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Is it possible for a minivan to be more exciting than an
Acura NSX? Well,
Honda is trying to find out by entering a 532-horsepower
Odyssey into the
2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with IndyCar racer Simon Pagenaud behind the wheel.
Starting with a stock Odyssey, Honda dropped in a turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 producing an estimated 532 hp and 460 pound-feet of torque as well as racing suspension, tires and brakes and one of the biggest roll cages you're likely to ever see. If this van looks familiar to you, you aren't alone - it's a veteran of the
Tire Rack One Lap of America.
In addition to this super minivan, Honda will also be entering a first-gen
NSX,
CR-Z hybrid,
Fit EV and
Acura TL into the competition as well as five motorcycles and an all-terrain vehicle.
Scroll down for the full details on Honda's comprehensive assault on Pikes Peak.
Continue reading Honda fielding 11 entrants at Pikes Peak, including 532-hp Odyssey
Honda fielding 11 entrants at Pikes Peak, including 532-hp Odyssey originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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June 11th, 2013
Filed under: Car Buying, Honda
Taking a detailed look at the
Honda lineup in the US, it isn't hard to see the strength of some models and the weaknesses of others. A recent report on
Autoline Daily points out that its five core models - the
Accord,
Civic,
CR-V,
Odyssey and
Pilot - make up a full 93 percent of Honda's sales in the US. Through April, Honda has sold 419,798 vehicles, and 389,474 of them were from these core models; not to mention the fact that the
Accord was the top-selling car in the US last month.
This means that Honda could technically cut six of its 11 models and only lose about 5,000 sales per month. Of course, this is just some data crunching and there is no reason to believe that Honda is planning to kill off any of its models in the near future. In fact, it seems to be
committed to the Ridgeline, while Japanese-made models that
may actually lose money for Honda still fill unique voids.
Scroll down for the video report - fast-forward to the 1:43 mark for the Honda info.
Continue reading Honda could halve its US lineup without crimping its sales much [w/video]
Honda could halve its US lineup without crimping its sales much [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 18 May 2013 15:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 18th, 2013
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Sedan, Hatchback, Acura, Honda, Motorcycle, Racing
Honda plans to storm the
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 30, entering ten cars in nine classes at the race to the sky, and signing on as a corporate sponsor. Part of the company's return to grassroots racing - if that's what you can call factory-backed efforts - the banners of Honda R&D and Honda North America will fly on these entries: a first-gen
Acura NSX, an
Acura TL SH-AWD,
Honda CR-Z,
Honda Fit EV, one
CRF450R and two
CRF250R motorcycles, a
CBR1000RR motorcycle and a TRX450 ATV.
One more entry, details of which are to be announced later, will be driven by
IndyCar pilot Simon Pagenaud of Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports. LoveFab (pictured above during practice last year) will be there with its new,
NSX-based Enviate, but as a privateer entry.
Honda's been to the mountain before, with high-powered gear in 2012 and record-setting EVs in 1994 and 1999, but it's never made noise like this. Have a read of the press release
below for more info.
Continue reading Honda signs on as Pikes Peak sponsor, race participant
Honda signs on as Pikes Peak sponsor, race participant originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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April 27th, 2013
Filed under: Budget, Hybrid, Japan, Plants/Manufacturing, Hatchback, Honda
Automotive News reports
Honda is currently limiting shipments of models like the
Fit,
CR-Z and
Insight due to Japan's strong yen. The automaker admits it is currently losing money on every Japanese-built model it sells in the U.S. with the exchange rate currently at 80 yen per dollar. Honda is currently working to move more production to
North America and source more components from this side of the Pacific, though such a shift will take time. In the interim, the manufacturer is carefully allocating Japanese-manufactured models. Honda says it has no intention to cut off Fit, CR-Z or Insight shipments altogether.
Honda builds around 85 percent of the vehicles it sells in North America on the continent, which is significantly more than companies like
Nissan or
Toyota. Even so, this marks the first time Honda has gone on the record as saying importing cars from Japan costs more money than it makes.
So, why sell these models at all?
Automotive News reports Honda needs the vehicles to keep segments covered and to keep its customers coming back to showrooms.
Honda "losing money" on Japan-built cars like Fit, CR-Z and Insight originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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June 11th, 2012
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So the
Honda CR-Z didn't turn out to be the CRX revival we were hoping for. Even if it's not really a sports coupe, it is a cute little hatch back. Could matte beige paint, a funky interior and orange tires add some much needed curb appeal? The French seem to to think so.
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November 11th, 2011
Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrid, Performance, Etc., Hatchback, Honda
If it's too early to start drinking, crack open a cold one anyway. You're gonna need a beer to cry into.
Top Gear reports that
Honda has no plans to produce the
CR-Z Mugen RR Hybrid Concept. Zero. None. While we saw this coming a mile off, some deeply-oppressed optimistic shard of our psyche clung to the hope that Honda would awaken from its performance coma. Alas, no. The world will be denied the
CR-Z it deserves.
We probably don't need to remind you that the CR-Z Mugen RR Hybrid Concept makes heavy use of carbon fiber. The doors, hood and front fenders are all formed from the lightweight material, as is a complete underbody tray. With 197 horsepower on tap, the concept clicks off a 0-60 dash in 6.6 seconds, and if you're restrained enough to run it in Eco mode, it can return somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 mpg.
Honda CR-Z Mugen RR production hopes dashed originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 8th, 2011
