Remember the cute little Honda Urban EV concept from last year? Honda has confirmed it will be its first mass-production battery electric vehicle for Europe, with the order books scheduled to open early next year. Yep, that’s right. Soon you will be able to buy a production version of that […]
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2018 Honda Civic Type R BTCC racing car unveiled
Honda has unveiled its racing car for the 2018 British Touring Car Championships based on the Honda Civic Type R. At an unveiling event in Pacmotor Castellili in Spain, the new car was fully unveiled, with far more serious aero gear than its road-going counterpart. Racing the vehicle this season […]
2018 World Car of the Year finalists announced
Finalists for the 2018 World Car of the Year have been announced, with a number of interesting ones in the running for the top award. Finalists for all categories have also been listed, such as the World Luxury Car, World Performance Car and Green Car of the year. For 2018, […]
New Honda S2000 sports car unlikely due to stronger SUV demand
Any hopes of a Honda S2000 revival seem to have been squashed, with a company representative in Canada recently blaming the current market demand for crossovers and SUVs. Speaking with Auto Guide, Hayato Mori, senior manager of product planning at Honda Canada, said that a new S2000 is probably never […]
PerformanceDrive’s top 10 best new cars of 2017
Here at PD we don’t do ‘car of the year’ features, mainly because we aren’t paid by any of the car manufacturers to do so. But it has been a massive year for the Aussie car industry, with the departure of the Australian-built sedans and the arrival of some intriguing, […]
2018 Honda Civic Type R vs Ford Focus RS: hot hatch comparison (video)
SPECS PACKAGE DRIVE VERDICT Right now these two are on fire. Hot hatches don’t get any hotter. The Ford Focus RS blew everyone’s mind when it was launched last year, and now the all-new Honda Civic Type R has eyes watering with envy thanks to its Nurburgring-conquering lap record. How […]
2018 Honda CR-V review – VTi-L & VTi-LX (video)
After some lacklustre years of sales from the Japanese giant, Honda’s latest release could very well have what it takes to turn those numbers around. The Honda CR-V has never stopped growing in size throughout its life. Now, in its fifth-generation, the larger SUV is offered with 7 seats, a […]
2018 Honda CR-V review – VTi 2WD & VTi-S 4WD (video)
Move over, Mazda CX-5. Honda is ready to swipe some of your sales with this, the new CR-V. And on first impressions, it has the potential to really reset the sales rankings on the medium SUV leaderboard. Honda Australia offers a variety of five different variants of the new model, […]