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Limping with the Bulls

This weekend, I spent a not inconsiderable amount of time blocking a busy street near a popular southern California beach. Worse, I was in a metallic orange Lamborghini, the gearbox and engine of which were having a disagreement resulting in massive and noisy rpm spikes and zero forward motion. To add visibility to humiliation, the [...]

Mojo Rising? Only if Honda can Find It

During the launch of the 2012 Civic Si (9th Generation Civic), a Honda executive told Car and Driver magazine off-the-record that “People have been saying that Honda’s lost its mojo, but that’s not true. We just put it in a closet for a while.” That may be true and perhaps Honda is working on reinvigorating [...]

Airgate and JonasM review the new Honda CR-Z

We’ve heard the stories from several automotive sites and the press releases from Honda about the new Honda CR-Z sports hybrid. Per Honda, this is a very promising vehicle that is supposed to be the beginning of a new era and the direction that their future products will take. The response for the CR-Z as [...]

Could an S2000 successor be in the pipeline – based on the CR-Z?

Ever since Honda announced that production for the S2000 will end, there have been rumors about another coming. Some called it an AP3, yet others were looking forward eagerly to the arrival of the NSX. Rendered images flooded the internet and Honda too fueled the speculation with the OSM concept, and by starting to test [...]

The Honda S2000 Top Secret Manufacturing Process

Have you ever wondered to what extent the S2000 is hand built? Rumors have floated around that the interior was stitched together by experienced female Honda technicians, because they could do a better job than the men. All those rumors may now be put to rest. Understandably Honda (like any other manufacturer) has kept their [...]

The Honda S2000 still looks new in another top ten list

The Honda S2000 has once again made it onto a top ten list. We’re not surprised, the S has been a winner since its debut 10 years ago, it accolades including several appearances on 10 Best lists and also being voted one of the cars you must drive before you die, from Car and Driver. [...]

New Honda Hybrid S2000 Beat-er?

We have been waiting for an S2000 successor for quite some time. Rumors have piled up and many renderings were considered to be a good sign of what will come next. However, we are living in “the future of the automotive industry” and hybrid technology becomes more popular and more practical. Honda plans to create [...]

Honda S2000 Registry – This voluntary effort needs your support

Have you ever wondered upon seeing another S2000, as to whether your car and that one shared some common ancestry? In all probability they were built on the same assembly line and maybe even the same Honda factory technician installed the steering column on your car. Wouldn’t you love to know where a sibling car [...]

Honda S2000 listed in a very special Ten Best List of the Decade

For more than 25 years, Car & Driver runs competitions to find out the top ten cars in America. The criteria for this list is being based on three factors, the performance that the car is intended for, if it is fun to drive, and of course the actual value the car represents. The Honda [...]

New Beat roadster by Honda

Check this rendered photo which is a speculation by the Japanese Best Car magazine of what it seems as the new generation of the Beat roadster. The same magazine gave us few images of, what it was supposed to be, the next S2000 as well. However, due to the current market that wants small and [...]

Both Honda’s HSV-10 GT on video around the track

Following our previous post of the first available videos and the first photos of the HSV-10 GT we have discovered this time a video of more than ten minutes. You will see that Honda tests on track both of its Super GT car, the HSV-10 GT. We are pretty sure that they run different setups [...]

New Photos of Honda HSV-10 GT on track

We are sure that the photos of the Honda HSV-10 GT, will make you very excited. We’ve seen it on video, and now we have available photos of the HSV-10 GT on track. The super car is absolutely beautiful and is being expected to perform giving very positive results with the 3.4 liter V8 engine [...]

First Videos of the new Honda HSV-10 GT

Here are the first videos available of the new Honda HSV-10 GT. Check them out right below this beautiful photo!

Successor of NSX renamed to Honda HSV-10 GT and ready for the SuperGT

Is this the successor of the NSX or not? It looks like the spirit of the NSX will live on, at the Japanese SuperGT Championship as the HSV-10 GT. What is known so far, although is not yet official, is that the front-mid engine Honda car will be equipped with a 3.4 liter V8 engine [...]

World premiere of Honda’s New Small Concept at Auto Expo 2010 in India

Honda plans to present a New Small Concept which is currently under development especially for India and other emerging nations. The world premier of this concept will be presented at the Auto Expo 2010 in New Delhi, India. Honda will also exhibit the hybrid sports CR-Z Concept 2009. In addition Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India [...]