Honda has purchased a production license for an automated manual transmission developed by Antonov Automotive Technologies. [Read More]

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The TSX, in contrast, is a sports sedan for grown-ups. It's notably nimble and fun to drive, but it's also stylish, luxurious, and impeccably engineered and built.
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Honda breaks ground for new auto plant in China

On 29 May, Honda held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new passenger car plant in China, with production to begin in the latter half of 2004 dedicated exclusively for export. The new joint venture comp [Read More]

The Battle of the Imports Elegante by TYC Nationals on Saturday, June 14, 2003 at Virginia Motorsports Park is coming up fast. Racers from all over mid-Atlantic will converge in Petersburg, Virginia for a piece of the over $80,000 posted in cash and [Read More]

Neal's just finished the June 2003 Calendar for your computer's desktop wallpaper. [Read More]

"Honda's Guangzhou plant will begin production of the Fit sedan in August or September, one or two months later than planned, Honda spokesman Masaya Nagai says." [Read More]

May sales of Acura vehicles totaled 16,495, setting a new all-time monthly record besting the previous mark of 16,333 units set in August 2002, and surpassing last May's total of 16,229. [Read More]

American Honda Motor Co.,Inc., recorded its best-ever May with sales of 130,454, up 18 percent, to achieve the second largest sales month in the company's history. [Read More]

Honda engines win again

Honda once again is recognised as being amongst the best engine manufacturers in the world. For the fourth consecutive year the 2.0 litre Honda S2000 and 1.0 litre Insight IMA hybrid engines won their respective size catego [Read More]

"Meanwhile, Honda also is trying to improve its cars' design to stand up better in crashes. Several years ago, the company built a $60 million crash-test center, where engineers can propel cars into each other to simulate head-on collisions and side-s [Read More]

"The ride is firm, but I found the TSX to be quite comfortable on typical day to day commutes. The body is super tight, and the car feels well-built. You'll notice some tire slap over freeway expansion cracks, but that's not unusual." [Read More]

Some observations about the Hong Kong market Accord. [Read More]

Last week saw the launch of Accord Euro in Australia.

As the name suggests, this is the JDM/Euro version of Accord. Both Australia and New Zealand will get two versions of Accord. [Read More]

TOKYO ? Honda Motor Co will transfer the production of a large sedan from Ohio in the United States to Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, in mid-June in order to raise the utilization rate of the domestic plant, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Sunday. [Read More]

Texas Bombardier 500 results at the link. [Read More]