Overall, the CR-V sustained about $6,600 damage in the Institute's four bumper tests, nearly double the total damage sustained by a 1998 CR-V in the same tests. [Read More]

The Accord Type R will be discontinued in the Euro market for 2003. Insiders are saying that "the forthcoming range is unlikely to meet the strict performance requirements Honda" puts on Type-R variants." The full article posted today can be read at t [Read More]

Heavy demand for American Honda's recently expanded light truck lineup pushed total truck sales up 41.9 percent to an all-time record of 36,178 units in June, while overall vehicle sales increased by 1.8 percent to 109,958. [Read More]

Strong demand for the MDX luxury SUV and the RSX sports coupe drove June Acura sales to 15,043, up 1.0 percent compared to last year, according to sales figures released today by American Honda Motor Co., Inc. [Read More]

June 30, 2002 -- Lexington OH

SCCA SPEED World Challenge series Touring Car points leader Pierre Kleinubing finished the 50-minute race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 3.5 seconds out of the race win, in eighth position. [Read More]

June 30, 2002 - Lexington OH

Although the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course has been good to RealTime Racing driver Peter Cunningham over the years, ...this was a weekend to forget for the RTR team.
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We received these first two photos via e-mail from Ing. Martin Riedl of Austria. From the first photo you can see that the headlight design is very similar to the Odyssey's. In the second photo, the rear bears a strong family resemblance to the RSX/ [Read More]

Here's the latest Euro NCAP results and press release.
Both CR-V and S2000 got 4 stars for passengers security. 15 of the 16 vehicles tested only get 1 out of 4 stars in pedestrian protection, being the exception the Honda CR-V.

So far every civi [Read More]

Race results are at the link. [Read More]

Here's the complete story about the new Honda CVT trasmission in english. I also posted the link to the original Honda June newsletter


HONDA JAZZ CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT)

Offers excellent fuel economy plus the fun of steering [Read More]

From the article: "The new law sets a minimum of 102 inches for alternative-fuel vehicles. That means natural-gas powered Honda Civics, with wheelbases of 103.1 inches, can again be sold for taxi service in Connecticut."
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The attached article shows the JDM/Euro accord undergoing chassis testing at the Nurburgring in Germany.

Engines : 160hp 2.0 litre, 180 hp 2.4 litre, 250 hp 2.4 litre high output - all i-VTEC. Diesel 2.2L with 140 hp. [Read More]

"The value of the deduction will vary, depending on your tax bracket. If you're in the 30% bracket, you'll save $600 on 2002 taxes. [Read More]

We posted this in the Accord forum, but we realize that not everyone may frequent that forum. It's a new picture, but the car is still disguised. [Read More]

Company cites philosophy; analysts say cost is factor

Despite the auto industry's revived interest in V-8 engines and rear-wheel-drive cars, Honda Motor Co. Ltd. will stand by its contrarian reputation and resist both trends, a top engineer [Read More]