2011 Honda Accord gets MPG Bump

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Honda is giving the Accord a mid-cycle refresh for the 2011 model year, due out late this year. There are some light styling changes, including a new grille, rear bumper, and deck lid. There are also new wheels across the lineup. In other words, nothing particularly exciting in the looks department. The real news is [...]

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2011 Honda Fit Hybrid Price Rumor

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If you believe a Reuters‘ source, the 2011 Honda Fit Hybrid will start at an astonishingly low price – $16,750. Considering that the conventional Fit starts at $14,900 , you can call me a skeptic. Such a low base price would put the Hybrid Fit about $4000 less than Honda’s own Fit-based Insight. Some of [...]

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2011 Honda CR-Z Priced from $19,200

That’s usually the usual car manufacturer trickery – it’s before the destination charge. Including this non-negotiable fee, the 2011 CR-Z will actually start at $19,950. That’s still under the $20k target – though just barely. On the entry level (No trim name, which is odd for Honda) equipped with the 6 speed manual, the CR-Z [...]

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2012 Honda Civic Mule Spy Shot

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Honda has pushed back the release of the 2012 Civic from late this year until sometime next year.  While some analysts are panicking and calling this the sign of Honda’s impending decline, I’m not worried.  Honda knows the the new Civic has to be fantastic – all the major automakers are putting out better and [...]

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Recall Notie: Acura TSX

Honda is recalling about 167,000 Acura TSX cars from the 2004-2008 model years.  The problem is a faulty o-ring gasket and power steering hose – they could deteriorate before their time.  If this were to happen, power steering fluid would leak, which could ultimately cause smoking or even a fire. Honda will be notifying customers [...]

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Honda’s NSX replacement lives in Super GT

Out with the old NSX race car and in with the new HSV-010 for SuperGT 2010. Now I know you’ve heard about the 5.0L v10 test mule s2000 that took it’s run around the nurburgring. Well of course due to the encomic downturn Honda had axed the succesor of the S2000 and the NSX, leaving [...]

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Recall Alert: Honda Recalls 378k vehicles

Is Japan trying to kill us or something? It seems Toyota is not alone with the rolling death-mobiles. Honda announced a recall of 378,000 cars in the US (437k globally.) The affected vehicles include Accords, Civics, Odysseys, and CR-V’s from the 2001 and 2002 model years. A few Acura vehicles are also affected. The issues [...]

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Recall Notice: 2007-2008 Honda Fit

This is no Toyota-level recall, but 646,000 Fits is not exactly minor.  About 141k of the affected Fits, from model years 2007 and 2008, are in the United States.  In some cases, water (probably from rain) can get into the driver’s window switch, possibly causing a fire. No cases have been reported yet, and the [...]

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