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Run Flat Tires: Why You Should, or Shouldn’t, Buy Them

Run Flat Tires: Why You Should, or Shouldn’t, Buy Them

Maybe you’ve been in this situation: stuck on the side of a road, a punctured tire needing to be changed out for the spare one in the trunk. You have a pair of options, do you choose to change the tire yourself, or do you call for roadside assistance. Both options can take a while…

Seven Fuel-Saving Technologies That Are Changing the Auto Industry

Seven Fuel-Saving Technologies That Are Changing the Auto Industry

Every car, whether it has a big V8 engine or an electric motor powering the wheels, is being equipped with fuel saving technologies. Recall variable-valve timing. Introduced on the Acura NSX, and at one time a revolutionary technology, now practically all cars have some form of VVT. Now more technologies are being introduced as innovations…

Honda Wins Reversal of Small Claims Court Loss

Honda Wins Reversal of Small Claims Court Loss

After Honda lost in its small claims court gas mileage suit, the Japanese automaker filed an appeal on the ruling and headed back to court. Earlier on Wednesday, Honda won the reversal of the small claims loss to Heather Peters.

Top 10 Car Brands for 18 to 34-Year-Old Buyers

Top 10 Car Brands for 18 to 34-Year-Old Buyers

Thanks to data from automotive research firm Polk, we were able to compile a list of the top 10 most popular automakers for buyers aged 18 to 34 – roughly the Gen Y set. There are quite a few surprises on the list, most notably that Scion is missing. The Toyota spin-off brand was designed…

Top Ten Cars for Teens

Top Ten Cars for Teens

USAA has compiled a list of the top ten cars for teens based on a recent survey where parents determined their most important factors when choosing a vehicle for their teenager. Those factors were reliability, a high safety rating and affordable auto insurance. At number 10 on the list of top 10 cars for teens…

Honda Odyssey Race Ready with 523 hp

Honda Odyssey Race Ready with 523 hp

Honda manufacturing of Alabama is entering the One Lap of America endurance race again this year, running in an Odyssey minivan that pumps out 523 hp. The race covers 10 states and eight race tracks over a period of seven days, and consists of all types of racing events including straight line time trials, banked oval…

Top 10 Progressive Sports Cars of the Future

Top 10 Progressive Sports Cars of the Future

Sports cars have often set the bar in new automotive technology and trends. Things like dual-clutch transmissions and forced induction engines were practically engineered for the sole purpose of taking a sports car to the absolute edge of excitement and danger.

Honda PR Boss Tops Podium During Inaugural SCCA B-Spec Race Weekend

Honda PR Boss Tops Podium During Inaugural SCCA B-Spec Race Weekend

Honda has been criticized plenty for having lost its passion, building cars that lack the “fun to drive” experience of their predecessors. After the 2012 Civic Si was generally panned it seemed as though Honda got the message, announcing it would revamp the car ahead of schedule. Another positive sign came when Honda unveiled a…

Hydrogen Cars and Who is Making Them

Hydrogen Cars and Who is Making Them

Electric cars may have arrived, but the search for the perfect alternative fuel is still in progress. There are still a few major issues that keep battery powered vehicles from replacing the internal combustion engine.

Honda Develops Successful Traffic Jam Detector

Honda Develops Successful Traffic Jam Detector

Honda announced a technology breakthrough today capable of detecting the potential for traffic congestion by actively determining whether the driving pattern of a vehicle is likely to create bottle-necking. 

Honda Concept C and S Showcase Future Brand Design

Honda Concept C and S Showcase Future Brand Design

Whether a production version of the Concept will materialize outside China’s borders remains to be seen, though in this age of increasingly global automotive product plans, we wouldn’t be surprised if it does.

Honda Appeals Civic Hybrid Small Claims Court Ruling

Honda Appeals Civic Hybrid Small Claims Court Ruling

As promised back in March after Heather Peters won her settlement concerning the Honda Civic Hybrid’s MPG claims, Honda is heading back to court to appeal the small claims decision. American Honda’s lawyers are hoping to overturn the highly publicized court award to Heather Peters, who netted $9,867 after suing Honda stating that her Civic…

Honda Plans to Extract Rare Earth Metal from Used Hybrids

Honda Plans to Extract Rare Earth Metal from Used Hybrids

Honda announced today that it will start a mass-production recycling program to extract rare earth metals from used car parts.  Partnering with Japan Metals & Chemicals Co., the automaker will begin extracting the materials, which are 95 percent controlled by China. The majority of material harvesting will be from nickel-metal hydride batteries collected from used hybrid…

Top 10 Car Makes For Cheating Women

Top 10 Car Makes For Cheating Women

After releasing a list of the Top 10 car brands preferred by unfaithful husbands, AshleyMadison.com, a website dedicated to spouses looking for a little something on the side, surveyed 1,080 of its women members to determine what their most popular automakers are. Coming in at tenth place is German automaker Volkswagen at 2.8 percent. It’s…

Top 10 Cars For Cheating Men

Top 10 Cars For Cheating Men

Now that you know Toyota is the top brand for cheating men, what other automakers are on the list? According to the 2,520 men that were surveyed at AshleyMadison, a website dedicated to affair-seeking men and women, Mercedes-Benz came in 10th place with 2.9 percent. Even though it’s in the top 10 list, the small…

Why Buy a Diesel Car? Get the Facts, Know Your Options

Why Buy a Diesel Car? Get the Facts, Know Your Options

Price, looks and size… these are the few factors that used to decide what vehicle you’d park in your driveway. Looking for a cheap and small car? A Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic will do. Need something bigger, perhaps a mid-size Hyundai Sonata or an SUV. Things used to be pretty easy. With increasingly high…

2012 Honda Civic Si Race Car Can be Yours for $3500

2012 Honda Civic Si Race Car Can be Yours for $3500

Besides the body-in-white program, Honda’s motorsports arm also offers a number of other race components to build a competition ready machine; these include engines, transmissions, exhaust systems, suspension and brake parts.

Honda to Provide Zipcar With Latest Fuel Saving Cars

Honda to Provide Zipcar With Latest Fuel Saving Cars

Zipcar, the nations largest car sharing service, is teaming up with Honda to provide customers with the latest in fuel saving cars and EVs. All Zipcar customers, known as Zipsters, will have access to Honda’s Insight hybrid, the new CR-V and the all electric Fit EV come this fall. The Accord plug-in hybrid will be…

Cheating Men Prefer Toyotas

Cheating Men Prefer Toyotas

A car choice can reveal a lot about a personality, sometimes even showing off traits that you may not want to broadcast in public. According to a study conducted by dating website AshleyMadison.com, married men who drive Toyotas and married women who drive Hondas are the most likely to be cheaters in a marriage.

Honda Teases Two Concepts Ahead of Beijing Motor Show

Honda Teases Two Concepts Ahead of Beijing Motor Show

Looking to double sales in China over the next three years, Honda has announced it will introduce more than 10 all-new or replacement models in the world’s largest car market during that period. The Japanese automaker has already released teaser images of two of those models ahead of a planned debut at the Auto China…