Honda is recalling almost 650,000 Honda Jazz / Honda fit models for faulty electric window switches which can cause a fire. 171,000 UK Honda Jazz affected. It’s not exactly on the scale of the Toyota recall for a sticking throttle, but nevertheless the announcement by Honda that they are recalling almost 650,000 (MY 2002-2008) Honda […]
Honda – made in the UK
Honda is launching a new TV ad campaign this week focusing on its ‘Made in the UK’ products. Car makers have had a torrid time in the last year or so. And the natural reaction has been to cut costs where they can. That has seen a downturn in the advertising budgets available to car makers, which […]
Honda CR-Z – production ready at Detroit
Honda has revealed the production version of the hybrid CR-Z coupe which will go on sale in the UK in the Summer. Honda are very keen to catch up with Toyota in the hybrid car wars. The Honda Insight was their answer to the Prius (although better looking it was even more woeful to drive […]
Honda CR-Z Hybrid (2010/2011) Leaks
First pictures of the Honda CR-Z Hybrid have been leaked from a Japanese brochure. The CR-Z will launch in 2010. We saw the Honda CR-Z Hybrid at the Tokyo Motor Show a few months ago as what Honda called a concept. But it was clear that this new Hybrid Coupe from Honda was anything but […]
Honda P-NUT Concept at LA
Honda has revelead the Personal-Neo Urban Transport Concept (Honda P-NUT) – a 3 seat micro city car – at the LA Motor Show. This is another of those ‘Lets see what we can make’ type concepts with probably precious little chance of being made. But the Honda ‘Personal-Neo Urban Transport’ – or Honda P-NUT – does make for […]
Top 10 most reliable cars
The Honda Civic has been voted the most reliable car in the UK in a survey of 840,000 cars operated by UK fleet and lease companies. Everybody seems to have a take on what constitutes the ‘Best’ car on the road. Some want best performance, some want most economical, some want most beautiful. But one […]
Mugen Honda CR-Z planned?
It’s reported that Mugen are planning a modified, performance version of the new Honda CR-Z Hybrid revealed at the Tokyo Motor Show. Update Feb 2010: There is indeed going to be a Mugen Honda CR-Z. Sort of. Mugen do fast Hondas. They’ve finally revealed that there will be a new Mugen Honda Civic Type R […]
Honda plans ‘Green’ Sports car – not an LF-A
Honda boss Takanobu Ito wants to make a ‘Green’ sports car. Perhaps a hydrogen fuel cell S2000 in 2012? Car makers have had to change their plans significantly in the last couple of years – none more so than Honda. Honda pulled out of F1 less than a year ago as a result of the […]
Honda Civic Type R Mugen UK Press Release
MUGEN EURO CONFIRMS PRODUCTION OF ULTIMATE CIVIC TYPE R MUGEN Euro has confirmed a limited production run of the Civic Type R MUGEN, following huge interest in the concept version from the UK and overseas. An exclusive run of up to 20 cars will be hand-built in the UK by MUGEN, the long-standingtuner of Honda […]
Civic Type R Mugen Confirmed
Honda has confirmed they are to produce 20 Mugen Civic Type R for the UK at £38,599. We ran a similar story back in June. We’d heard that Mugen were working on creating a version of the disappointing Civic Type R, but we had nothing official. Then Mugen confirmed that a Civic Type R Muge […]