February 8th, 2010 
Shteph 
Honda has prepared an European market CR-Z hybrid coupe which will have its premiere at next month’s Geneva International Motor Show. The biggest difference from the two-seater North American-spec CR-Z that was unveiled at the Detroit Show in January is that the European version features a 2+2 seating layout. (more…)
Posted in Auto Shows, Honda 
Tags: Europoean Honda CR-Z, Geneva Motor Show, hybrid Honda 
No Comments » January 31st, 2010 Shteph 
After all the flurry with Toyota’s sticking pedal and their recall for 8 models worldwide, it’s time for Honda to join the club and recall Jazz over a power switch defect that could cause a fire, by allowing water to enter the power window switch. A total of 646,000 cars will be called in globally to fix this switch defect. This includes Jazz/Fit models built in Japan, China, Brazil, Thailand, Malaysia and India. To these figures, Honda includes also 27,000 City models in Asia.
However, there is good news in all this nuisance: Honda Siel Cars India said that India will not be a part of the global vehicle recall, because the Jazz that is being sold in India is a second generation vehicle, which is not a part of the global recall. The official said the Jazz that is being recalled globally is the previous generation model.
There have been reported three cases of fires due to the defect – two in the US and one in South Africa. The latter had a sad ending, as a two-year-old girl was killed in Cape Town when the Jazz she was sleeping in caught fire.
January 23rd, 2010 Shteph 
Future seems pretty predictable: we WILL drive electric and hybrid cars and WILL stay in line at street corners with a point in our hands to charge our little zero-emissions friend like a cell phone.
Big brands have lined up with this trend and have thrown into this cruel world various proppeling combinations with tiny batteries that can develop up to 600hp. (more…)
Posted in Acura, Concept Cars, Honda, Hybrid, News Tags: Acura, Fred Flinstone, future in hybrid cars, Honda, Hybrid cars, hybrid Japanese cars, Japanese concept cars No Comments » January 12th, 2010 Shteph 
You like simple, compact, sporty, Japanese cars that go for more than 50mpg? Well, aparently Honda have been trying to prove us that simple, compact, sporty Japanese cars can go up to 37mpg! And they’re tooting their own horn for this!
It is new, it looks new…new, rejected first edition Honda. It is a new kind of hybrid, the manual six speed paired to the 1.5-liter i-VTEC 4-cylinder engine belting out 122 HP and 128 lb-ft of torque at a low-low 1,000 to 1,500 RPM (123 lb-ft for the automatic CVT version). A hybrid having all available torque at 1,000-1,500 rpm is interesting, and I would like to see how that translates into the driving experience. No production hybrid has been designed for sports in sacrifice of milage, but…37mpg highway?!?! Now I finally understand why rice-eaters go by bike!
April 29th, 2008 Alex 
Honda’s new SUV has a 3.5 liter V-6 engine,mated to a five-speed gearbox,making 250 horse power and 253 lb-ft of torque.A new feature is represented by the VCM : Variable Cylinder Management.It means that the engine can use all six cylinders for great power or it can use just for or three cylinders to reduce fuel-consumption.
The 4-wheel drive powertrain,bluetooth, power tailgate,lift-up hatch and the hill start assist remain just options.
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February 10th, 2008 admin 
Honda’s upmarket brand, the Acura isn’t interested in making less fuel consuming vehicles and considers hybrid engines more suitable for small cars.
Despite increased public interest regarding hybrid technology and competitor Lexus; success in that area, Acura isn’t even considering developing such engines for the time being or the near future. Dick Coliver, vice-president of Acura says: “when you go into the bigger vehicles, it’s going to be very difficult. Our position is it’s better-suited for smaller cars.”
However Acura plans to introduce a diesel powered model sometime in the future, a 2.2litre 4-cilinder I-DTEC, produced by Honda. This may prove to be a bad idea, as recent studies show Americans are less enthused by diesel technology than they are by hybrids.
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