Honda is scheduled to introduce its one-person 3R-C concept to the public at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The battery electric-powered single-seater previews how mobility problems in urban areas might be solved using clean technologies.

Created by European designers at Honda’s Research and Design facility in Milan, the three-wheel 3R-C sports a clear canopy that covers the driver’s/ rider’s seat when it’s parked. The canopy then becomes a shield when the vehicle is in motion. While it won’t rival an Accord Tourer for luggage space, a lockable boot area up front provides some form of storage for small items.

Besides the 3R-C, another Honda vehicle is set to make its European debut…

A limited edition Civic Type R Mugen 200 will be offered for the UK market, Honda announces. The car, which is inspired by the Honda specialty tuner Mugen Euro’s Type R, will only be limited to only 200 units.

The Civic Type R Mugen 200 will be powered with Honda’s i-VTEC engine that is capable of 201 PS (148 kW / 198 bhp) and will feature MUGEN tuning parts such as front and rear bumpers and skirts, 19-inch alloy wheels, a limited slip differential, a MUGEN badge and plaque with the edition number. The car is swathed in Championship White paint contrasted with the gloss-black side mirrors.

The vehicle will be produced…

Honda’s European division has just released a new video promoting the automaker’s campaign “Live Every Liter.”

“Live Every Liter” is a collaborative project between Honda and Swiss filmmaker Claudio Von Planta.  Von Planta, the man behind Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman’s Long Way Round motorcycle series, wants to put real people behind the wheel of the CR-Z on their own road trip.

The cameras that are attached around the car will record the entire trip.  The footage will then be edited into a feature-length film.  The trip will start in May, shortly before the CR-Z European market launch.

The promotional video, shot from the perspective of the driver, begins in the garage of…

Honda has just confirmed that its next Honda Odyssey concept will be unveiled at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. The Honda Odyssey concept that will be introduced at the auto show will hit the market as a 2011 production vehicle.

Stated in a press release, Honda said that, “The next-generation Odyssey will further enhance its hallmark qualities of innovation, quality, safety and fun-to-drive character, while increasing its overall efficiency. The Odyssey, currently in its third generation, was the best-selling minivan in the United States in 2008 and 2009. It is produced from domestic and globally sourced parts by Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC in Lincoln, Alabama.”

The Odyssey didn’t get any major…

New details about the race car replacement to the NXS have been released by Honda. The Honda HSV-010 GT will be fitted with a 3.4 liter naturally-aspirated V8 engine that churns out 500 or more horsepower and a minimum torque of 392 Nm.

The Honda HSV will replace the NSX in the in the GT500 class of the Super GT Series. The NSX has helped Daisuke Ito and Ralph Firman take the 2007 Drivers’ Championship, and led Autobacs Racing Team Aguri to the 2007 Teams’ Championship.

The Honda HSV measures 65 mm longer and 100 mm wider than the NSX. Its wheelbase is 170 mm longer than the NSX as well at…

The Honda HSV-010 GT will be serving as the NSX replacement at the 2010 Japan Super GT Race Series. The HSV-010 GT, which uses a 3.4 liter V8 engine, will be running in the GT500 class.

Although the Super GT normally requires racing vehicles to be based on production cars, there are exceptions to the rule.  One such exception is the use of a production-ready car, even if the car is not in production, which is the case in the Honda HSV-010 GT.

Honda is also not sure if they will release a new high-end sports car this year as they are focusing more on mass-marketable vehicles instead of niche-market vehicles.

The Honda…

In the just held Tokyo Motor Show, Honda has just revealed its first venture into the realm of sporty green cars with the CR-Z. However, the Japanese car maker is already thinking of making an all-out eco friendly sports car. A thinly veiled production version of the CR-Z displayed at the Tokyo Motor Show.

According to CEO Takanobu Ito, Honda is seriously considering producing and environmentally friendly sports car. “I would like to make a sports car,” Ito told Automotive News at the Tokyo Motor Show. “Once we have that technology and once we have cash on hand, I would like to see Honda have a sports car that symbolizes our…

After two year since the first CR-Z Concept was revealed at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, Honda has now unveiled an almost production-ready version of the eco-friendly two-door coupe. The newest version of the CR-Z Concept will also be at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show.

The CR-Z will be powered by a gasoline hybrid engine, according to Honda CR-Z means ‘Compact Renaissance Zero.’ Honda said that the CR-Z name is a successor to the CRX hatchback of the 80’s and 90’s.

The CR-Z will come with a 1.5-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine mated to Honda’s Integrated Motor Assist hybrid technology. The difference between the CR-Z from other Honda hybrids is that the CR-Z…

Honda has recently confirmed that its Greensburg, Indiana, assembly plant has started producing Civic Sedans for the North and Central American export markets. The plant who has only been in operation for less than a year, only built cars for the US market.

“Our Greensburg plant has ramped up to full single-shift production, and now we have embarked on production for export. This is another step in our growth,” Rick Schostek, HondaYour browser may not support display of this image. Manufacturing of Indiana vice president, said in a prepared statement.

As of the moment the plant has already produced 50,000 Civics. Honda uses most of its North American plants to build car…