Following media speculation, MUGEN EURO Co., Ltd has confirmed the development of a highly-tuned Honda Civic Type R 'MUGEN' concept prototype road car, using the same powertrain as the Civic MUGEN RR saloon launched in 2007 in Japan.
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Substitute driver Will Power will be back with Penske Racing to drive the No.12 Penske Truck Rental /Dallara Honda for five more races starting with the July 12 event in Toronto.
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The Tiburon was initially launched into a market full of sporty models like the Honda Civic SI-R, Toyota Celica, Ford Probe, Dodge Avenger and Nissan 240sx. Interestingly, its nameplate is about the only dedicated sport compact model to have survived the high insurance rates and fuel prices that killed off the vast majority of its competition. As the axe fell on the Tiburon's original ringmates, the Korean shark thrived.
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Storming Type RR set to be unleashed
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Larry Jutte, the American Honda manufacturing executive who helped oversee production of nearly 700,000 vehicles and $19.5 billion in purchasing spending last year, will leave the company next month after 24 years.
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Larry Jutte, the American Honda manufacturing executive who helped oversee production of nearly 700,000 vehicles and $19.5 billion in purchasing spending last year, will leave the company next month after 24 years.
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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Honda ranks highest among automotive manufacturer Web sites for usefulness in new-vehicle shopping for a second consecutive time, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Manufacturer Web Site Evaluation Study(SM) (MWES)-Wave 2 released today.
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Engine technology will remain at the core of Honda Motor's development efforts, outgoing CEO Takeo Fukui has said.
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While auto executives talk about the dawn of a new century of automobiles as gasoline-electric hybrid cars enter the mainstream, outgoing Honda President Takeo Fukui says traditional internal-combustion engines will remain at the core of the...
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Far from expanding its existing sponsorship of Brawn GP, Virgin is not likely to still be a sponsor of the former Honda squad in 2010, Sir Richard Branson said at Silverstone on Sunday.
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Satellite navigation maker Pioneer on Friday said it would delay issuing new shares to key customer Honda Motor because it is in talks with other potential additional financial partners.
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According to two well informed British sources, the person who wrote the original blog post saying that Honda in facto still owned 111 shares in Brawn GP was unfortunately mistaken.
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Honda Motor Co. may fall short of its U.S. sales goal for the new Insight hybrid by a third in the model's first year due to the recession and relatively cheap gasoline, Bloomberg reported, citing a top local executive.
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Honda's US unit now expects to sell 50,000-60,000 units of the new Insight hybrid, about a third less than originally planned.
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The administrator of the Brawn F1 blog has posted today very interesting news about the property of the Brawn GP Team, née Honda...
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Honda passenger car sales in China last month rose 5.6% year on year to 44,529 units.
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Honda is 50 years old today, and much of its early success is the result of a series of brave, bold decisions acted upon by smart engineers-turned-executives.
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Honda Siel Cars India has set up a research and development division at its Greater Noida facility, as it strives to reduce costs and increase parts localisation in India.
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