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Nikkei Japan reports Honda likely to shutdown its Thai plant for 6 months Looks like when Thai newspaper The Nation reported “no prospect of recovery” for Automobiles Honda Thailand’s plant in Ayutthaya, they weren’t spreading rumours. Japanese daily Nikkei is now reporting the same, going as far as saying that [...]
Following last week’s leaked Modellista branded Toyota approved accessories brochure for the FT-86, photos for a Japanese market FT-86 sales training material have found its way to the Internet. We are glad to say that the standard car looks a lot better than the Modellista souped up version. There is [...]
Joe is just a regular guy from USA with a regular car, a humble 1990 Honda Accord. Joe Accord’s odometer however, shows a not so regular reading. You see, Joe’s Accord has recently passed the 1 million miles mark on the odometer, while most cars could hardly survive a third [...]
These are the first images of the series production version of Toyota’s FT-86 sports car. Toyota will launch the FT-86 at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, which takes place from Dec-3 to Dec-11. Toyota’s boss Akio Toyoda have previously mentioned a manual transmission will be standard, but the interior shots [...]
Every other day, we are receiving announcements from manufacturers regarding extension of production halt. Before you complain about delays in getting your vehicle, remember that half way around the world, or in our case, just not so far up north, many people have lost their homes, driven out of their [...]
Additional hybrid variant – Freed Hybrid. VSA (Vehicle Stability Assist) and HSA (Hill Start Assist) now standard. 3-point ELR seat belts for all seats (previous model had 2-point lap belt for the 3rd row middle seat in 7-seater configuration). LED tail lights with chrome plating and clear coating. Dark chrome [...]
New grille – tapered upper corners Redesigned LED daytime running lights New front and rear bumper design Twin tail pipes across the range 4 new wheel design options Engine auto start-stop and brake energy recovery system as standard (alternator engages to charge on engine over-run / braking) Revised MMI – [...]
New variant added; Insight Exclusive – with 1.5-liter version of i-VTEC engine + IMA hybrid engine. New front and rear bumper VSA (Vehicle Stability Assist) is now standard. Improved rear seat design for better comfort and improved rear visibility. Improved sound insulation Improved fuel economy Honda has given the Insight [...]
Toyota will be launching the series production version of the FT-86 concept car at this December’s Tokyo Motor Show. To build some pre-launch buzz, Toyota is launching a unique Facebook 3D Flash game that allows players to race a virtual version of the FT-86 on a race track with curves [...]
Honda’s Japanese market website has been updated with a few teaser pics of the new CR-V. There were no additional information provided by Honda. We expect the car to be launched at this coming December’s Tokyo Motor Show (a slightly different US market model is likely to be launched in [...]
2012 Honda CR-V – official teaser images