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IT’S BEEN A WHILE since we last mentioned Honda’s hunchbacked hybrid the CR-Z, but the latest news is that Honda is preparing to reveal the production version of its hip hybrid sportscar at the upcoming 2009 Tokyo Motor Show in October.
The CR-Z - something of a modern-day CRX successor - is expected to arrive on [...]
THE 2009 HONDA CBR600RR and CBR400 have received a new slap of paint, with tri-colour style added to the two model ranges this week.
For the CBR600RR, the new colour scheme - a white/red/blue style dubbed Pearl Sunbeam White - marks the fourth for Honda’s popular sports bike. The CB400 gets two versions of the tri-colour [...]
FOR MANY HONDA FANS, Mugen is the one company that’s capable of extracting the best from Honda’s hi-po models.
Responsible for many factory-modified creations (and more than a few impressive concept cars), Mugen has by-and-large kept its most desirable vehicles restricted to the Japanese market.
While Mugen tuning parts are available for order across much of the [...]
HONDA’S FRESH NEW Insight has been going gangbusters in Europe, where the hump-backed hybrid has been flying out of showrooms.
According to figures from industry data analysts JATO Dynamics, the Insight comprehensively outsold every other vehicle in the hybrid and alternative fuel segment in its first month of European sales.
The news isn’t entirely surprising however, as [...]
HONDA AUSTRALIA has announced that the Honda Jazz and City will be fitted with stability control as standard from late next year onwards.
When we tested a Honda City VTi-L last month, we thought it an unusual oversight that electronic stability control (or Vehicle Stability Assist, as Honda calls it) was not available anywhere in the [...]
THE INEVITABLE for General Motors - America’s 101 year-old vehicle manufacturing colossus, a symbol for generations of Americans and once the world’s largest car company - has now occurred.
Last night, Australian time, GM filed for bankruptcy. But while 11 plants will close, and three will be mothballed until at least the end of 2010, an [...]
FIRST SEEN in Australia at the 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show, Honda’s Modulo brand is available for the City, Odyssey and now the Honda Accord Euro.
The race-inspired Modulo range of accessories, already available in Japan, Thailand and Malaysia for some time, has been designed in parallel with each new Honda model to ensure an integrated, [...]
THE TOYOTA PRIUS may be the iconic hybrid of the last decade, but Japan’s number two carmaker isn’t about to let that deter it.
With the 2010 Insight joining the Civic Hybrid in Honda’s global line-up (and expected here later next year), Honda is tackling Toyota’s head-start in the hybrid market front-on.
Now, Japan’s leading business paper [...]
JUST AS KIA Australia Public Relations Manager Jonathan Fletcher predicted at the Australian launch of the 2009 Kia Soul, the Korean manufacturer’s funky new small car has achieved top honours in its Euro NCAP safety testing.
According to Euro NCAP, the Soul achieved maximum points in the program’s new testing scheme for child and adult protection [...]
The current eighth-generation Honda Civic has been kicking around since 2006, and should have another year or so in it before an all-new model rears its head.
According to Japanese automotive magazine Mag-X, Honda is finalising the design and details for the 2012 Civic, and if the magazine is to be believed, we’ll see different sedan, [...]
More manufacturers are starting to see a brighter future on the horizon, with Honda CEO Takeo Fukui the latest to predict an end to the gloomy outlook for the global car industry.
In a recent interview with Reuters, Fukui said that he expects the international market to improve this year, with the second half of 2009 [...]
It’s based on the Jazz but priced like a Civic. Is the Honda City a car that makes no sense in Honda’s lineup, or does it have the goods to attain success in an already crowded small-car market?
I’ve got to say it. I’m more than a little bit puzzled by Honda’s all new City. Here [...]
Honda’s ST1300 tourer returns to Australia in ‘09 with a new silver colour scheme - Digital Silver Metallic (that’d be silver) - to complement the more familiar Candy Glory Red (umm… red-ish).
Not to be outdone in the ‘paint-with-strange-names’ stakes, its famed VFR800 has also been released in two new colour schemes, Candy Glory Red (yup… [...]
Thanks to booming demand in the US, Japanese and European markets, Australian motorists will have to wait until the second half of 2010 before they can get their hands on Honda’s new Insight hybrid.
Demand for the cars has been unprecedented, with the Insight recently becoming the first hybrid to rise to the top of Japan’s [...]
A concept that is sure to beat commuter blues, this Honda hovercar (or perhaps a hoverbike, given the Honda Motorcycles wing logo in the images) called FUZ-O, is designer John Mahieddine’s idea of a flying car that would hit speeds of up to 644km/h (400mph).
The (VTOL) Vertical Take-Off and Landing vehicle is a “futuristic fantasy [...]
It may well be a sign of the times, but Honda would have to more than happy with the sales results of its Insight hybrid.
For the month of April, Honda’s new cut-price eco-warrior topped the sales charts in Japan. The success of the Insight marks a place in the history books for Honda, being the [...]
As part of its efforts to promote its hybrid line-up – which currently features the Civic hybrid, with the Honda Insight to land later this year – Honda has teamed up with airports in Melbourne and Sydney, along with the Melbourne Central shopping complex, to provide priority parking to drivers of hybrid vehicles.
To Honda’s credit, [...]
Honda has some good news for those who like their rides the size of a rhino. For these riders, Honda has the GL1800 Goldwing. And if they like their rhinos in fetching Pewter Silver Metallic or Monterey Blue Metallic, the news is even better: these are precisely the new colours announced by Honda for the [...]
I LIKE the Honda Jazz. I like its style and I like the way it drives. And I also like its value. While not perfect, it is a good buy in a segment full of good buys.
The question for buyers though is which of the sharp-handling, sprightly and easy-to-own cars from a quality small car [...]
In a move that will see Honda gain access to the ailing electronics manufacturer’s in-car navigation and entertainment technology, the Japanese carmaker is reportedly finalising a multi-million dollar investment in Pioneer Corp.
A Honda spokesperson said the company had been approached by representatives from Pioneer, following news that the electronics firm would be withdrawing from its [...]
Up until now, Honda has spurned the idea of producing a plug-in hybrid because of its belief that battery technology has not yet advanced enough to make such a car viable, and that hydrogen fuel cells hold more promise.
That may change in the near future however, as a number of new US Government incentives have [...]
This swine flu is serious business, but one aspect the general public might not think about is how the current outbreak is interrupting the activities of multi-national corporations.
In response to the potential rise of a flu pandemic, Honda Motor Co has suspended global business travel until at least May 6, with a possible recommendation that [...]
The battle between Honda’s new hybrid warrior, the Insight and Toyota’s established player, the Prius, is finally underway. Of course, the Prius in question is the current second-generation model, not the upcoming third generation Prius.
After months of competitive pricing announcements and fuel economy counter-claims between the two Japanese giants, Honda has stepped up to claim [...]
When was the last time TMR produced a post about a building? Sometime before the last great ice age? Around the time that oracles invented weather forecasts by studying the entrails of chickens? (”Tell the slaves to row faster Fartiius, we’re going waterskiing this afternoon. Buxomus the oracle says conditions will be flat…”) You get [...]
Honda has added a new mid-size scooter, the Silver Wing 400 to the Honda pack. Complementing the (much) larger Silver Wing 600 scooter, the 400 offers a similar level of comfort and performance as its amply-fed bigger brother.
And like the Silver Wing 600, the 400cc version also provides a similar ‘cargo-carrying’ capacity, with a tardis-like [...]
According to reports coming out of Japan, Toyota is expecting 40,000 pre-sale orders for the 2010 Toyota Prius in Japan, due to go on sale there next month.
That’s a big enough number in itself, but consider that Toyota sold 73,100 Prius models in 2008 and it begins to look like Toyota is shooting at the [...]
According to the news-makers at Japanese auto magazine Best Car, Honda is working on returning the Beat name to the streets of Tokyo after a 13 year absence.
The original Beat ran on a rear-wheel-drive platform and was powered by a 47kW 660cc engine, putting it in the ‘kei’ category – a class of car so [...]
Honda’s FCX Clarity has earned numerous accolades from the world’s motoring press, but now it’s got a new feather to add to its cap.
Fifty-nine jurors from the 2009 World Car of The Year judging panel have voted the fuel cell-powered Honda the 2009 World Green car, an award that lends the Japanese automaker some significant [...]
Figures released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) show a 15.5 percent decline in sales of motorcycles, scooters and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) compared to the first quarter 2008.
Sales in the sector stumbled to 26,241 for the period to the end of March 2009.
This result, while down on 2008, is not a disaster for [...]
The mantle of ‘man’s best friend’ has always been a bitterly-fought competition between canines and cars. Honda has stepped in with an olive branch of sorts, devising a way for the two to co-exist in harmony.
At the 2009 New York Auto Show, Honda has unveiled a ‘Dog Friendly’ edition of its Element SUV. The [...]
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