Honda Motor Co will recall about 412,000 vehicles in the United States to address the risk that brake pedals may feel soft and slip closer to the floor over time.
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Honda Canada will recall 24,680 Odyssey and 4,137 Element vehicles from the 2007-2008 model years in Canada to modify the Vehicle Stability Assist(TM) (VSA(R)) modulator. Honda has received customer complaints of brake pedals that feel "soft" or that gradually exhibit a pedal height that gets lower (closer to the floor) before the vehicle stops. In affected vehicles, this condition tends to slowly increase over time. There have been no confirmed accidents in Canada resulting from this situation.
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Britain's fastest car driven, new Honda CR-Z tested, Alfa Mito Cloverleaf faces rivals, MG's secret midget revealed
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The current-generation Honda Civic is getting old-- but it remains a highly-relevant best-seller in Canada's small-car scene. At nearly 40, the Civic is still purchased by some of the youngest buyers in Canada's new car market.
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Minivans have never aroused any great emotion in me. Of course, I'm a responsible father, so I have one in my driveway. How can a good family man and race car driver accommodate his top three passions -- his son, his sweetie and his steering wheel?
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After 20 years overseeing carmaking at Honda's UK plant in Swindon, Wiltshire, David Hodgetts is now in charge of marketing, distributing and selling them.
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The race is on to be the world's number one in environmental vehicles. Companies such as Toyota, Honda and Renault have staked their claim and Volkswagen said at the Geneva show on Tuesday it aims to be number one in hybrid and electric cars before the end of this decade.
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Honda has begun selling a new automobile driving simulator in Japan. The revised simulator has been designed to help improve road safety by allowing users to experience and learn from potentially dangerous driving situations in a safe virtual environment.
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The sun seems to be setting on the competent, but shy Galant. It's Mitsubishi's Camry/Honda challenger, though it's hardly been a threat. It debuted in its current-generation format in 2004, and for 2010, it is only available in one model -- the 2.4-litre I4 equipped ES -- which was last year's base model.
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Honda Motor launched its new CR-Z hybrid sports coupe in Japan on Friday (26 February, 2010). It's both the auto industry's first hybrid sports coupe and the first petrol-electric hybrid offered with a manual transmission (automatic is optional). The CR-Z combines a 1.5-litre i-VTEC engine and Honda's own Integrated Motor Assist (IMA)hybrid system.
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Toyota Motor has taken possession of the Lexus sedan driven by Rhonda Smith, who testified at a congressional hearing on Tuesday about an incident of sudden acceleration.
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Honda tuner MUGEN turns up the heat on the CR-Z hybrid
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SENIOR EDITOR FOR NEWS BOB GRITZINGER: When you trade in and out of so many vehicles as we do here at AutoWeek--not that I mind; the breadth of knowledge is highly valuable--it is surprisingly pleasant to spend nearly two weeks in the...
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Honda Motor Co. launched the sporty CR-Z model, its second in a line of low-cost hybrid cars aimed at meeting stricter environmental regulations and expanding sales in the tough global car market.
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Honda is bringing a three-wheel, one-person battery-electric concept to the Geneva auto show. It's called the 3R-C, and it's Honda's vision of what a green urban commuter car could look like.
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In News Brake: Honda will show the 3R-C concept at the Geneva auto show, Toyota faces a congressional grilling, and we test-drive the 2010 Hyundai Genesis coupe with the track pack . . . But Wait, There's More!
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Honda is bringing a three-wheel, one-person battery-electric concept to the Geneva auto show. It's called the 3R-C, and it's Honda's vision of what a green urban commuter car could look like.
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