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Today we give you a 2020 Honda Civic Type R that needs some work.

The Sony Afeela is a strange proposition. It's offering luxury EV motoring at a price point that will put it right in the mix with Tesla and Lucid. It's using a partnership with Honda to help get on the road. It has obvious lidar sensors sticking out of the roof to help with autonomous driving. The light bar between the headlights allows owners to type a message. A mobile app can open the doors. And so on.

I don't think we've had a Del Sol featured here before, and not only that, but this 1994 Honda Del Sol happens to have been converted into an electric vehicle.

The American Honda Collection Hall is the official U.S. museum of Honda & Acura products.

Friend of the site Connie Peters has a video review of the 2026 Honda Passport Trailsport for you.

Perhaps you can compare it to our first drive for some point/counterpoint.

We complete our Pro-Series and Simoniz supported GE8 2011 Honda Fit build with a serious overhaul of the exterior along with adding a few more performance parts before taking it for a drive.

The 2026 Honda HR-V AWD Sport is a top contender in the small SUV market, offering a unique blend of style, performance, and functionality.

Matthew Guy drove the 2026 Honda Prelude last week. Reading/editing his review, I kept thinking that my own feelings about the car remain mixed.

Imagine logging 20,000 remote miles in northern Canada and Alaska, crossing all of British Columbia and heading deep into the Northwest Territories, the Yukon Territory, and our country’s final frontier, Alaska, in late summer and the dead of winter. The roads are rough, the weather equally as so, especially as we travel above the Arctic Circle—again.

Japanese automakers are considering importing U.S.-built vehicles back into Japan in a politically motivated play aimed at easing trade tensions with the Trump administration. Executives from Toyota and Nissan confirmed this week that they are looking at so-called “reverse imports,” an expensive idea that would see a small number of American-assembled vehicles sold in Japan.

The Honda N-Box is, according to French consultancy  Inovev, the best-selling Kei car in Japan.

These are very small vehicles that drive on the public roads in Japan, not golf car-like units that you see in places like Palm Springs.

So what is the size of a Kei car?

Honda will be heading to the 2025 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show and has made sure to bring some of its more-interesting toys to dazzle enthusiasts. With the industry embracing off-roading more than street performance these days, Honda’s stars shall be the Passport TrailSport HRC Concept and Civic Type R HRC Rally XP.

Friend of the site Connie Peters reviews the 2026 Honda CR-V Hybrid Trailsport.

Fun and affordable and highly modifiable, the GE8 Honda Fit ticks all the boxes for a couple of Honda nerds like us.

It's Friday, so it must be podcast time again.

Honda now offers seven trims of CR-V for 2026. Four of them make use of a hybrid powertrain, including the new CR-V TrailSport. The other three continue to motor along with a turbocharged 1.5-liter I-4 engine that pumps out a respectable 190 horsepower and 179 lb.-ft of torque. From there, it channels through a continuously variable transmission and on to the front- or all-four wheels. Is that still enough for the highly competitive, compact crossover market in 2026? 

Honda’s Ashirase Inc. has developed a navigation system to assist visually impaired individuals.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating Honda’s V6 engines for failures, but the automaker is now facing a lawsuit in Canada for issues with its turbo-fours. The case was filed in the Superior Court of Quebec, accusing Honda of selling vehicles with an engine design that allows coolant leaks and sometimes complete engine failure.

Brand loyalty has taken a hit as tariffs have made some vehicles more expensive, driving buyers to other makes, but some automakers have held strong with customers. J.D. Power’s 2025 U.S. Automotive Brand Loyalty Study found that automakers that listen to their customers’ wants and needs are best positioned to maintain loyalty and grow their base.

When Honda announced the new Prelude as a hybrid coupe, the bellyaching from enthusiasts started almost immediately. That message apparently didn’t make it to Japanese enthusiasts, as one publication from the country recently reported that the initial production run has already sold out.

Saddam Hussein's forces invaded Kuwait in August of 1990 and seemed set to push on into Saudi Arabia as well, and it sure looked like we were going to see a repeat of the fuel shortages of 1973 and 1979. As a result, I dumped my idea of building a 454 for my 1965 Impala sedan and settled for a 350.

The 2026 Honda CR-V TrailSport Hybrid is the just latest attempt by the brand to off-road all the things.

The Prelude is going on sale later this fall, and Honda just unloaded all the details. Sporting some Civic Type R components and a hybrid powertrain, Honda said it tuned the Prelude to deliver a grand touring experience and a fun-to-drive feel.

Speed Academy walks us through why Honda-powered Porsches are affordable race-track fun.

More than 1.4 million Honda vehicles are under a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation for an issue with their rod bearings that could cause engine failure. The problem relates to the automaker’s widely used 3.5-liter V6 engine and impacts vehicles from both Honda and Acura.

Speed Academy is having an adventure getting its Type R running.

If you want to get big power out of a Honda VTEC motor -- if you want to be the real-life embodiment of "VTEC just kicked in, yo", check out the video below.

Honda’s electrification efforts have involved partners, including General Motors, which builds the Prologue EV. The automaker’s team-up with Sony was more surprising, and the first vehicle from that effort has just entered production.

A lot of people have a lot of things to say about the new, hybrid-only Honda Prelude, and not all of them are positive. Honda’s all-in on the car, saying its engineers' focus “was to uncover the latent demand for the ideal sports car.”

The new Honda Prelude is out in the open now, but it sports some sneaky performance upgrades that the automaker has been surprisingly tight-lipped about. Honda recently confirmed that the car would carry components from its high-performance Civic Type R, despite being a hybrid with a CVT.

Take a trip back in time to the decade of big hair and hair metal with Jonathan Rivers, who runs the Drive Culture YouTube channel.

Nissan is eyeing drastic measures to stay afloat, and one of them could involve Honda – again. The automaker is reportedly considering taking on some Honda truck production at its factory in Canton, MS, where the Frontier is built.

Honda has shared sales data with us today -- and here's how the quarter played out.

The Goldilocks car that does just about everything right is very, very hard to find. And when you can find it, it usually won't be cheap.

That's usually the case, anyway. But the 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Sport Touring shows that's possible to get just about everything right without commanding a (relatively, see below) high MSRP.

Parts availability can cause difficulty for some people working on collector cars, especially vehicles which have yet to be ingrained as such. Not every make and model experiences the ease of getting reproduced items for a ‘57 Chevy or squarebody truck.

The Honda Prologue has long been one of the best EV deals in the industry, thanks to aggressive incentives and discount programs. Those efforts will continue in the 2025 model year, as CarsDirect recently reported about a deal that could give buyers some of the best deals seen for the SUV yet.

Honda is updating its popular HR-V subcompact SUV for the 2026 model year to boost its appeal with younger buyers. The crossover sees updated styling, new tech features, and fresh color options for the model year. Honda recently released pricing details for the SUV, which it said is already arriving on dealers’ lots.

Honda’s electrification plan involved a goal of having EVs account for 30 percent of car sales by 2030, but the automaker recently changed its mind. It now plans to draw down EV investments by 30 percent and will instead focus on expediting new hybrid vehicles.

Honda is moving some of its CR-V production out of the U.S., but the decision actually saves jobs. Instead of initiating layoffs, Honda will shift production of export-bound CR-Vs into Canada, but in return, the automaker’s U.S. factory will receive some of the volume produced north of the border.

It's always a good day when I see a Prelude for sale in our parent company's forums. Because the late '90s Prelude remains a desirable ride. Today we have a 1998 Honda Prelude for y'all.

Honda is expanding its TrailSport offerings for the 2026 model year with the CR-V TrailSport Hybrid. While it won’t be a rugged off-roader, Honda has made some meaningful improvements that should make it legitimately capable on lighter terrain.

Honda only has one EV on sale in the U.S. right now, and it’s built by General Motors. Despite that, the automaker is working with partners in other countries to produce a range of electric models that may never make their way to the States. The latest is the Honda GT, a sleek electric sedan produced by GAC Honda and Dongfeng Honda for the Chinese market.

It must be hot-hatch day at TTAC. As evidenced by this 1989 Honda CRX Si.

Honda already builds several models in the U.S., including the Accord and Passport, but it’s considering localizing even more of its production efforts as tariffs start to take hold. The automaker reportedly wants to make 90 percent of the vehicles sold in the U.S. domestically, which would represent a double-digit increase in American production output.

When Honda brought the Passport name back for the 2019 model year (after a 1990s run as a rebranded Isuzu), Honda aimed squarely at the middle of the market. The new crossover was sized right for family buyers and had decent V6 power, but it had no sense of adventure. It lacked off-road equipment, and its ride and handling were as inoffensive as possible. For 2026, Honda updates the Passport, this time adding a little spice to the gumbo in the form of more off-road capability for the TrailSport and improved on-road dynamics.

In response to President Donald Trump's proposed 25 percent tariffs on products built in Canada and Mexico, Stellantis is promising to build more cars in the United States of America.

Last night, I was half-watching the "technically not a State of the Union but basically a State of the Union" speech by President Donald Trump while I tended to some gumbo I was making for Fat Tuesday. I nearly dropped my stirring spoon when I heard the president say that thanks to his economic policies, such as tariffs, Honda was opening a new plant in Indiana.

Say what now?

President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs against Canada and Mexico began last night, adding 25 percent to the vast majority of goods crossing the border. Unsurprisingly, the actions will have an outsized impact on American automakers, but they will also hit global companies with an established manufacturing presence in North America, including Honda. Recent reports cite sources who say the Japanese automaker is considering moving production of the next-generation Civic Hybrid to the U.S. to avoid some of the tariffs’ impact.

The GM-built Honda Prologue became one of the nation’s most popular EVs last year, thanks to aggressive incentives and lease deals. Honda recently announced the 2025 Prologue, giving it more power and range for the same price.

The proposed Nissan/Honda merger is dead. But it could yet be resurrected. Meanwhile, maybe Tesla might get involved and pair up with Nissan?

Or maybe, in the end, Nissan will just continue to soldier on as is.

The Honda-Nissan merger is getting plenty of mileage out of the old saying that “it’s not over till it’s over.” Weeks of reporting ended with news that the pair would walk away from the potential deal over Nissan’s concerns that it would give up too much control in the process, but there’s still a chance that it’s not dead yet.

It will likely come as no surprise that the Honda-Nissan merger talks didn’t go as smoothly as the two automakers had hoped. After weeks of negotiations, the pair decided to walk away from the merger discussions, as Honda’s conditions for the deal were too much for Nissan to swallow.