Honda has revealed the Honda NSX Concept (Acura NSX Concept for the US) in Detroit this evening, a lightweight, hybrid, mid-engined supercar. A replacement for the Honda NSX (or Acura NSX for the US) has been on and off for years. But we knew the new NSX Concept was coming to Detroit and we thought it [...]
Acura in the US has revealed it will debut the new Honda NSX Concept at the Detroit Auto Show in January 2012. We reported just over a week ago that it was starting to look very likely that the new Honda NSX would bow in as a concept at the Detroit Auto Show in January [...]
The new Honda NSX is reported to be debuting at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2012, featuring a 3.5 litre hybrid powertrain. We ran a similar story less than two months ago when we asked if the new Honda NSX would be at this week’s Tokyo Motor Show. But it’s not. Which is probably why the [...]
Honda told us that the Mugen CR-Z was just a concept, but now we learn that the hot CR-Z will arrive in the UK in February 2012 from ‘under £24k’. The Honda CR-Z is a decent enough little car; it has sporty handling and sporty looks, but it’s a real anti-climax to drive thanks to [...]
It’s being reported that Honda are heading back to F1 supplying McLaren with engines from 2014, recreating a successful partnership from the 1980s. There is no real love lost between McLaren and Mercedes. Respect, certainly, but McLaren has done all it can to extricate itself from business dealings with the Germans, and the final step may be a partnership [...]
Honda are to reveal an electric sports car concept at Tokyo together with six other concepts including the plug-in hybrid AC-X. Home Motor Shows are car makers’ favourites, so with the Tokyo Motor Show just round the corner Honda has revealed plans for seven concepts at the show including a small electric roadster and a [...]
Honda is having to delay the launch of the 2012 Civic in the UK and Europe, but we do get new video and photos of the new Civic. The 2012 Honda Civic will be built in the UK. But that hasn’t stopped production for cars being prepared for the UK and Europe launch from being [...]
The first photo of the new 2012 Honda CR-V in production-ready guise has appeared on Honda’s web site in Japan, almost a year before it arrives in the UK. We first got a proper look at the new Honda CR-V (the 2012 model) in concept form back in July, and at the time Honda told us that they were [...]
Honda has revealed a refreshed Insight Hybrid in Japan and launched the Honda Insight Exclusive with the 1.5 litre IMA powertrain from the CR-Z. You can’t blame Honda for wanting to keep a toe in the hybrid waters, especially as arch rival Toyota has all but cornered the market. But you can blame them for [...]
Honda’s R & D head Mibe Toshihiro has confirmed that Honda are building a new NSX, and rumours say the NSX concept could arrive at the Tokyo Motor Show. Isn’t it strange how some cars are never appreciated fully when they’re in production? Take the McLaren F1. It’s now perhaps the most desirable modern classic [...]
Honda reveals UK prices and specs for the 2012 Honda Civic, from the £16,495 100PS i-VTEC SE to the 2.2 i-DTEC EX GT at £26,595. The 2012 Honda Civic may be more of an evolution of the old Civic than a radical departure, but it does seem to offer a decent package, and one designed to cope with UK roads too. [...]
The first public hydrogen filling station in the UK has opened at Honda’s South Marston plant, the first step in creating a hydrogen fuel network in the UK. Every car maker – well, every car maker with an eye to the future – is developing hydrogen fuel cell cars. Really, short of portable cold fusion becoming a reality, hydrogen is the only [...]
The 2012 Honda Civic has been revealed at Frankfurt, with better dynamics and higher quality interior. On sale October. We had quite a tease from Honda on the 2012 Civic in the run-up to Frankfurt, but at least it was a tease with substance, rather than just pointless shots of bits of a new car. [...]
Following on from the limited-edition Type R Mugen, Honda has revealed the Civic Type R Mugen 2.2 with more power and torque. When Honda finally confirmed the Civic Type R Mugen for very limited production – just 20 were being made – back in 2009, we did comment that the price - £38,599 and a £12k premium over the stock Type R [...]
Honda has given the Insight a minor facelift for 2012 and got its CO2 emissions below 100g/k, promising free VED and no congestion charge. We’re still not convinced that Honda has its heart in the Insight Hybrid, but they have no choice other than to present some semblance of competition to the stranglehold Toyota has [...]
Honda are continuing to tease the 2012 Honda Civic ahead of its Frankfurt launch, this time with information on its refinement. As we said on the last story we ran about the 2012 Honda Civic, Honda are taking its launch very seriously, And they’re doing the normal new car tease too, but in a very [...]
Honda are to make the 2012 Honda Civic cleaner and more powerful with just 110g/km CO2 and 10bhp extra. Honda are taking the launch of the new Civic for 2012 properly seriously, and looking to make it a properly good alternative to stuff like the Focus and Golf. That means the 2012 Honda Civic is [...]
Mugen in Japan has emulated Mugen UK by producing the Honda CR-Z Mugen RR, a tarted and titivated CR-Z Hybrid. We’ve reported quite a bit on Mugen UK’s efforts to sprinkle fairy dust on the Honda CR-Z Hybrid to turn it in to the sort of hybrid that would appeal to a keen driver. And now it’s the turn of Mugen in [...]
Honda is playing a bit of tease with the 2012 Honda Civic ahead of the Frankfurt Motor show. We have photos and Video of a disguised Civic. If you think about Honda cars the first car that probably springs to mind is the Honda Civic because the Civic seems to have been around for ever. In fact, the 2012 [...]
Honda has revealed a single image of the Honda CR-V Concept which, apart from a few glitzy add-ons, will be the new 2012 Honda CR-V. Update: Honda has been in touch to say that the new, fourth-generation CR-V will go on sale in the U.S. by the end of 2011, and in Europe in Autumn 2012. The Honda CR-V is a bit of an odd [...]
Honda has released video of the Mugen Honda CR-Z out playing ahead of a public reveal at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in a few weeks. We reported back in April that Honda had turned to Mugen to see if they could inject anything in to the CR-Z Hybrid that might make it even remotely [...]
Honda has revealed the first photos of the Honda CR-Z Mugen ahead of its reveal at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July. We got news a couple of months ago that Honda were getting Mugen to do a tuning job on the CR-Z Hybrid and put together a ‘Concept’ for this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. But it seemed [...]
Honda (UK) has announced that an unreliable supply chain of components from Japan after the recent disaster necessitates a cut in UK production of 50%. Japan is slowly recovering from the earthquake and tsunami that hit on 11th March. Or at least its production is. Honda has revealed that it expects its Japanese plants to resume production of 11th [...]
Mugen in Europe are developing a Honda CR-Z Mugen which promises more power an ‘Type-R’ performance. Debuts at Goodwood Festival of Speed. We all know that Honda doesn’t really have its heart in the hybrid game, believing that hybrids are, at best, a stop-gap solution. But in the real world Honda can’t afford to ignore [...]
