Honda News

It’s always fun to bag on your employers. No wait—it’s usually subversive and dangerous. Labeling your own company’s designs as “boring” may sound like a death knell to your resume, but for Honda chief designer Yoshinori Asahi, he actually has the ability to do something about it. After three years of ...    Read more

How’s this for a mea culpa? From all the way up the corporate chain comes a statement from Honda CEO Takanobu Ito who states he's taking personal responsibility for the Consumer Reports' bashing on the 2012 Honda Civic. Does this mean we get to throw tomatoes at him at the ...    Read more

As Justice Potter Stewart once remarked, “I’ll know it when I see it.” And likewise, we’ll know that Honda is working on a future NSX concept when we see it ourselves—which, if rumors hold true, will be at the Detroit auto show in January. Rumors have abounded for years, but this ...    Read more

Shortly after automakers showed off their latest products to the media in Los Angeles, Dodge is created a buzz for the North American International Auto Show, also known as the Detroit Auto Show. When it opens its doors to the media in the second week of January 2012, Dodge will ...    Read more

The US Department of Energy today released its annual list of most efficient vehicles. It's another one of those trophies that manufacturers tout as being important and "official," like the Grammy's, but which too few people actually care about. The rankings are grouped into popular vehicle classes and based on ...    Read more

Since 1972, you or someone you know has probably driven, owned, or fallen in love with a Honda Civic. And there's good reason, too. From its sensible interior space, efficient engine options, cute but understated Japanese styling, and accessible entry-price, the Civic has proven to be a safe, economical, reliable, ...    Read more

The 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show is fast becoming memory as we occupy our minds with filling Thanksgiving tables with mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, and the now-traditional turducken. But before we sign off on the show entirely, let's take one ...    Read more

What’s New Even in its waning years, the Honda CR-V is still a best-seller: even after five years in production, it still posted record numbers back in May. But all good things must come to an end, or at the very least evolve in the face of ever-growing competition. Hence, the ...    Read more

Auto shows are a time for carmakers to display their hottest new models, boast about big horsepower numbers, and showcase low-to-the-floor, stylish, swoopy concept cars that have no chance of making it to production. The 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show will be no different, as it kicks off the U.S. auto ...    Read more

It’s the familiar refrain trotted out, every few months, with tabloid-like alacrity and subtlety: the new Type-R is coming! We finally get the quick one! Along with rumblings of the new NSX, the Honda rumor mill has its hands full with the idea that ...    Read more

The Tokyo Motor Show, like the rest of Japan, is one of those unfathomable affairs that seems at once completely insane and entirely earnest—where otherwise straight-laced manufacturers come out with anime-faced ball mice on wheels, single-seater commuter pods that resemble vacuum cleaners, and something called the ...    Read more

Honda aims to restore North American production to above 50-percent capacity, after previous reports that the recent flooding in Thailand had hit them worse than they had expected. Honda has found available parts, mostly electrical components, from a source that hasn’t suffered flood damage. With this supply available, Honda’s North American plants ...    Read more

tWhat’s New The popular Honda Fit now rides the lightning. This plug-in electric model comes with a lithium-ion battery and electric motor derived from the FCX Clarity, a combination Honda says is good for a range of 123 miles. First teased last year and tested in small numbers, Honda has ironed ...    Read more

Think about this for a second. The world welcomed its seven billionth human early Wednesday morning, just 12 short years after surpassing the six billion mark. Danica May Camacho of the Philippines came into the world bringing with her the reinforced realization there are A LOT of people on this ...    Read more

Who doesn’t want higher fuel economy? For years, it was always the major auto manufacturers, who would cite increased prices, compromised safety (somehow), and a loss of jobs in order to fight the growing scourge! of increasing efficiency standards. But now that fuel efficient vehicles are actually moneymakers, it’s not ...    Read more

Japan's Big Three isn't fully recovered from damage and supply issues caused by the March earthquake and tsunami, but October was the first month where production and supply stabilized. Unfortunately, flooding in Thailand may adversely affect November and December. In the meantime, though, Toyota, Nissan, and Honda continued their steady ...    Read more

So you bought a BMW 5 Series a decade ago and are now in the market for a new one. You go to the dealership, test drive one, and realize that the new car is vastly larger than your old model in every dimension. You know the new car has ...    Read more

The recent flooding in Thailand has forced Honda, alongside Toyota, to reveal that its North American production will be cut by a whopping 50 percent. Honda’s facilities in Thailand have been damaged by rising waters, disrupting the flow of parts. All six of Honda’s plants in North America are cutting their ...    Read more

Hey, don’t say Honda doesn’t keep their fingers firmly on the pulse of the automotive zeitgeist. With much criticism directed toward the 2012 Civic, Honda is fast-tracking an upgraded model a year early, to 2013. The current Civic was due for a refresh in the spring of 2014, but engineers are ...    Read more

We saw the new 2012 Honda CR-V concept at the Orange County Auto Show a few weeks ago, but these moody, artsy glam photos scanned from Honda's Japanese website give us our clearest view yet. And surprise, surprise: it looks remarkably ...    Read more

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the pink ribbons, pins, t-shirts, and other attire honoring those who have been affected are as inescapable as too-soon Christmas decorations at the mall. HerHighway.com, a team of all-female automotive journalists, is taking the fight with breast cancer a step further with the ...    Read more

There’s a lot going on in Maine these days. There’s the 6th Annual Kora Shiners FEZtival of Trees in Lewiston, Maine. There’s fun for the whole family at Kringleville. There are always plenty of leaves for New Yorkers to gawk at. And there was a surprise ...    Read more

Good news for Honda fans! The dearly-departed Integra nameplate is making a comeback, ready to provide all of the high-revving, lightweight, and efficient fun of the original—only this time, it’s on a scooter. To be fair, the newly-christened Integra does share some similarities with the beloved model. For one, it ...    Read more

Honda aficionados, take note: the company will introduce two important vehicles at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November, including the redesigned 2012 CR-V and an electric version of the Fit. The CR-V was shown in concept form a few weeks ago at the Orange County Auto Show, and this ...    Read more

The excitement is building: Who will win the 2012 Green Car of the Year Award? Will it be an electric car, like the 2012 Ford Focus Electric, the 2012 Mitsubishi i? Or will it be an alternative fuel car, like the 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas, or the 2012 ...    Read more