Faster, lighter Honda Civic Type R variant possible
The 2015 Honda Civic Type R is mighty fast for most people, we would assume. With a pre-production mule lapping the Nurburgring in 7:50.63, the Civic Type R now holds the record for the fastest […]
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DRIVEN: Honda HR-V punches above its weight
Confidence. That was the message I took away from the Honda HR-V media test drive event recently held in Langkawi. Popularity breeds confidence. In four months, Honda Malaysia has racked up 15,000 bookings of the […]
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Honda “2SJ” Brio-based A-segment SUV on test
It looks like prototypes of the upcoming Honda Brio-based A-segment SUV is now ready and have been shipped from Thailand to India for testing. How do we know this? It seems that shipment logs showing […]
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VW top in China; strong growth from domestic brands
A report from Automotive World detailed the sales performance of the top 20 automotive brands in China, sourced from LMC Automotive, in the first quarter of 2015. It shows that while foreign marques still ruled […]
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2015 Honda Civic Type R detailed for the Euro market
It’s been some time since we heard anything surrounding the 2015 Honda Civic Type R – and it appears the Japanese carmaker is well aware of this. As a result, Honda has decided to release […]
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Honda opens East Malaysia centralised distribution centres in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching
Honda Malaysia (HM) today announced the successful establishment of its East Malaysia centralised distribution centres in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and Kuching, Sarawak. This marks the first step in HM’s expansion plan into East Malaysia as […]
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Honda expands airbag recall in US, Japan by 690k cars
It keeps coming. Honda has further recalled around 690,000 cars in the USA and Japan to replace air bag inflators made by Takata after the parts supplier finally agreed to follow US orders to expand […]
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Honda wants Guinness World Record for efficiency, taking Civic Tourer diesel 13,670 km across Europe
On June 1, Honda European R&D team members Fergal McGrath and Julian Warren will get into a Honda Civic Tourer 1.6 i-DTEC diesel in Aalast, Belgium. They will then drive 13,670 km across 24 European […]
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Toyota most valuable car brand despite airbag recalls
The BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study, released by market researcher Millward Brown, has found Toyota to be the most valuable car brand in 2015, in spite of a recent wave of airbag-related […]
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Honda to mass-produce fuel cell cars by 2020 – report
Honda is aiming to mass-produce hydrogen fuel-cell cars by 2020, Autocar UK reports, with powertrain development head Thomas Brachmann telling the motoring rag that the FCV Concept is “relatively close to the production car.” “We […]
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Honda Jade RS debuts with new VTEC Turbo engine
The Honda Jade RS has just gone on sale in Japan, powered by the company’s new 1.5 litre VTEC Turbo engine. Oh yes, it’s a performance-oriented Honda MPV! Well, kind of, at least. Honda says […]
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Honda Malaysia recalls 87,182 vehicles over Takata airbag issue – City, Civic, CR-V, Jazz, Stream affected
Honda Malaysia has announced a “precautionary update” for 87,182 units of Honda vehicles in the country over the ongoing Takata airbag issue, and the move involves the following models: 2003-2008 Honda City, 2003-2008 Honda Civic, […]
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Honda Australia recalls 130,000 cars over Takata airbags; Honda Malaysia to announce local recall soon
Honda Australia has announced two recalls involving a total of 130,000 cars – again over airbags made by Japanese parts maker Takata Corp – according to CarAdvice. The defective inflators have been the source of […]
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2015 Honda Jazz Shuttle goes on sale in Japan
Revealed in full last month, the 2015 Honda Jazz Shuttle has finally gone on sale in its home market of Japan. The elongated, uber practical Jazz estate was first presented for JDM consumption way back […]
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Daihatsu joins the Takata airbag recall list – Honda says it will announce affected vehicles regionally
The current round of Takata airbag recalls continues – now Daihatsu is in on it. The mini-car automaker has said it is recalling 260,000 vehicles pertaining to the issue, but states that all of its […]
