Honda News

Honda is hard at work developing a new hot hatch with 276 horsepower derived from a turbocharged 2.0-liter four and directed to the front wheels only. The car is the latest version of the Civic Type R that the rest of the world enjoys, but as with the previous generation the new one will be...

Honda is the latest automaker to explore the safety benefits of vehicle-to-vehicle anti-collision technology, demonstrating two new products that could make cars much safer to be around. The new Vehicle-to-Pedestrian (V2P) and Vehicle-to-Motorcycle (V2M) technology expand upon the concept of Car 2...

Honda has given us our first look at the new race car it plans to compete with in the premier GT500 class of Japan’s Super GT touring car series from next year onwards. The new race car is still in the concept phase but it already closely resembles the final version due on the grid next year...

Honda, more specifically Honda’s U.S.-based Honda Performance Development unit, is working on a new engine it hopes to sell to private teams competing in the World Endurance Championship and the series’ highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The new engine is a turbocharged V-6 that will...

Following the announcement last May that Honda was making a return to Formula One as an engine supplier, initially to the McLaren team for the 2015 season, news immediately broke that the two might partner on development of one of McLaren’s future road cars. This was shot down only days...

We've had some inklings that Honda's UK team was working on a hot lawnmower for a special project. Now we have video confirmation. It's called the Mean Mower The potent lawnmower is in the hands of Honda racer and 2012 British Touring Car Championship winner Gordon Shedden on an atypically sunny...

If you’re keen to add a little sport to your 2013 Accord Coupe, Honda is now offering an upgrade package for the V-6 model that it has developed with its Honda Performance Development (HPD) motorsport division. The package is based on a kit previewed at the 2012 SEMA Show and is grouped under...

Honda has picked Milton Keynes in the U.K. for the site of its new Formula One operations. The British town is famous in the world of motorsport for being the home of Red Bull Racing, and soon Honda’s F1 engineers will call it home as well. Honda announced in May it would be returning to F1...

Despite fuel cell technology’s lack of traction in the auto industry, most major automakers are committed to furthering the technology and eventually selling a car powered by the advanced propulsion system. The main reason given is that the car of tomorrow could be one of several main types...

Honda has issued a recall on certain versions of its Acura RSX and S2000 sports cars. The issue has to do with the cars’ brakes, so owners of the affected vehicles should take caution. The cars included in the recall are 2006 Acura RSX models built from January 18, 2006, through August 12...

With Honda recently announcing its return to Formula One racing in 2015 as an engine supplier to its longtime partner McLaren, talk of the Japanese automaker’s engines ending up in one of McLaren’s new road cars started to develop. McLaren’s 12C range of supercars as well as its...

It’s official. Honda will be back in Formula One in the 2015 season, serving as engine supplier to McLaren. The two companies made the announcement earlier today, ending years of speculation of Honda’s possible return to motorsport’s top echelon. By supplying engines to McLaren, a...

While most of us were worried about cliques, clothes, and kisses in our teens, this high school kid is building his own electric S2000. And he's doing it like an engineer. From CAD designing and building his own parts to wiring and programming the hardware and software that control the car's...

With each passing year, more and more OEMs are showing up at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb with the intention of taking home some trophies. The latest is Honda, which plans to campaign an unprecedented 10 vehicles across nine different classes in this year’s event, scheduled for late June. Honda...

About a year ago we first told you about a new technology Honda was developing aimed at reducing congestion, by first detecting the potential for a traffic jam and then determining the best course of action for drivers in order to prevent one from occurring. It is based on the principle that...

Honda has announced a strange assortment of cars for the upcoming 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon, which takes place on January 11 in the Japanese capital. The annual show draws in all the big names in the aftermarket business, as well as some of the OEMS. While Nissan has already announced it will be...

Automotive critics, it seems, are a hard bunch to please. We look at things in a different light than most consumers, paying careful attention to details like the material used to cover a dashboard, or the quality of plastic used throughout the interior. While we’re quick to pan a car...

Honda isn’t as well known as a hybrid manufacturer as its primary Japanese rival, Toyota. Though Honda has been producing parallel hybrids nearly as long as Toyota, its Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) hybrid system lacks the popularity of Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive system. Now Honda is...

When Honda launched its ninth-generation Civic in the U.S. market in 2011, the car was almost universally panned by the media, which collectively found it to be a giant step backward in materials and construction compared to the previous generation. Even Consumer Reports, long one of the...

You may be wondering why Honda is out testing a facelifted version of its Civic, when the car was all-new just a year ago. Well, the main reason is the drab reviews the car has received since its launch at the 2011 New York Auto Show. With the likes of the new Chevrolet Cruze, Ford Focus, Hyundai...