Although Mazda hasn’t yet experienced any of the unintended acceleration complaints recently experienced at Toyota, the manufacturer has today announced that it will install a brake override system on all future models as a precautionary step.
Toyota recently announced it will install the system on all its models from 2011 onward following two recent safety recalls [...] - Tags:
At the end of the Rally of Tasmania the Honda Civic Type R just missed out on a podium finish by seconds to finish overall in fourth place.
Fourth place isn’t a bad outcome for the Evans Motorsport Honda Civic Type R’s first go.
Over two competitive stages on Friday the Evans and Weston team finished first [...] - Tags:
Honda Civic,
Honda Civic Type R
One vehicle set to debut on Honda’s stand at the Geneva Motor Show next week hasn’t been designed to give an impression of what we will be driving in five months time or even five years time.
The Honda 3R-C could be looking closer to five decades into the future of minimalist single-person urban transportation with [...] - Tags:
Honda 3R-C
With the Honda Insight Hybrid and the Honda CR-Z Hybrid only weeks away from their global launch, Honda Motor Co. is working as hard as possible on hybrid systems for larger cars.
According to Tomohiko Kawanabe the Japanese company’s head of automobile research and development, a finished product is only about three years away. “We’ve [...] - Tags:
Honda Hybrid,
Hybrid
If you’re anything like the crew here at CarAdvice, Monday mornings usually require that little extra motivation to get you in to the working week.
So with that in mind, this video released by Honda Australia this morning should certainly do the trick.
The video, released this morning by Honda Australia, shows Evans Motorsport driver Eli Evans [...] - Tags:
Honda Civic Type R
Honda have today announced a limited edition Jazz model to be known simply as ‘Vibe’.
Vibe is essentially an option package available on Honda Jazz GLi and Honda Jazz VTi models featuring 1.3- and 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engines respectively.
The Vibe limited edition includes $3,200 of additional equipment including a sports grille, alloy wheels (including a matching [...] - Tags:
Honda Jazz,
Honda Jazz Vibe
Honda Australia has released a refreshed version of the Honda CR-V for 2010 with updated styling, upgraded specification levels and more aggressive pricing.
With curtain airbags becoming standard on the entry-level model every car in the CR-V range is now equipped with dual front, side and curtain bags.
The ride and handling has been improved with revisions [...] - Tags:
Honda CR-V
It’s called the Honda Odyssey Concept, but this latest offering at the Chicago Auto Show gives a very real indication of the production version of the fourth-generation US-spec Honda Odyssey.
Following what is already a sleek people-mover design, Honda said it wanted the new Odyssey to appear lower and more grounded. As a consequence the minivan [...] - Tags:
Honda Odyssey
As part of a worldwide recall, Honda Australia has today expanded its recent local recall of 1,323 Honda Accord and 22 Honda CR-V units produced between 2001 and 2002 by a further 703 vehicles.
The recall was issued to replace the driver’s SRS airbag inflator which, although yet to malfunction, is believed to contain a defective [...] - Tags:
Honda Accord,
Honda CR-V
The New York International Auto Show opens on April the first where the winner of the 2010 World Car award will be announced. Honda’s second generation Insight has been named one of five finalists.
Launched January 2004 the World Car awards recognise automotive excellence on a world wide scale.
If the Honda Insight wins it will follow [...] - Tags:
Honda Insight
Automotive industry analysts expect Toyota’s accelerator-related recalls to damage its US sales at least in the short term, and believe General Motors, Ford, Hyundai and Honda are likely to be the biggest winners over the next few months.
Vice president of industry trends for TrueCar.com, Jesse Toprak, said the timing of the 2.3 million vehicle recall [...] - Tags:
sticking accelerator,
Toyota recall
Updated: 3:15pm with statement from Honda Australia:
Honda Motor Co has recalled 646,000 Fit/Jazz and City cars globally due to a faulty window switch, a child died after a fire broke out in a car last year.
Included in the recall is 141,084 cars in the United States and includes the models sold in North America, South [...] - Tags:
Honda Jazz/Fit and City
Chrysler and Hyundai are the latest US automotive companies to jump on the bandwagon and offer incentives to fleeing Toyota owners.
Following the lead of General Motors and Ford late last week, the newcomers have also put US$1000 on the table for Toyota owners and lease holders who jump ship.
Chrysler’s $1000 bonus scheme, effective immediately, applies [...] - Tags:
Toyota recall
Following the lead of General Motors, Ford US has introduced an even more aggressive incentive program to encourage Japanese car buyers to abandon their brands in the wake of Toyota’s accelerator recall issues.
From today until March 1, Ford is offering US$1000 rebates to owners of Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicles as well as Honda and [...] - Tags:
Ford Transit Classic,
Pontiac Vibe,
sticking accelerator,
Toyota Corolla,
Toyota Highlander,
Toyota Matrix,
Toyota recall,
Toyota Venza
Japanese cars have dominated the inaugural WheelsTV pre-owned vehicle (POV) awards in the US, with Toyota, Honda and Lexus sharing the five top awards.
The WheelsTV POV of the Year awards recognise pre-owned vehicles that best exemplify enduring reliability, performance, comfort, safety and quality.
Winners are determined through independent testing, consumer feedback and behind-the-wheel evaluations by a [...] - Tags:
Honda Accord,
Honda Fit,
Honda Jazz,
Lexus SC,
Toyota 4Runner,
Toyota Prius
For the first time, Euro NCAP has announced the top five safest cars for 2009 based on their maximum five star awards and their overall score – with one rather unlikely candidate making the cut.
At the top of the list is the new generation Volkswagen Golf VI which scored 313 from a possible 400 points [...] - Tags:
ENCAP,
Euro NCAP,
Safe cars,
safest cars
Honda has taken one step closer to a fuel cell world today with the unveiling of its next-generation Solar Hydrogen Station prototype at its research and development facility in Los Angeles.
Designed as a single, integrated unit to fit in the home garage, the station produces enough hydrogen (500g) in an eight hour overnight fill to [...] - Tags:
Honda FCX Clarity,
Honda Solar Hydrogen Station
Honda’s 2010 Accord will gain curtain airbags across the entire model range.
Already standard on the Accord VTi-L and V6L models, curtain airbags are now standard in the entry level Accord VTi.
The extra airbags join Accord’s already impressive list of standard safety equipment that includes ABS, EBA and EBD; ESC; dual front and side airbags; and [...] - Tags:
Honda Accord
The Honda HSV-010 GT racer has made its presence very well known during testing with its Formula 1-esque exhaust note a clear battle cry to its homeland nemesis – Nissan GT500 GT-R.
Set to compete alongside the GT-R in the GT500 class of the 2010 Super GT Series, it runs a longitudinally mounted DOHC 3.4-litre engine [...] - Tags:
Honda HSV-010 GT,
HSV-010
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) recognised four Hondas for being among the “greenest vehicles of 2010″. The natural gas Civic GX earned the title of America’s greenest vehicle for the seventh consecutive year.
In the annual “Green Book Online” (available at www.greenercars.org), the natural gas powered Civic GX came in at first place [...] - Tags:
Honda Civic GX
Honda has today introduced its HSV-010 GT, which will compete in the GT500 class of the UK’s 2010 Super GT Series.
The Honda HSV-010 GT tips the scales at just over 1,100kg and is powered by a liquid-cooled, naturally aspirated, longitudinally mounted V8 engine developing “around 409kW and 392Nm” dubbed the HR10EG.
The 3.4-litre unit features a [...] - Tags:
Honda HSV-010 GT,
Honda HSV-010 GT race car
If a customer is loyal, it usually means you’re doing something right. In the case of automotive manufacturers, there are several levels at which loyalty can be tested, from the manufacturer themselves, through to the salesperson, the service personnel, and aftercare staff.
Information tabling company, R.L. Polk and Co. has just released its awards for the [...] - Tags:
UK automotive website WhatGreenCar has revealed its Top 10 green cars to watch in 2010, with the top six all emitting less than 100g/km CO2.
Three sets of “Double Cs” have made energy-efficient, low-emissions cars more important in the UK than ever before: climate change, credit crunch and congestion charge.
The list includes two fully-electric vehicles, two [...] - Tags:
Audi A1,
BMW 5 Series,
Citroen DS3 HDi,
Ford C-MAX,
Honda CR-Z hybrid,
Nissan Leaf,
Peugeot iOn,
Toyota Auris,
Toyota Plug-in Prius hybrid,
Volvo S60
A survey conducted by insurance specialists Warranty Direct has found that the Honda CR-V built between 2001 and 2006 is Britain’s most reliable SUV.
The Honda CR-V scored 23.10 on the reliability index, which takes into account vehicle breakdowns, average repair costs and time spent off the road to calculate a vehicle’s reliability. The lower the [...] - Tags:
Honda CR-V
Honda has unveiled the production version of its CR-Z hybrid coupe at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
And despite there being no official plans for a local launch yet, Honda Australia’s Mark Higgins this morning confirmed the CR-Z is on Honda’s wishlist.
The design of the two-seater – while unique with its “one motion” wedge [...] - Tags:
Honda CR-Z
Honda Siel Cars India Ltd. (HCSI) has today unveiled its New Small Concept at the Auto Expo 2010 in New Delhi, along with plans to begin sales of a new model based on this concept in 2011.
To create a highly efficient compact car with seating for five people, designers have used a wide platform offering [...] - Tags:
With the introduction of the 2010 Year Model Honda will include curtain airbags as standard equipment on the entry model Civic VTi sedan. Early in 2009 Honda introduced Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) across the whole Civic range.
The inclusion of these important safety features in the range give customers the highest safety levels whichever model they [...] - Tags:
Honda Civic
A few numbers just keep popping up whenever Toyota’s Hybrid Camry is mentioned:
2010, February – launch date
$35 million – taxpayer-funded investment from the Federal Government’s Green Car Innovation Fund
$35 million – taxpayer-funded investment from the Victorian Government
35 percent – purported fuel saving over its ‘six-cylinder rivals’ (if, in fact, it has any in-class six-cylinder rivals)
6.0 [...] - Tags:
Toyota Camry,
toyota camry hybrid
Honda has joined Toyota in the Indian small car race, announcing that it will also unveil a micro concept at the New Delhi Auto Expo in January.
Known simply as the New Small Concept (NSC), Honda says the car is being developed for emerging markets with its Indian affiliate Honda Siel Cars India and will be [...] - Tags:
A leaked brochure of Honda’s CR-Z hybrid sports coupe has spoiled the manufacturer’s plans of keeping the car a secret until next year’s Detroit International Motor Show.
The brochure, which also details the CR-Z’s technical specs, shows a production version of the car near identical to that of the concept first seen earlier this year at [...] - Tags:
Honda CR-Z
Honda has unveiled a concept car at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show with the face of Darth Vader, the seating configuration of a McLaren F1 and the name of a legume.
Introducing the P-NUT, or Personal-Neo Urban Transport for those of you not on acronym basis with the latest ultra-compact city coupe from the Japanese [...] - Tags:
McLaren F1
The US Car and Driver Magazine has awarded the 2010 Honda Accord and the 2010 Honda Fit (Jazz in Australia) winners of its annual “10 Best Cars” award.
Accord is currently in its eighth generation and has won “10 Best” award 24 times over the last 28 years of the competition, and the Honda Fit has [...] - Tags:
Honda will pass on import duty savings to new car buyers immediately, from the 30th of November most of Honda’s lineup will reduce the Federal Government’s tariff from 10 to 5 percent.
This will give new car buyers a saving of $1,500 and $3,000 on Japanese and UK sourced models.
”We are pleased to pass on these [...] - Tags:
America’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to know why Honda recalled cars with faulty airbags in two separate groups over the past year rather than all together.
Last November, Honda recalled 2001 model Accords and Civics to repair over-pressurised airbag inflators that, if deployed, had the potential to rupture the metal inflator body and cause [...] - Tags:
Honda Accord,
Honda Civic
Honda R&D Asia Pacific (HRAP) was officially launched today with the Minister of Industry, Mr. Chanchai Chairungruang, presiding over the inaugural ceremony.
The primary focus of this new centre is to address the rapidly changing consumer needs and market demands as well as strengthening Honda’s competitiveness in Asia and Oceania region.
“Today’s opening of Honda R&D Asia [...] - Tags:
The Honda Civic Hatch has been named most reliable fleet car in the UK.
The company car industry’s leading news paper Fleet News UK conducted a reliability survey, the biggest in the country. Honda claimed three of the top five most reliable cars in the UK, the Jazz and Accord listed third and fourth place.
The 50 [...] - Tags:
Honda Civic,
Honda Civic Hatch
Fed up with a number of new “scare tactics” advertising campaigns about motorcyclists, Honda Australia is instead emphasising the importance of appropriate training and riding advice in the lead up to summer.
Honda Motorcycles general manager Tony Hinton says his company is working overtime to educate both current riders as well as those who have an [...] - Tags:
Honda is working with the Institute of Motoring Industry’s (IMI) presenting body awards to bring out nationwide qualifications for maintaining hybrid cars in the UK.
To be made available to mechanics across the industry, the Automotive Internal Combustion and Electric Hybrid Technology Components and Operation Award includes practical and theory components as well as a skills-based [...] - Tags:
At the Tokyo Motor Show Honda strengthened its leadership position with the awareness of its dominance of the Japan Car of the Year award.
The awards began in 1980, since then a Honda model has won the award ten times, more than any other manufacturer. The Civic won four times, the Accord three and two awards [...] - Tags:
The Honda stand at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show featured a number of environmentally orientated vehicles under Honda’s HELLO! program.
The Honda stage featured such participants as the FCX Clarity, EV-N (a vehicle with looks originating in Honda’s early Scout models), Cub Electric Motorscooter, and U3-X unicycle concept.
Honda explains the stand as follows:
As the world prepares [...] - Tags:
Honda,
Tokyo Motor Show
Honda’s in-house tuning arm, MUGEN, has confirmed a limited production run of the Civic Type R MUGEN, following huge interest in the concept version from the UK and overseas.
Only 20 cars will be hand-built in the UK by MUGEN with customers receiving a unique, involved experience during the build process of each car.
With over two [...] - Tags:
Honda Civic,
Honda Civic Type R
It’s always interesting when two car companies disagree with each other, but it’s even more interesting when it’s Toyota and Honda, Japan’s biggest manufacturers.
Whilst Toyota has been stealing the limelight with its gorgeous new Lexus LFA, a two-seater supercar that’s powered by an incredible 4.8-litre V10 engine, Honda seems to think that’s old fashioned technology.
The [...] - Tags:
Honda NSX,
Lexus LFA
The Honda Jazz has been named as the UK’s most reliable car according to new research from insurance specialist, Warranty Direct.
Data compiled from Warranty Direct’s 50,000 UK policies on four- to seven-year old cars shows that Jazz models were the most reliable in the survey period.
According to the Warranty Direct Reliability Index, which measures [...] - Tags:
Honda Jazz
Ford Falcon vs. Holden Commodore vs. Nissan Maxima vs. Honda Accord vs. Toyota Aurion vs. Skoda Superb
Models Tested:
2009 Ford Falcon G6E Turbo; 4.0-litre, six-cylinder, petrol; six-speed automatic; sedan - $57,490
2009 Holden Commodore Calais V-Series; 3.6-litre, six-cylinder, petrol; six-speed automatic; sedan – $56,790
2009 Nissan Maxima Ti; 3.5-litre, six-cylinder, petrol; CVT gearbox; sedan – $46,990
2009 Honda Accord [...] - Tags:
Ford Falcon G6E Turbo,
Holden Commodore Calais V-Series,
Honda Accord Luxury V6,
koda Superb Elegance V6,
Nissan Maxima Ti,
Toyota Aurion Presara
The first European built Jazz has been driven off the production line at Honda’s factory in Swindon (UK), providing a boost to production volume and underlining the company’s long term commitment to its European operation.
The five-door Jazz is one of Honda’s most successful cars in Europe, with over 70,000 sold in the region every year. [...] - Tags:
Honda Jazz
CarAdvice has spent the best part of the week evaluating six of the best selling cars in the large car segment, including as an Australian first, a comparison with the new Holden Commodore Calais V-Series featuring the new SIDI V6 engine.
The cars were put through a barrage of tests, ranging from ride and [...] - Tags:
Honda Odyssey vs. Hyundai iMax Shuttle vs. Kia Grand Carnival vs. Mitsubishi Grandis vs. Toyota Tarago
Models Tested:
2009 Honda Odyssey; 2.4-litre, four-cylinder, petrol; five-speed automatic; wagon – $43,990*
2009 Hyundai iMax Shuttle; 2.5-litre, four-cylinder, diesel; four-speed automatic; wagon – $42,490*
2009 Kia Grand Carnival; 2.9-litre, four-cylinder, diesel; five-speed automatic; wagon – $41,990*
2009 Mitsubishi Grandis VRX; 2.4-litre, four-cylinder, petrol; [...] - Tags:
People Mover Comparison,
People Movers
The latest iteration of Honda’s sporty CR-Z hybrid concept is set to be revealed at the Tokyo motor show in near-production trim as the spiritual successor to the original Honda CRX.
The 2009 CR-Z Concept will arrive in the UK by 2010 as the world’s first sports hybrid car, and the first ever petrol-electric vehicle to [...] - Tags:
Honda CR-Z
In addition to the Honda Civic Limited Edition 40th Anniversary, Honda will also release the 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Accord to celebrate 40 years in Australia.
Powered by a 133 kilowatt, 2.4 litre 4-cylinder i-VTEC engine, the Accord takes the honour of having the most power (4-cylinder) in the large car class. It’s mated to a 5-speed auto [...] - Tags:
Honda Accord
Honda has now been in Australia for 40 years and in order to celebrate the Japanese company is introducing two limited edition models, a Civic and an Accord.
The Honda 40th Anniversary Civic LE (Limited Edition) is based on the 1.8-litre Civic VTi (103 kilowatt i-VTEC engine) but comes standard with 15” alloy wheels, fog [...] - Tags:
Honda Civic
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