2012 Honda Fit Hybrid t...

Honda plans a French debut for the hybrid version of the Fit hatchback. We already knew that Honda was working on fitting a hybrid drivetrain into the Fit, and we now know we’ll see the final product at the Paris auto show in September. The car will wear its European nameplate, Jazz,...

Ford terminates sales o...

Following in the footsteps of the Honda Civic Type-R, Ford has announced that it will axe the Focus ST due to strict emission regulations. The 2.5 litre turbo-charged 5-cylinder petrol engine has joined Honda’s 2.0 litre petrol engine in falling foul of the Euro5 emission law,...

Honda Recalls 383,000 C...

An ignition lock failure could send your parked Civic/Accord/Element rolling away from you. Recall! [ Honda ] More » Original post: Honda Recalls 383,000 Cars Over Runaway Risk...

A Ditch Filled With Poi...

This Honda S2000 was spotted where it definitely shouldn’t be, down in a ditch filled with poison oak. Something tells us the tow truck driver’s going to charge extra for this one. Tipster Colin fills in the details below. More » Original post:� A Ditch Filled...

Get Out Of My Corn You ...

I grew up on a farm. Occasionally drunks would swerve off the road and take out huge swaths of corn. Never once did a rally driver plow through our fields. Especially in a Fiat 500 Abarth . More » See the rest here: Get Out Of My Corn You Damn Rally Driver!...

Gamer Creates Real-Life...

One German man badly wanted to play the canyon-carving racing game WipeOut in real life. So he reverse-engineered it with a gigantic, multi-level cardboard track he can race on with a video-equipped R/C car controlled by a real racing cabinet. More » See the original post...

Honda Legend/Acura RL w...

2006 Honda Legend Following rumours, Honda has denied that it is planning to kill-off the slow-selling Legend executive saloon. The V6 model is rumoured to be close to an end-of-production run, but Honda chief executive officer, Takanobu Ito says the car is “a necessary model for the...

2010 Honda Accord Cross...

Still not the Accord wagon we’d like. As the philosopher Jagger said, “You can’t always get what you want.” Mick was right. What we want—what we’d love—is a Honda Accord station wagon. But Americans don’t buy wagons. Rather, some Americans buy some wagons, just not in...

Honda to Launch Next-Ge...

Honda has detailed its plans to offer more alternative-powertrain vehicles in the U.S. and around the world over the next few years. The company will continue to push hybrids, including new plug-in systems, and will finally jump on the all-electric vehicle bandwagon. From the end of this...

Ask C/D: 2011 Mercedes-...

Mercedes Benz’s latest AMG bruiser has burbled its way into the Car and Driver parking lot. With so many members of the C/D staff peering in the SLS’s windows and popping the hood, we know that you readers may have questions, too. Now that the SLS is gone, and we had a chance...