Tag Archive for ‘Honda’
Extra! 2011 Focus, Honda CR-Z, NAIAS
In this episode of Driving Sports TV’s Extra! We go to the North American International Auto Show to see how the industry is doing and have previews of the new Honda CRZ and the 2011 Ford Focus.
Extra! Best and Worst from L.A. Auto Show
The Los Angeles Auto Show is the biggest, best, most over-the-top auto show on the west coast, and coming as it does a month before the North American International Auto Show (simply known as “Detroit” in the industry), the show has been gaining popularity as a way for automakers to get a jump on the [...]
2009 Honda Pilot 4WD Touring
The 2009 Honda Pilot, redesigned for 2009 to add more utility and more luxury than before. We see it as moving up from competing against the Pathfinder and, instead, setting its sights on cars such as the Escalade and, indirectly, the Land Rover. But Honda hasn’t delivered a copycat pimp-daddy cruiser or a jungle wagon, [...]
DSTV 5: Sno*Drift, Honda Pilot, GT-R Tuning
Episode 4 of Driving Sports TV Live, hosted by Ryan Douthit and Aaron Bartel. In this episode they recap the Sno*Drift Rally, test drive the 2009 Honda Pilot and talk to Tim Bailey about Nissan GT-R Tuning.
DSTV Live #3 – Acura TL Reviewed
Driving Sports TV takes a look at the 2009 Acura TL. Is this 280-horsepower, front-wheel drive sport sedan just the thing for recently bailed out bankers? Could anyone else afford a $40,000 executive sedan in this down economy?
2009 Honda Fit Sport
The 1970 Clean Air Act was, in its time, the most stringent emission standard in the world. Under the new law, the carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide levels in emissions of 1975- and 1976-model vehicles had to be at least 90% lower than for 1970 and 1971 models. That’s a massive leap forward in [...]
DSTV Live Episode 1 Highlights
We survived the first ever live version of Driving Sports TV. Thanks to everyone that watched the live stream. If you weren’t able to catch the first show, you can now enjoy a 10 minute version of the original 30 minute program. Be sure to join us every Wednesday at 10pm (pst) on our streaming [...]
Hydrogen: a revival for Mazda’s Rotary?
“The rumors of the rotary engine’s demise have been greatly exaggerated,” stated Jeremy Barnes, Director of Communications for Mazda North America, during a recent interview with our sister-publication, Rotary Speed Magazine.
Why in this time of high gas prices and heightened environmental concern is Mazda so bullish on the future of what is, by modern standards, [...]
The retention winner is… Honda!
Every year, for the past six, J.D. Power and Co. compiles a list celebrating the winners and losers in the game of customer retention. For the first time ever Honda has been crowned as the king of retention with a total of 64.7% choosing a Honda to replace their Honda, followed closely by Toyota with [...]
Honda officially kills (or sells) its F1 team
Just today Honda President and CEO, Takeo Fukui, announced that Honda will immediately sell or dissolve its Formula 1 race team. For the past few days there had been speculation this would happen, but now it’s official:
This difficult decision has been made in light of the quickly deteriorating operating environment facing the global auto industry, [...]
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