This past decade, in-car infotainment electronics has evolved from a multi-disc CD charger and the occasional rear-seat DVD viewing system to a level of innovation once thought of as absurd. Satellite radio, electronic GPS guidance and even wireless Internet connections on several luxury products provide a mere tip of the iceberg to what is currently [...]
Every year, many people’s favorite part of the Super Bowl are the commercials. Year after year, it seems like more and more automotive-related commercials are being aired. For 2012, the Super Bowl XLVI didn’t disappoint, with a range of funny car commercials. Check them all out below: (if the videos fail to load at first, [...]
A common consensus among automotive analysts (and most importantly customers) is Honda’s recent styling direction have been seen as too conservative. Still regarded as a builder of mechanically sound and liveable vehicles, Honda is being affected by the same pattern that Ford Motor Company encountered in the late 1920s with the Model T. An [...]
Revenge of the electric car! We know it’s a documentary name, but it’s crazy to see it really happening. Electric cars are making a comeback, in terms of model introductions. Sales haven’t too great though, and there is a few reasons for that. Cost has got to get down to levels of internal combustion cars, [...]
As expected early this 2012 year, automakers posted some very optimistic sales numbers for the United States marketplace for 2011. A place where consumers still love their cars, 2011 provided an excellent year for North American car fans. No other time in the North American auto industry has motorists been able to explore so much freedom [...]
Manufacturers typically don’t try out drastic changes with their bread-and-butter car lines. Honda has taken risk aversion to a new level recently though. When the “all-new” Civic debuted, it didn’t look that way to most observers. Neither did the CR-V crossover. Both cars stayed remarkably the same; many people we’ve talked to can’t even spot [...]
The Honda Crosstour just hasn’t been selling well, something that has become ever more clear now that its sales figures are listed as a standalone model. The Crosstour’s flop status has been acknowledged by the top brass at Honda. That’s good – they say first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. Honda [...]
You know how we had been saying Honda offers almost no vehicles of interest to enthusiasts? There are some noises that they could be looking to change this. Acura is going to debut a new NSX concept at the Detroit Auto Show that will preview a production car. It will feature a new hybrid version [...]