The hybrid Honda CR-Z – sporting a 1.5 litre petrol engine and a six speed manual ‘box – has been revealed at Tokyo. Honda has unveiled what they are calling the CR-Z concept at Tokyo today, But it’s not a concept – as we said when we reported a few weeks ago on the CR-Z […]
Honda start to think electric
Honda are starting to reconsider their strategy of focusing on Hybrid and Hydrogen Fuel Cell cars and are looking at electric cars seriously. I suppose we shouldn’t blame Honda for moving with the crowd. They have stated on more than one occassion that they see the short to medium term solution for economical cars is in Hybrid technology, but […]
Honda Skydeck Concept at Tokyo
Honda are bringing the Skydeck Hybrid Concept to Tokyo – a Concept People Carrier aimed at Ford’s new C-Max. We warned you – lots of Tokyo stuff coming in. We had Honda’s CR-Z Concept earlier, and now we gate Honda’s take on the new Ford C-Max – the Honda Skydeck Concept. But again, it’s more […]
Honda CR-Z (2010) at Tokyo
Honda are showing the CR-Z Concept at Tokyo – a three door sports coupe hybrid – which will launch in the UK in 2010 Honda are calling the CR-Z a concept. But it’s not. It’s actually one of those ‘Concept’ cars that is ready to roll. It’s not a flight of fancy, but a production-ready […]
Johnny Herbert goes racing again
We don’t cover that much on racing and rallying at Cars UK; just the big stuff – not the everyday minutia. So is the news that Johnny Herbert is going racing in Honda BTC big news? Probably not the biggest – I admit – even though Johnny has been a more than competent F1 driver […]
UK Honda Civic Type R for Japan
It’s a bit of a ‘Coals to Newcastle’ scenario, with Honda announcing that the Honda Civic Type R 3-door, which is only built in Swindon, is to go to Japan to be sold as the Civic Type R Euro. Currently, the only Civic Type R sold in Japan is the saloon version, so the addition […]
Honda CR-Z Hybrid by 2010
Honda has been trying to play catch-up with big rivals Toyota in the Hybrid car game. Despite their publicly aired views that they believe the future to be in Hydrogen Fuel Cell cars, they know that there is a big momentum with petrol hybrids, and they don’t want to lose out. Honda’s first production Hybrid […]
Toyota Prius – sales double
As we reported last month, the Toyota Prius – the new, 3rd GEN car – took the top sales spot in Japan in its first full month on sale, knocking April’s big seller – the Honda Insight Hybrid – in to second place. For the fist time the top two spots in Japan were taken […]
Hybrid Cars are Dangerous
If we’re talking about the likes of the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, we find them a danger to our sensibilities as they are unpleasant to drive. If you simply want to get from A to B economically that’s fine, but the driving experience is none existent. Still lots of people just want transport, […]
Mugen Honda Civic Type R – Official
Well, to be entirely truthful it’s only ‘sort-of’ official. As we reported late last month, Mugen are working on a hot version of the slightly disappointing current generation of Honda’s hot-hatch – the Honda Civic Type R. But all we knew then was that Mugen were working on it, and Mugen didn’t want to say […]