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It’s not a secret in Honda Circles, but fun just the same. While cleaning out his 2016 Honda Civic Coupe, Dr. P. Chimp discovered hidden art gem under a tray mat in his 10th Gen Honda Civic.

It’s not everyday that we find the opportunity to view the planned destruction of a late model Honda Accord Sedan. Today. The IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) released a Honda Accord partial front overlap crash test to YouTube, the results may surprise you.

With all first year production runs comes a possible glitch or two, as the manufacturer and consumer settles into their new ride. Such is the case with the well received 2017 Civic Type-R. An almost perfect factory street racer, with a noted minor glitch or two.

Toyota’s refreshed Highlander Hybrid SUV is a pleasure to drive, fuel efficient, and powerful. In fact it may be an underappreciated automotive value. What places Highlander Hybrid at the top of the midsize 3-row crossover/SUV segment?

It’s that i-VTEC exhaust tune note that only a high-revving naturally aspirated Honda 4 banger can make that drives old-school Civic Si fans away from the next generation turbocharged engine. In rolls the 2018 Acura ILX.

At first look, I assumed that 2018 Honda Accord's bold black out grill was gunning for Toyota’s redesigned Camry. While that’s a given, Accord's elongated grill design serves a very specific purpose or two, key to improved fuel efficiency and performance.

To buy hybrid or go conventional? As the auto industry turns to electrification in the righteous quest for near zero emissions, greater fuel efficiency, and torque, 2018 Honda Accord “normalizes” the hybrid drive and ride experience.

With the auto industry embracing an automated driving future for the world, sooner than most can imagine, 2018 Honda Accord comes to market this fall with two advanced safety features, standard, a bold marketing move in the sub premium midsize sedan class.

It looks fast sitting in park, thanks to a longer wider stance, and sweeping green house. While Accord’s new found look promises exhilarating drive performance, will the reinvented Accord deliver as anticipated -- what key feature drives 2018 Honda Accord to segment leading drive performance?

New car reviews are relatively easy for the journalist, and more often than not result in positive accolades for the new car or truck reviewed. After all, most new vehicles manufactured today are pretty darn good. Torque News revisits 2017 Honda Ridgeline after 8,000 abusive miles. I still drives like new.

Following a growing automotive trend in Asia and Europe, Honda Motor Company expands its long standing electric vehicle research and production with a commitment to electrifying all new model offerings. Is America ready for a micro electric car?

Nineteen, 16 year old teenage drivers die daily from traffic accident related injury in the United States. When optioned with "Honda Sensing," the makers intelligent suite of safety and driver assist technology, 2017 Honda CR-V earns US News and World Reports “Best New Car for Teens” award. What makes CR-V exceptional in a sea of very good compact crossovers?

Durring our first opportunity to drive 2017 Honda Civic Si on wet roads, we discover that Honda’s updated original sport Civic enables exceptional wet weather driving sport through superior suspension dynamics and limited slip differential engineering.

Honda’s HR-V subcompact crossover set an all-time sales record in July with an astounding 32.3 % uptick. Why is Honda’s Fit platformed 5-door subcompact hatchback selling so well?

In the wake of Trump's negotiation of NAFTA with Canada and Mexico, Honda transitions U.S. bound 2018 Honda Fit production from Japan back to Celaya Mexico. The benefit to U.S. consumers is the made in Mexico 2018 Honda Fit Holds LX Manual Price Increase to $100 -- a great purchase value.

In an automotive world of 5 to 7 year design cycles, what was revealed to the world from Detroit last week, sets the stage for future forward Honda engineering, body design, and advanced driver to car personal electronic connectivity and active safety features. There’s more to 2018 Honda Accord than meets the eye.

On Monday, Honda announced the 11th Takata airbag related fatality reported in the United States suffered by a shade tree mechanic making repairs on a 2001 Honda Accord.

The first product recall for the reinvented 2018 Honda Odyssey minivan impacts 3900 vehicles. Do you own one of them?

Is it possible to manufacture a visually compelling, refined, economy subcompact 5-door hatchback, while preserving a rather frugal entry MSRP? 2018 Honda Fit brings quiet refinement, improved ride, and a visual injection of sport to the entry level subcompact hatchback segment. Torque News takes a closer look.

I know that our seasoned car-club, armature race-nuts, will find the headline above to be a bit redundant. But then again, this is 2017 Civic Type-R.

With 278 second generation Acura NSX Hybrid supercars sold in the United States to date, you may never encounter one running the roads and freeways of your home turf. Nonetheless, Honda’s ultimate halo car has reignited the regeneration of the Acura brand.

Honda’s do-all subcompact 5-door hatchback takes on the 4th of July holiday weekend with 2nd row “magic” flat deck hauling capacity, and an all-wheel-drive option that will get you to where you’re going in comfort.

I hold myself fortunate as one of the few journalist that’s experienced the third generation 2017 Honda Clarity FCV behind the wheel. Initially sold to select markets in Japan and California, Great Britain's “The Engine Room,” introduces the most dynamic fuel cell vehicle in the world to the U.K. and beyond.

Back in December of 2015, Torque News reader David Malone purchased one of the first 10th generation Honda Civics to roll off the assembly line. 59,378 miles later, he has a pretty good since of long term engine reliability and fuel efficiency.

American Honda rolled out a teaser announcement as to a major refreshed 2018 Honda Fit offering, featuring not only expanded active safety features, but an edgy looking “sport” edition. Can a mainstream subcompact Honda economy hatchback be sporty?

Auto manufacturers remain cautious as to rolling out fully automated cars to the driving public. The reasoning is sound -- the driving public and infrastructure is not ready for it. Read why.

Looking through Monday’s email in box, a Honda Torque News reader raised an interesting question? Will Honda be importing the popular U.K. diesel powered Honda Civic Hatchback to the U.S.?

The last generation European/Japan Civic Type-R was and remains a limited production offering as Honda goes. The final production run of the last generation Civic Type-R was 700 units, it sold out in hours. So will the first Civic to wear the Type-R designation in the United States.

Well over 500,000 10th generation Honda Civics were sold to the Honda loyal in its first 18 months of production. Civic’s sales success comes from much more than a favorable price point.

While stated horsepower remains unchanged from the 2015 Honda Civic Si, it’s the extremely wide, constant-on torque band, that drives 2017 Civic Si to the pinnacle of affordable compact car sport performance.