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  • McLaren Formula One driver Stoffel Vandoorne samples the 2017 Honda Civic Type R

    McLaren Formula One driver Stoffel Vandoorne took some time out from his busy schedule for this weekend’s 2017 Australian Grand Prix to sample the 2017 Honda Civic Type R. Vandoorne, whose McLaren race car is also powered by a Honda engine, is one of the first people outside of Honda to get behind the wheel of the hot hatch. “It’s a superb looking car and faithful to the ethos of what makes the Type R great—a superb engine, excellent dynamics and Honda’s proven quality and reliability,” Vandoorne said of the car. The newest Civic Type R made its world debut...

  • Honda NM4-based concept motorcycle from ‘Ghost in the Shell’
    Futuristic Honda motorcycle to star in ‘Ghost in the Shell’

    “Ghost in the Shell” is an upcoming movie based on a popular Japanese manga of the same name. It’s set in a future city landscape which means audiences will be treated to some advanced technologies and vehicles, one of which will be a futuristic motorcycle designed by Honda. The...

  • 2017 Honda Civic Type R, 2017 Geneva auto show
    2017 Honda Civic Type R video preview

    It's the moment so many American Honda performance enthusiasts... no, scratch that, performance enthusiasts have been waiting for: the 2017 Honda Civic Type R is here, and it's coming soon to showrooms in the United States. Yes, you heard me correctly, it's coming to the U.S. to challenge the Ford...

  • 2017 Honda Civic Type R, 2017 Geneva auto show
    2017 Honda Civic Type R is here to roast some front tires

    It's the day many enthusiasts have been waiting for: The 2017 Honda Civic Type R has arrived in production trim, and it's coming to the United States. Debuting on Tuesday at the 2017 Geneva auto show, and heading to U.S. showrooms late this spring, the 2017 Honda Civic Type R is set to battle the...

  • 2017 Honda Civic Type R leaked - Image via Autocar
    2017 Honda Civic Type R leaks ahead of Geneva debut

    Honda is set to unveil its new Civic Type R at next week’s 2017 Geneva auto show but photos have already leaked. These two photos posted to Autocar reveal the new Civic Type R in great detail and confirm the car will closely match the “prototype” version Honda has been trotting...

  • Honda Project 2&4 concept, 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show
    Honda files patent for car inspired by 2&4 track car concept

    It appears that Honda might be serious about its wonderful Project 2&4 concept. If you're not familiar, this was a roadster originally shown to the public at the 2015 Frankfurt auto show. Honda designers developed a concept vehicle that attempted to bridge the gap between the world of...

  • Honda has built a motorcycle that self balances

    Do you wake up thinking about the effects of positive and negative trail length and their relation to motorcycle stability? No? Well, we're going to change that because you're going to learn a little bit about just that topic today. Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained is here to walk you through those ideas because they're critically important to an extremely interesting concept motorcycle created by Honda. This two-wheeler is capable of balancing on its own without the help of a kickstand and it doesn't use a gyroscope. The motorcycle is called the Riding Assist Concept, and that name...

  • 2009 Honda S2000
    Is Honda bringing back the S2000 with a boosted engine?

    Honda fans have been hankering for the return of the S2000 for years. The drop-top sports car disappeared from the market in 2009, and lovers of rev-happy hoonage have been crying out for something to replace it ever since. Yes, the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ are here and the Mazda Miata hasn't gone...

  • General Motors Brownstown Township factory for assembly of Chevrolet Volt battery packs
    GM, Honda form joint venture for mass production of fuel cells

    General Motors and Honda on Tuesday announced plans to produce a next-generation hydrogen fuel cell system together starting around 2020. The two automakers are making equal investments totaling $85 million in the joint venture, labeled Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, and will use the resulting...

  • 2017 Honda Civic Type R Black Edition
    Honda sends out current Civic Type R with Black Edition

    The Honda Civic Type R finally reaches the United States this year, but the car we’re getting is a different beast to the Civic Type R launched elsewhere less than two years ago. That Civic Type R was based on the previous-generation Civic Hatchback sold outside the U.S., and Honda has...

  • 2018 Honda Odyssey, 2017 Detroit auto show
    2018 Honda Odyssey debuts with 280-hp V-6, 10-speed auto

    Honda on Monday unveiled its redesigned Odyssey at the 2017 Detroit auto show. The minivan will arrive in showrooms this year, as a 2018 model, replacing the current Odyssey which has been on sale since 2011. It represents the fifth generation of the North American-market Odyssey. The redesigned...

  • Honda NeuV concept, 2017 Consumer Electronics Show
    Honda unveils NeuV and Riding Assist concepts at 2017 CES

    Honda’s theme of its 2017 Consumer Electronics Show presence is something it calls the Cooperative Mobility Ecosystem, where via artificial intelligence, robotics and big data the various aspects of one’s life are combined in order to foster safer, more productive use of time. For...

  • Honda Civic Type R Prototype, 2016 Paris auto show

    Update: In response to a report that the upcoming Civic Type R will be available with a CVT, Honda has confirmed that the car will be offered exclusively with a 6-speed manual transmission. The confirmation ends speculation that either a CVT or dual-clutch transmission, which has also been rumored, will be on the car's options list. Honda will finally unleash its Civic Type R in the United States later this year. The car is due midway through the year and according to a new report will come with an available CVT instead of a dual-clutch transmission. The standard transmission will be a...

  • 2017 Honda CR-V Touring
    2017 Honda CR-V to star in Super Bowl LI spot

    We’re now just a month out from Super Bowl LI and one of the first automakers to announce a spot is Honda, which has a redesigned CR-V to promote. The ad will be a follow-up to the successful spot aired during last year’s game, which saw a farm dog tout the benefits of Honda’s...

  • Engineering Explained talks about the Honda Accord Hybrid
    How the Honda Accord Hybrid can behave like a Koenigsegg

    Believe it or not, the 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid sedan actually has something in common with an ultra-exotic hypercar produced by the Swedish brand Koenigsegg. That seems far fetched, and no we're not referring to the fact that both vehicles utilize four wheels wrapped in rubber tires. The...

  • Honda Autonomous Vehicle Technology
    Honda in talks with Waymo for self-driving tech

    Google has been working on autonomous technology since 2009, and it recently spun off that business into a company called Waymo. Instead of building its own car, Waymo seems intent on working with automakers to incorporate its self-driving technology into their vehicles. Waymo recenly showed a...

  • Engineering Explained bought a Honda S2000 as a project car
    "Engineering Explained" shares its plans for its Honda S2000 project car

    Our friend Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained has been teaching us all about the engineering behind cars. His lessons range from maintenance considerations like how to change your oil to describing automotive systems like how rotary engines work to the physics of speed, best exemplified by his...

  • 2017 Honda Civic Si Coupe prototype, 2016 Los Angeles auto show
    2017 Honda Civic Si Coupe prototype debuts at LA auto show

    Honda’s award-winning, 10th-generation Civic has already been revealed as a sedan, coupe and hatchback, but we’re still waiting on the performance-oriented versions of the respective body styles. The hardcore Civic Type R that was previewed in prototype form during September’s...

  • 2017 Honda NSX-GT Super GT race car

    Acura’s new NSX is the basis of Honda’s 2017 entry for the Japanese touring car series known as Super GT, replacing the NSX-GT Concept that Honda has used since 2013. Honda in October conducted the initial shakedown of the new NSX-GT race car alongside the rival Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 and Lexus LC GT500 during an official Super GT test day ahead of the 2017 motorsport season. The Lexus race car is also a newcomer. It replaces the RC F GT500 as Lexus’ entry. Apart from their exterior shell, Super GT race cars share little in common with their road-going counterparts. In line...

  • Honda Civic Type R Prototype, 2016 Paris auto show
    Honda Civic Type R Prototype to appear at 2016 SEMA show

    Following its debut at September’s 2016 Paris auto show, Honda’s Civic Type R Prototype is now en route to Las Vegas for an appearance at the 2016 SEMA show. The car represents our best look yet at the production Civic Type R due in showrooms in 2017. It builds on the low and wide...

  • Engineering Explained takes their Honda S2000 for a spin
    'Engineering Explained' takes its Honda S2000 out for a spin

    An empty road and a recent sports car acquisition lead to one of the great joys in life. Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained recently bought a Honda S2000, and now he's found a curvy canyon road, dropped the top, and set off to see what his car can do. Along the way, he manages to share some...

  • 2018 Honda Civic Type R spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2018 Honda Civic Type R spy shots and video

    It’s been exactly one year since we last saw prototypes for Honda’s new Civic Type R and now we have new spy shots and video of the latest testers for the upcoming hot hatch. Honda launched a Civic Type R outside the United States in early 2015 but that car was based on the...

  • 2017 Honda CR-V
    2017 Honda CR-V preview

    After years of losing market share to rivals, namely the Korean brands, Honda is now in the midst of a product renaissance that started with the arrival of the award-winning 2016 Civic Sedan. We’ve since seen new Civic Coupe, Civic Hatchback and Ridgeline models join the range and today we...

  • Kabuku and Honda have created a 3D printed car
    Honda teams up with Kabuku to create a 3D-printed car

    While Local Motors is going the fun and interesting route with its 3D-printed cars, Honda is keen on helping with its 3D-printed car endeavors. The Japanese automaker has teamed up with Kabuku, a company that uses digital fabrication in its design and development jobs, to create a 3D-printed car...

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