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Feb
17th

JAPAN: Honda Insight draws 10,000 orders in 10 days

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Orders for Honda's new Insight ultra fuel-efficient hybrid hatchback topped 10,000 units just 10 days after its 6 February showroom launch in Japan, the carmaker said. Full story...
Feb
17th

CHINA: Honda car sales up 17%

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Honda Motor's China passenger car sales rose 16.8% year on year in January to 38,022 units, outperforming a 7.76% fall in the country's overall car market. Full story...
Feb
17th

F1: Rumours tip Virgin as late Honda bidder

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As the clock to Melbourne clicks down to less than 40 days, the latest rumour in the Honda saga is that Sir Richard Branson may be the mysterious late bidder for the Brackley based team. Full story...
Feb
16th

What’s new at Auto123.com (video)

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This week, Auto123.com features the following road tests: The Volkswagen Passat wagon, a car that proves that luxury and flexibility can indeed coexist. The Honda Pilot, a spacious SUV that's as fun to drive as it is to ride in. The Mazda6 GT, a sedan that combines elegance and performance. Check out our video dedicated to the 2009 Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto, the biggest auto show in the country. Full story...
Feb
16th

F1: Bruno Senna/Honda rumours not true – report

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Rumours that Bruno Senna has inked a contract to make his formula one debut with the team currently known as Honda next year are untrue. Full story...
Feb
14th

F1: Honda in countdown to rescue

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The outfit currently known as Honda is facing a 10-day countdown to survival, amid rumours Bernie Ecclestone may be willing to invest in the Brackley based squad. Full story...
Feb
14th

F1: Honda in countdown to rescue

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The outfit currently known as Honda is facing a 10-day countdown to survival, amid rumours Bernie Ecclestone may be willing to invest in the Brackley based squad. Full story...
Feb
13th

POLAND: Honda plans new logistics centre

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Honda plans a new logistics centre and parts depot in western Poland for markets in Poland, three Baltic states and eastern Germany. Full story...
Feb
13th

F1: Rumours swirl of Honda rescue and Bruno Senna debut

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According to rising speculation and reports, the Formula 1 team currently known as Honda has secured its future and is preparing for the season opening Australian grand prix. Full story...
Feb
13th

F1: Rumours swirl of Honda rescue and Bruno Senna debut

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According to rising speculation and reports, the Formula 1 team currently known as Honda has secured its future and is preparing for the season opening Australian grand prix. Full story...
Feb
12th

BRAZIL: Hyundai, Honda, re-think manufacturing plans

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Blaming the global financial crisis, Hyundai has now confirmed a halt to plans to build a wholly-owned plant in Brazil while Honda now plans to build a new small car in Brazil, rather than construct a new plant in Argentina. Full story...
Feb
11th

2010 Honda Insight and FC Sport Concept land in Toronto

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The resurrected Insight is a Prius-fighter with a lower price. Powered by a 1.3-litre engine mated to a battery pack and a CVT transmission, the combined output is 98 horsepower. The Insight will consume 4.8 L/100 km in the city and 4.5 on the highway. Full story...
Feb
10th

2009 Honda Pilot Touring Review

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The Honda Pilot is a mid-size SUV based on the Odyssey platform. 2009 delivers us the second generation of this popular family-hauling recreational vehicle capable of carting up to eight occupants in rugged style and splendid comfort. Full story...
Feb
6th

JAPAN: Price key to new Insight success says Honda

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Honda Motor launched its Insight hybrid line in Japan this week with executives making it clear the company wants the new model line to compete strongly on price. Full story...
Feb
5th

1999-2005 Audi A2 – By Design

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1999-2005 Audi A2 - By Design
1999-2005 Audi A2 - Design Analysis - Automobile Magazine
Efficient design in an agreeable package.

So Honda has a new Insight hybrid, and almost every comment I have seen says that Honda "copied the Toyota Prius" shape. Not really. What both four-door hatchbacks do is follow the tenets of Reinhard Koenig-Fachsenfeld, a sometime motorcycle racer who lacked the academic credentials so important in German engineering circles. The talented German professor/doctor/engineer Wunibald Kamm, whose name is commonly applied to the truncated tail featured on both the Insight and the Prius, headed the Research Institute for Motor Vehicles and Engines (FKFS) in Stuttgart from 1930 until the end of WWII and lent his prestige to the development of Koenig-Fachsenfeld's aerodynamic patents. Together, they built and tested a series of experimental, Prius-like "K-cars" that were a far cry from the eponymous little boxes that saved Chrysler in the early 1980s.


Photo Gallery: 1999-2005 Audi A2 - Design Analysis - Automobile Magazine


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Feb
5th

Honda eyes $20,000 Insight in U.S.:

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The Honda Insight hybrid hatchback may have a sticker price under $20,000 in the United States--and Honda might build it here if U.S. sales hit and sustain the lofty target of 100,000 a year. Full story...
Feb
5th

Honda eyes $20,000 Insight in U.S.

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Honda Motor Co. wants to price its Insight hybrid hatchback under $20,000 in the United States -- and might build it there if U.S. sales hit and sustain the lofty target of 100,000 a year. Both goals will be tough. Full story...
Feb
5th

Honda thriller’s out with a bang!

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S2000 set to sign off with final limited edition version. Full story...
Feb
4th

CHINA: Honda JV partner eyes own-brand vehicles

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Guangdong province will subsidise Guangzhou Automotive Industry with up to RMB1bn (US$146m) to make its own brand of vehicles as part of the central government's stimulus package for the car industry announced last month, Chinese media reported. Full story...
Feb
3rd

Colliver steps aside as Honda sales boss

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Dick Colliver, who joined American Honda Motor Co. just as a huge sales kickback scandal was threatening the company and who led Honda to consistent sales success for a decade and a half, has stepped aside as executive vice president of sales. Full story...
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