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Honda is a Japanese automaker offering a full lineup of vehicles in North America, including the Acura brand of luxury vehicles. Established in 1946 by Soichiro Honda, the company produced only motorcycles in its early days. Honda began operations in the North America back in 1959, though didn't sell cars here until the fuel-efficient Civic arrived in 1973 at the outset of this country's first energy crisis. Well known as a leader in engineering, Honda also still produces a full line of motorcycles, as well as power equipment like lawnmowers and generators.
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0Official: Honda unveils another Segway-fighter [w/video] 1337110140
It seems that ever since humankind grew legs and climbed out of the ocean, we've been trying to figure out ways to avoid using said appendages. While many of these efforts have been wildly successful – think Roman chariots, Pony Express, and the Ford Model T – the recent spate of personal mobility devices hasn't quite taken off. The poster ...
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Official: Honda Indy Toronto renews key contracts through 2014 1337092200
"With a strong heritage in open-wheel racing, Toronto continues to be a great fit for INDYCAR," said Randy Bernard, CEO of INDYCAR. "It's important from a business standpoint to be in one of the largest DMAs in North America. The circuit continues to produce some of our most competitive and memorable races and the Canadian race fans are some of the most ...
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Study: Nit-picking Kelley Blue Book 1337086800
A natural extension of being a tech journalist is being a stats geek. As it turns out, nothing makes a stats geek happier than finding something wrong with someone Else's numbers. Especially when that someone is Kelley Blue Book (KBB), a cornucopia of car statistics ranging from range to resale value. Now, we love KBB - lots of great information, insight ...
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Opinion: The case of Heather Peters and the Honda Civic Hybrid sets an alarming trend 1336689060
What are you going to do, sue? Good luck. This week's Superior Court verdict suggests there's little to no recourse for consumers. As Autoblog readers likely have already learned, a Superior Court judge in California has tossed out a judgment issued by a small claims court earlier this year awarding nearly US$10,000 to Honda Civic Hybrid owner ...
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Followup: Honda wins appeal in Civic Hybrid fuel mileage case 1336656540
A judge has reversed a lower court ruling against Honda over the automaker's fuel economy claims. Heather Peters successfully sued Honda in small-claims court in February, claiming her 2006 Civic Hybrid didn't return the advertised 50 miles per gallon (4.7L/100km) Environmental Protection Agency rating. Peters was awarded US$9,867 in damages in the ...
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Study: "Camaros eat Mustangs:" The origins of car names 1336584600
As a car manufacturer, you have spent literally thousands of person-hours engineering a vehicle that is not quite entirely dreamy nor utterly practical, but some magical balance of the two that should sell by the trainload. Small problem: the folks in marketing have decided to name the car the "Acquiesce," so chosen for its inability to offend anybody and ...
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Video: Honda shows off greatest hits in new Japanese ad 1335894300
Honda is looking toward the future. A new Japanese ad for the company has made its way to YouTube featuring some of the most important models in the automaker's past. From lowly bicycles and small-displacement motorcycles to the ever-sexy 1965 RA272 F1 car and perfectly proportioned S800, the ghosts of yesterday are all lined up behind the new Acura NSX ...
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Report: IndyCar rules in favour of Honda, against Chevy, in turbocharger dispute 1335788880
Borg-Warner makes the turbos for all three IndyCar engine suppliers, Chevrolet, Honda and Lotus, but the engine-makers provide two compressor shrouds of their own design for homologation by the series. Honda's singe-turbo engine is down on power compared to Chevrolet's and Lotus' twin-turbo motors, and Chevrolet has won every race so far and taken all ...
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Official: Honda developing tech that helps prevent traffic jams 1335787200
It happens every time traffic gets too heavy and starts to slow: One inattentive driver panics and slams on his brakes, triggering a chain reaction that leads to a complete traffic stoppage a few dozen cars behind. If everyone could just slow down, pay attention, and maintain an even speed, we could all get where we're going. Honda hopes to deploy a new ...
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Comparo: Honda CR-V edges Mazda CX-5 in Consumer Reports small CUV test [w/video] 1335472800
Whenever Consumer Reports weighs in on the automotive landscape, we're always eager to hear what its editors have to say. We value their opinions, not because we necessarily agree or disagree, but because CR plays it straight. And sometimes, amidst all the folderol spewed about new models in the pages of car magazines and on the myriad websites devoted to ...