Posted in Compact cars, Honda, Hybrids, New cars on Jan 12th, 2010
The 2011 Honda CR-Z hybrid has been revealed at the Detroit Auto Show. With styling reminiscent of Honda’s famous sporty hatchback CRX and even more famous Insight hybrid, think of the CR-Z as Honda’s version of a retro model. According to Autoblog, the CR-Z will feature a mild hybrid system that will allow [...]
Posted in Honda, Hyundai, Incentives, Mazda, Nissan, Suzuki, Toyota on Dec 3rd, 2009
December car buyers will see low car loan interest rates and more leasing incentives, as dealerships try to clear out remaining 2009 models. There are a lot of good incentives on 2010 models as well.
Honda – Honda is offering auto loans with interest rates as low as 0.9% in December during its Happy Honda Days [...]
Posted in Honda, Hyundai, Incentives, Mazda, Nissan, Suzuki, Toyota on Nov 4th, 2009
In November, buyers can take advantage of an increase in leasing incentives from the foreign automakers. Most of the lease specials are on the new 2010 models. Manufacturers are also offering big savings on 2009 models, as they try to clear them off dealers’ lots.
Honda – Honda is offering only one auto loan incentive in [...]
Posted in Honda on Oct 22nd, 2009
Bringing your dog in the car can be a stressful situation. Dogs love the car, but that means they get incredibly excited in one, and man’s best friend has no idea that you’re doing something important, so he thinks it’s OK to try to climb onto your lap or onto the dashboard for a [...]
Even though Toyota has just announced the arrival of an all new Prius hybrid, the company has recently been revealed plans to keep selling the older Prius along the new model. Japan’s Nikkei business paper claims Toyota plans to keep the outgoing Prius on sale as a way to counter the threat of Honda’s new [...]
Posted in Honda, Sports cars on Dec 21st, 2008
After recently announcing their withdrawal (for the time being) from the sport of Formula-1 racing, Honda Motor Co. has recently announced that they are now canceling the NSX sports car successor. The next NSX would have surely been a world class supercar had it reached production. With a naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V10 under the hood [...]
Posted in Honda, Sports cars on Dec 14th, 2008
The NSX was a seminal car for Honda. First all-aluminum space frame chassis, first use of variable valve timing (V-Tech) in a production car, and so on. This was a car that really showed just how bad Italian and British exotics could be once you got past the performance and looks. Unlike those cars the [...]
Posted in Automotive, Honda, Sports cars, Technology on Dec 5th, 2008
I’m a fan of Honda’s. I’ve grown up with my father owning Honda motorcycles since I was a baby. My first ride on a motorcycle was on my pop’s CB550-Four, in pearl red with a 4-into-1 exhaust custom exhaust no less! The sound that bike made solidified what my old man used to say; “Son, [...]
Posted in Automotive, Honda, Hybrids on Dec 4th, 2008
Honda Motor Co. has released the first official photo of its new 2009 Insight hybrid.This is the car that will take Toyota’s much vaunted Prius head on. It’s only obvious from first glance as both share the same universally aerodynamic silhouette and form a profile could almost fit inside each other’s lines.
This is actually the [...]
Posted in Acura RL, Automotive, Honda on Dec 1st, 2008
Honda has done very well for itself with its Acura luxury brand. While Honda’s are sometimes held back by their need to be affordable and accessible, Acura’s are free to show off the Japanese company’s technological prowess. One of the ways they’ve done this is by refusing to offer a V8 engine in its cars, [...]
