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HONDA IS SET to unveil its newest experiment, the Honda P-NUT Concept, at next month’s Los Angeles Auto Show. Short for Personal-Neo Urban Transport, the P-NUT is described as a "futuristic concept for an ultra-compact, aggressively designed coupe". Apart from that morsel of information, Honda has revealed no other [...]
THE HOPES OF Honda fans were dashed late last year when the Japanese carmaker announced it had cancelled plans for a V10-powered successor to the NSX sportscar.
However, reports this week suggest that Honda is pushing for Japan’s SuperGT series to allow a racing version of the NSX to compete without also offering a road-going version.
After [...]
2009 Honda Odyssey Road Test Review
HONDA’S ODYSSEY is a surprising car. It is surprisingly responsive, unusually spacious, and, most unexpected of all, is an enjoyable steer.
This was my first time at the wheel of Honda’s ‘Battlestar’. It had always seemed to bypass me and, fact is, I’d never had that much interest; didn’t seem [...]
‘MONKEY’ BIKES, such as the Honda Z50M and sportbike-styled minibikes, will be crushed under new laws in South Australia if they are ridden on streets or in public places.
New amendments to the state’s Summary Offences Act will allow police to fine monkey bike riders up to $5000 and confiscate their bikes - most of [...]
HONDA HAS MADE a mid-development change of course for the next generation Civic, the new plan being to make it smaller, lighter and less expensive.
Speaking recently with industry paper Automotive News, Honda CEO Takanobu Ito confirmed that the Japanese carmaker has stopped development of what was set to be a larger and more expensive [...]
INSPIRED BY the Honda Cub 50cc motorcycle developed in 1958 and still in production today, the all-electric Cub is Honda’s vision for future urban mobility.
While driving through both front and rear wheels via a pair of small electric hub-motors, Honda is keeping quiet about power figures and the finer technical details.
Honda isn’t the [...]
HONDA HAS TODAY revealed the all-new 2010 Honda VFR1200F.
While it doesn’t yet feature the promised dual-clutch transmission (which is expected on a later higher-spec variant), the VFR1200F promises high-performance touring from its 76° 1237cc V4 producing 129kW at 10,000rpm and 115Nm of torque at 8750rpm.
Weighing in at 266kg, the VFR1200F will be one [...]
HONDA’S HERO CRF450R off-road racing bike, updated for the 2010 model year, is now available at Honda motorcycle dealers around Australia. The CRF450R has come in for a number of small but significant tweaks to both the engine and suspension systems, aimed at enhancing balance and control. [...]
HONDA AUSTRALIA has today announced the release of new 40th Anniversary Limited Edition versions of the 2009 Civic and Accord.
Based on the 1.8 litre Civic VTi, the Civic LE gets $2000 worth of extra equipment, including 15-inch alloy wheels, fog lamps, rear parking sensors, tailored floor mats, chrome exhaust tip and 40th anniversary badging.
The eighth-generation [...]
HONDA YESTERDAY REVEALED the (almost) production-ready CRZ hybrid sportscar ahead of its Tokyo Motor Show debut. Today, the Japanese carmaker has revealed two new concepts: The all-electric EV-N and the Skydeck minivan.
The EV-N concept, inspired by the classic Honda N600 of the late 60s and early 70s, features swappable seat fabrics, a solar roof to [...]
HONDA HAS RELEASED the first batch of images of its latest CR-Z concept, which, aside from small changes, will represent the production-spec model when it debuts at next month’s Tokyo Motor Show.
Officially dubbed “CR-Z Concept 2009″, the vehicle is a concept in name only and flaunts a production-ready body and interior.
The wing mirrors [...]
IMAGES OF HONDA’S updated CR-V have been let out ahead of the car’s Japanese launch on September 17, showing mild styling revisions are in store for the marque’s popular softroader.
The side sheetmetal and headlight shapes carry over, but the front bumper, grille and bonnet are new. The 2010 CR-V also receives new 17 and 18-inch [...]
THE DUAL-CLUTCH TRANSMISSION, still a relatively new innovation in passenger cars, is set to make a move on the motorcycle.
Developed by Honda for its large-displacement sports bikes, the world’s first dual-clutch motorcycle transmission will debut in the 2010 Honda VFR 1200. It will later also be offered in future generations of the [...]
THE HONDA GL1800 GOLDWING is the first production motorcycle in Australia to be offered with an airbag as a safety feature, but since its launch in September last year, little has been heard.
This week, in the first ‘real world’ evidence of its worth, the technology saved a rider’s life in Germany.
“I crashed into one [...]
REPORTS ARE CIRCULATING in the Japanese media that Honda will take the wraps off an all-new battery-electric concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show in October.
According to the Nikkei business daily, Honda plans to introduce an all-electric passenger vehicle to the American market in 2015, and is expected to unveil a concept version of the [...]
ACCORDING TO company insiders, Honda’s plans for the new Acura NSX supercar were too ambitious, leading to the project being cancelled late last year amid the global financial downturn.
The V10-powered supercar was originally intended to go head-to-head with the Nissan GT-R and be the successor to the much-loved NSX of the 1990s. Unfortunately, economic uncertainty [...]
WHAT IS IT about some cars? The ones you spend ten minutes behind the wheel with, and then you’re hooked.
You can’t stop thinking about them, how they feel at wheel, and how they make a sound that gets into your skin and makes your neck hairs tingle when you’re firing through the gearbox and the [...]
LAST MONTH’S LAUNCH of the 2010 Toyota Prius has paid dividends for Toyota Australia. The company’s latest hybrid has recorded 446 sales in its first month in Australia, an all-time record for the Prius line.
Significantly, the Prius officially went on sale from July 20, meaning the car has yet to record a full month in [...]
HONDA HAS LAUNCHED its first factory chopper, the 2010 Honda VT1300CX, described by the Japanese manufacturer as a ‘milestone machine’.
Designed faithfully to the traditional chopper formula, the VT1300CX features a high-mount steering head that creates a ’see through’ look to the frame.
A long, slim fuel tank, ultra-low seat, and a huge 200-series rear tyre is [...]
TO CELEBRATE the recent opening of its newest site at Somerton in Victoria, Honda Australia Rider Training (HART) is holding an open day on August 29.
The event will include free “Try it” sessions for riders at both beginner and experienced levels, and HART is offering $50 off any course booked and paid for on [...]
HONDA’S NEW PRESIDENT, Takanobu Ito, said this week that the packaging and efficiency benefits of front-wheel-drive will take priority for Honda over any handling gains available from a rear-wheel-drive platform.
Ito - a long-time Honda employee and designer of the NSX sports car’s chassis - claims that Honda does not need a V8 powered rear-wheel-drive car to [...]
HONDA HAS THIS WEEK announced that the legendary ‘Postie Bike’, the Honda CT110, is now available direct to the public in road-registrable form.
Popular in regional areas as a farming bike and recognised around Australia for its widespread use by Australia Post (and is currently the second-highest selling bike in the country), the Honda CT110 has [...]
FOLLOWING the news that 2010 will see the launch of both the Honda CR-Z hybrid and a hybrid version of the company’s popular Jazz small car, Honda’s newly-appointed CEO Takanobu Ito has said that he wants hybrid technology to become a primary focus for Japan’s number-two carmaker.
Speaking to a media gathering at Honda’s Japanese [...]
HONDA IS SET to up the ante in its hybrid rivalry with Toyota next year, today announcing its intent to bring two new petrol-electric models to market before the end of 2010.
The first will be the Honda CR-Z, the spiritual successor to the CRX of the 1990s and the first production hybrid sports car from [...]
HONDA MOTOR COMPANY has sworn in new president Takanobu Ito, best known for designing the all-aluminium chassis for the Honda NSX sports car. Ito succeeds Takeo Fukui, president of Honda for the past six years and the man who presided over a Honda that has fared better than world number one [...]
MUGEN EURO, Mugen’s UK-based subsidiary, has confirmed reports that it is developing a one-off highly-tuned Civic Type R ‘Mugen’ hot hatch to assess public reaction in UK and European markets.
Work is currently underway on the car in Japan, after which it will be transported to the UK for testing and further performance development.
Using the same [...]
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 [...]
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