Honda Civic News
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While U.S. automakers are rushing to develop new small cars to take advantage of the rapidly growing market, established players like Honda is having trouble keeping up with the strong demand and is being forced to look at ways to boost production. Sales of the Honda Civic in the U.S. have increased 14.8% in the past four months alone and could reach 40,000 to 45,000 units per month within the year to become the carmaker’s most popular model. To be able to achieve that status, Honda will need to increase supply and to do so management is looking at adding more shifts and overtime at the...
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Jenson Button Takes The Civic Type R Around The ‘Ring: VideoHonda F1 star Jenson Button takes a Civic Type R around the famed German widow-maker, the Nurburgring, and just to make things a bit more interesting he does it while its raining and answering questions from an interviewer. Even for a man used to the fast pace of F1, the ride around the 'ring is...
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Honda reveals Civic Mugen RR sports sedan
Honda is currently prepping a new performance version of the Civic sedan that’s set for release in the Japan this September. Based on the already sporty Type R, the new Honda Civic Mugen RR was transformed after undergoing a power upgrade and weight reduction program in collaboration with the...
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Honda launching Mugen in the US
Honda has announced that it will be launching the Mugen name in the US with the planned release of a limited-edition Mugen Civic Si sedan in spring next year. Mugen is a Japanese tuning house with very close ties with Honda, and has been enhancing and racing Honda vehicles since the 1970’s...
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Honda’s 500HP Element-D drift car
Honda has created the Element-D drift car, which it has unveiled at the SEMA auto show. Based on the regular Honda crossover, the Element-D racer replaces the stock four-cylinder engine with a custom twin-turbo 3.2-liter Honda V6 mounted longitudinally and driving the rear wheels only. The...
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MUGEN prepped Honda Civic Si Sedan at SEMA
Honda revealed a prototype Civic Si Sedan enhanced by its MUGEN tuning arm at SEMA this week. The car comes equipped with a high performance suspension kit, forged aluminum wheels, aerodynamic body styling plus a cat-back sport exhaust kit. This is no hyped up concept either, the Civic MUGEN Si is...
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We’ve always been a little bit jealous of Honda’s UK division, who gets interesting cars such as the Civic Type-R. Now the uniquely styled hatch has spurred on a spin-off version in the form of the four-door Civic sedan, and this time round it will be sold outside of Europe. A prototype version will be making an appearance this month at the Japanese Formula One GP as an official car with sales starting in spring next year for Japan only. The new Type-R sedan will be powered by a more powerful 2L i-VTEC engine, good for 220hp (164kW). Other enhancements include an adjustable sports...
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Honda unveils 2007 Civic Type R
Honda’s hotted-up Civic Type R was unveiled today ahead of its release in March 2007. Unfortunately, it looks as though the Type R will not be sold in the U.S., although Honda has not put the official word out yet. The new Type R continues to be powered by the naturally-aspirated...
Ralph Hanson
