Honda (ARTA) and Ralph Firman parts company in Super-GT

According to Autosport Japan magazine, Honda via ARTA have decided to part company with english racer and ex-F1 driver Ralph Firman. Firman have been with the ARTA team racing in the GT-500 class of Japan's Super GT championship for many years, winning at least one driver & manufacturer title and delivering countless race wins and pole positins. Also confirmed to be leaving ARTA is team-mate Yuji

JDM Honda Fit Shuttle (dealer update)

Just came back from the local dealer and saw the dealer pre-release info.Pics like the one bellow came from the salesmen training brochure.After having a close look to both brochures and speaking with the dealer, here is what I can tell you :Contrary to some early rumours, it's not a 7 seater, but simply a 5 seater Fit Wagon. The front seems to come straight from the current US version (20cm

StepWGN is Japan's 2010 best selling van (8 seats)

Honda finally did it and, 3 generations after the original StepWGN redefined the segment in 1996, the new StepWGN has climbed to the top of the sales charts once again.After a very close battle for the mid-year crown, the gap with the 2nd placed Nissan Serena increased to about 6000 units despite the Serena's November FMC, ending 80.934 vs. 75.040 for 2010. That was good enough for an overall

Latest rumours for Malaysia

Just back from the annual Honda Media gathering event. Some interesting news and rumours. In the presentation delivered in conjunction with the CEO's speech, amongst the current models shown, very briefly the CR-Z also flashed on the screen. In last year's event, it was the Freed which was very briefly shown. Then I knew Honda Malaysia intended to launch it (the Freed) last year which turns out

Honda Exhibition at Tokyo Auto Salon 2011

January 12, 2011 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it will present an exhibit at Tokyo Auto Salon 2011 with NAPAC, to be held from Friday, January 14, to Sunday, January 16, 2011, at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. On display will be automobiles and motorcycles (including display vehicles), power products, racing vehicles, and other products, that highlight the many possibilities that

9Gen Civic Concept Debuts in the U.S.

A.H.M. (American Honda Motors) has debuted the new 9th Generation Honda Civic Sedan and Coupe concepts at the Detroit Motor show now running. We are covering this event first-hand via our main (Temple Of VTEC) site which is focussed on the U.S. and Canada markets. For more information and more photos, including our own photos (like the above), please visit our news article via the link belowhttp:

New Fit variant for Japan : Fit Shuttle

News of a new variant of Honda's most popular model, the Fit, known as the Fit-Shuttle is now everywhere in japanese car magazines.While not yet confirmed in Honda's own site at http://www.honda.co.jp, this new variant is FOR REAL. It is a 7-seater compact station wagon in configuration, similar to the Honda AIRWAVE in the previous generation line-up of the JDM Honda Fit (though the AIRWAVE was

The FN2R in Malaysia ?

In the recent KLIMS 2010 last month, one of the exhibits was a red FN2R. According to one of the HM staff I chatted with, the FN2R was exhibited in the KLIMS for two primary reason. Firstly they wanted to highlight the continued commitment to sporty models in Honda's line-up. It is no secret that many Honda die-hards are frustrated with the lack of outright sporty models in Honda's current

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