-generation TSX (Accord Euro) is still on track for a mid-2009 introduction. The model will adopt styling similar to that previewed by the Honda Tourer concept unveiled at last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show and it will also be […]
Nissan’s recently launched GT-R has been met with much acclaim and Lexus’ upcoming LF-A supercar is showing great promise, so now the pressure is on Honda and its Acura division to wow the automotive world with a new version of the legendary NSX supercar. Acura previewed one possible design at last year’s Detroit Auto Show […]
This year’s Tokyo Auto Salon has come and gone but with all the coverage of the coinciding Detroit Auto Show many of the modified motors were launched with barely a mention. One car that didn’t fail to get our attention was the Mugen prepped Honda Civic Type-RR Experiment Spec, which also debuted a […]
A prototype of the next-generation Honda Pilot was unveiled today at the Detroit Auto Show, just months ahead of the production version’s debut pencilled in for the second quarter of the year. Honda is calling its new Pilot a crossover-SUV, because it apparently offers the benefits of both a car and a truck. […]