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REPORT: Honda goes back to drawing board for smaller, lighter next-gen Civic

If you introduced an '80s-era Honda Civic to its modern counterpart, it couldn't recognize what it's become. But after decades of growing dimensions, Honda's going back to the drawing board for the next-gen Civic. The change in direction was reportedly ordered last year before the global economy took a nose-dive by product chief Tsuneo Tanai who observed a rise in oil and raw metal prices. Once the financial sector hit rock bottom, the Civic emerged as a strong player, out-selling the Ford F-Series pickup as the number one vehicle in ... Read more →

Honda adds 440,000 more cars to airbag fragment recall Jonathon Ramsey

Honda began a recall campaign last November to repair overpressurized airbag inflators in 2001 Honda Civics and Accords. The excessive pressurization could cause the metal inflator casing to ...

Mugen Civic Type R hatchback restores former glory [w/VIDEO] Jonathon Ramsey

Honda's Euro-market Civic Type R hatchback has been called out for being a successor that hasn't exactly succeeded. Seems a bit of the thrill is gone from the new car compared to the old one. ...

Honda cuts production and pay in North America Chris Shunk

The struggles of GM and Chrysler have been making headlines, but the entire industry has been hit with a near catastrophic decline in new car sales. That includes the once indefatigable Honda, with ...

Honda unveils 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon lineup Alex Nunez

Detroit's not the only auto show kicking off on January 11. The annual Tokyo Auto Salon (think "Japanese SEMA") also kicks off this Sunday, and Honda has announced the vehicle lineup it'll ...

Rendered Speculation: Next Euro Civic will look like Scirocco? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Keeping track of who's cribbing whose automotive designs is about to get even more difficult once Honda brings its new Euro Civic to market. If this rendering from Auto Express is to be believed, the new hatch is a certifiable stunner. That is due in large part to the fact it looks almost exactly ...

Facelifted 2009 Honda Civic sedan gets scantastic reveal 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for two sets of '09 Civic Sedan brochure scans Honda hasn't released official shots of the mildly facelifted 2009 Civic sedan yet, but it has started sending brochures to dealers. You know how this works: brochure > scanner > web > you, so here it is. Up front, the grille is ...

Skunk2 project EP3 Honda CivicRR up for sale 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click the picture above for a high-res view. Aftermarket parts manufacturer Skunk2 has been churning out go-fast bits for Hondas since the mid 1990s. Initially named Skunkworks, the company's extensive racing efforts and an R&D facility only found in the dreams of most engineers have rocketed ...

Toyota may build more Camrys at truck plant 1 year ago on Autoblog

Automotive times are a-changin, as fuel-efficient cars are now outselling trucks by a wide margin. Toyota's flexible manufacturing capabilities allow it to adjust to these crazy times, and the Japanese automaker is discussing a plan to build still more Camrys at its Indiana truck plant. The ...

VIDEO: Mismatched much? Challenger SRT8 vs. Civic Si 1 year ago on Autoblog

We've driven the Honda Civic Si, and have found it to be an entertaining vehicle to attack some twisties. A drag racer, though, it is most assuredly not. Sure, offering just shy of two-hundred horsepower from such a small engine is impressive, but the distinct lack of torque and the stratospheric ...

Honda shuffles production so it can make more Civics 1 year ago on Autoblog

As domestic automobile manufacturers cut production and lay off workers because they were caught off-guard when consumer buying habits switched to more fuel-efficient vehicles, Honda will effortlessly shuffle its production to meet U.S. demand for small cars. Without cutting any jobs in North ...

In the Autoblog Garage: 2008 Honda Civic Si sedan 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Honda Civic Si sedan. We've avoided glossy-eyed retrospectives of 2007, but if you were in the market for a practical, affordable and entertaining ride in the last year, there were a handful of vehicles to be had for under $25 large. The Mazdaspeed3, R56 ...

Those teens that do get their license prefer Mustang 1 year ago on Autoblog

Research International USA's TRU branch has polled the youth of our country and discovered that they'd like a fun, stylish car more than anything (duh) -- namely the Mustang. Twenty-somethings posed the same question picked the Honda Civic above all else, mainly because they've had a dose of ...

2008 Tokyo Auto Salon: Mugen Type-RR Experimental Spec 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for a high-res gallery. One of the other concepts that graced Mugen's stand in Japan at the recent Tokyo Auto Salon was the Civic Type-RR, which in addition to the obvious replacement of the entire front clip with carbon fiber pieces, also includes a K20A engine that's been ...

Tokyo Auto Salon '08: Honda Sports Modulo Civic Type-R 1 year ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: New images added to the gallery. click above for more high-res images of the Honda Sports Modulo Civic Type-R Honda is bringing a trifecta of tricked-out, Modulo-fettled concepts to the Tokyo Auto Salon, and this Civic Type-R takes the track-ready nature of the base model to the next level. ...

0-300 in 10 minutes: Honda Civic Mugen RR a sellout in Japan 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery The Honda Civic Mugen RR (based on the new JDM Honda Civic Type R) is limited to a total production run of 300 cars. Japanese track fiends with ¥4.7million to spend on a spiffy, street-legal time attack weapon are its target audience -- and a receptive one at that. ...

One-make race version of Civic Type-R available (in Japan) 2 years ago on Autoblog

Japan has its fair share of one-make race series. For well under $20,000 you can buy a stripped out Vitz (Yaris) from Toyota, a March (Micra) from Nissan, a Swift (Ignis) from Suzuki or a Roadster (MX-5, Miata, whatever...) from Mazda specifically prepared to do battle with identical machinery six ...

Eye Candy: Honda releases more pics of the Civic Mugen Si 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image for a new high-res gallery of the Civic Mugen Si The Honda Civic Mugen Si is the first real factory Mugen vehicle to be offered in the United States. When Honda pulled the wraps off the production car last month, all we saw were a few static studio images. That's been remedied, as ...

By Jove, they've done it! Honda adds a few more MPGs to Canadian Fit 2 years ago on Autoblog

Autoblog regulars will remember the ongoing feud between Honda Canada and the Canadian government. The conflict centers around Ottawa's new budget that contains the ecoAuto program, which offers between $1,000 and $2,500 rebates on certain fuel efficient vehicles and up to a $4,000 penalty on gas ...

Green is for poseurs: 50% of Prius buyers want to "make a statement" 2 years ago on Autoblog

Right now gas prices suck, and Prius sales are through the roof. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that a lot of people are buying the fuel-conscious, peculiar-looking little hatch to save some money at the pump. Petrol prices aside, a recent study from CNW Marketing Research shows ...

Officially Official: Japan gets Honda Civic Mugen RR 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for gallery var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/design/240_horsepower_Honda_Civic_Mugen_RR_elevates_the_Civic_Type_R_to_new_level'; It was rumored yesterday, and it's real today. Come September 13, Japanese enthusiasts will be able to order up the hottest Civic Type R yet. The ...

Civic owner goes out on a limb with hickory Honda 2 years ago on Autoblog

They're just coming out of the woodwork now. Just the other day we nailed it with the log-wheeled Skoda, and now comes news of a faux-wood Civic. Don't the owners know that fake anything goes against the grain of what the Civic is all about? Sure it's good to see the import crowd branching out, but ...

Nihon Car puts 1000 km on the new JDM Civic Type R 2 years ago on Autoblog

Nihon Car is one of our favorite sites. It's one of the only places you can get quality English-language reviews of the hottest new stuff from Japan. The guys at Nihon just took the new JDM Honda Civic Type R sedan on a 1000km jaunt, and have impressions aplenty to share. The 225-horsepower Civic ...

Honda UK releases e-zine version of 'dream' customer rag 2 years ago on Autoblog

Honda has released an electronic version of its popular customer rag, dream. The pretty pictures and interesting articles are still there, but the fun begins when one delves into the interactive sidebars, chock-full of formula one cars, British scientific expeditions to Antarctica, and even a ...

eBay Find of the Day: Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Honda CVCC 2 years ago on Autoblog

Its amazing what a brush with fame will do for the most ordinary objects. Ed "Big Daddy" Roth was certainly an integral part of the hot-rodding scene, and he went from pinstriping to building full-on custom cars and back to striping as his career progressed. This little Honda was the perfect ...

VIDEO: Honda goes mental with Hondamentalism 2 years ago on Autoblog

Every automaker has its own subset of dedicated enthusiasts, with varying levels of obsessive behavior. Honda is no different. Take away the misinformed ricers, and Honda's racing heritage stands alone in a sea of commuter-infused mediocrity. In order to recognize the Big H's engineering prowess ...

Australia does it again! First non-Euro market to nab Civic Type-R hatch 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click for 55-image high-res gallery As if our fellow car enthusiasts in Australia don't already have it good enough (what with the high-power Commodores, Falcons, Utes and assorted Ford Europe imports), now Honda UK's going to start exporting its Swindon-built Civic Type R 3-door to the island ...

Lutz lets a bit of Edmunds survey slip, GM takes 13 first place picks 2 years ago on Autoblog

Sometimes news is just too good to keep to yourself. Just ask GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz. With his company supposedly claiming 13 spots on Edmund's Consumers' Most Wanted list, Lutz just had to brag a bit on the corporate blog before the winners were made public. And he should brag. Most other car ...

Whiplash a serious problem with many vehicles, says IIHS 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in Arlington, Va. has just concluded testing on some 75 vehicles' head restraint systems and after performing a simulated rear-end impact of 20 MPH, only 22 of the systems received the top score of "good." At the head of the class was Audi's A4, S4 ...

Honda Civic Type R may come to America in 2010 2 years ago on Autoblog

During a recent press drive of the Euro-market Civic Type R, Winding Road's European editor Matt Davis appears to have gotten unofficial confirmation that Honda will be offering a Type R variant of the U.S. model Civic in 2010. Speaking with an unnamed assistant chief engineer, Davis learned that ...

New Civic Type-R not living up to its moniker? 2 years ago on Autoblog

The buff books across the pond have gotten their hands on the new Civic Type-R and for the first time, we're not particularly disappointed that we won't be getting Honda's hottest hatch. Although both reviews we've read (links are at the bottom of the post) say that the new vehicle has made ...

Civic Type-R ready for gravel assault 2 years ago on Autoblog

JAS Motorsport is in the process of working over its Honda-sanctioned Civic Type-R for lucky, privateer rally teams. Details on the Group-A machine are scarce, but the company insists that the modifications made to the Civic will meet the FIA's standards through 2007. JAS gives its customers the ...

VIDEO: Valentino Rossi can't get bikes off his brain 2 years ago on Autoblog

Back when he was riding for Honda, 7-time world champion motorcycle racer Valentino Rossi did this amusing little TV spot for the Honda Civic. In it, Rossi can't shake his riding habits whenever his black Civic Type R stops at intersections, drawing attention from bystanders along the way. Neat ...

Honda Civic Type-R sedan pacing Japanese F1 GP 3 years ago on Autoblog

Click to enlarge UPDATE: Press release, hi-res photo gallery added The 'R' in Type-R stands for 'racing,' so the deciders for Formula 1 thought it best to name the Civic Type-R Prototype as the official vehicle for this week's Japan Grand Prix. The four-door prototype has been given the go ahead ...

Toyota to cut hybrid weight and cost by 2009 3 years ago on Autoblog

When it comes to saving cash at the pump, one of the best ways to improve fuel economy is to avoid lugging around unnecessary pounds. We've already lost a few odd ounces when we replaced our CDs for an MP3 player, and when gas prices begin to rise again, it might be a good time to consider that ...

VIDEO: Honda Civic Type-R in Paris 3 years ago on Autoblog

We're going to spare you the weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth that seems to take place every time a new Type-R is released and the U.S. is left off the shipping invoice. It's safe to say that we're getting used to the disappointment, but when we compare the newly designed Euro-Civic to our ...

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