List of Australian Car Clubs and Specialists, New Car Releases and Owners' Car Reviews for Aussie motoring enthusiasts
Well … they do in the UK. Honda UK has teamed up with Britain’s Metropolitan Police in the country’s biggest ever hybrid car fleet deal, with 117 Honda Civic Hybrids leased for use by police Community Support Officers. The hybrids will be used as part of a Safer Neighbourhoods scheme; an initiative to increase police […]
Honda have released slightly altered Accord sedans and Odyssey vans into the wild. Accord Rear styling changes have been made and include LED tail lamps. Other changes to the sedan include a drive-by-wire throttle, new allowy wheels and alterations to the interior trip The V6 Accords now include Vehicle Stability assist and satellite navigation has […]
Honda announced yesterday that it was recalling over half a million vehicles manufactured between Oct 3 1994 and May 15 1997 because of a faulty part used in starting the engine. Models affected include Oddyssey minivans, CR-V SUVs and Step vans. The affected vehicles were sold in Japan, the United States, Europe and various Asian […]
Honda has announced plans to have a completely new manufacturing plant on line in 2009 to produce 150,000 Civics and Fit models for the North American market. Reports suggest that the new plant will have the capacity to increase production to 300,000 models a year bringing Honda’s total capacity in North America to something around […]
Honda describe this car as their “bite-sized wonder” and there is no doubt that this definitely does fall into the small market and they are even going so far as to promote it in a toy-like way with an obvious attempt to link the Jazz to Thomas the Tank Engine. The price of $15,990 for […]
While the Honda Civic hybrid (pictured) and the Toyota Prius – perhaps the best known hybrid in Australia – did not seem to attract much attention at the Brisbane Motor Show that could all change in the next few years. A recent survey by KPMG of 140 automotive executives from around the world found that […]
There are definitely times when the way manufacturers advertise their motor vehicles is downright boring. But you really couldn’t describe this ad produced to market the Honda Civic in the United Kingdom as boring (the Honda web page has since been removed). Oh and the car looks like this:
This is the Honday Element – it’s a four wheel drive vehicle sold by Honda in the United States and its target market is young people. It even has a sun roof over the back seat – not for the comfort of back seat passengers but to allow young drivers to carry their surfboards inside […]
The Honda Motor Company has announced plans to expand their operations in India. Currently 30,000 units are year are produced at Honda’s Indian plants and the planned expansion will allow that figure to rise to 50,000 a year. Currently Honda produce the City ZX and the Civic in India.