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The Japanese auto giant, Honda Motors has finally officially announced of its entry into the diesel engine segment with its 1.6 litre cubic capacity engine. Honda will be showcasing its 1.6 litre turbo charged diesel engine at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show and will be first debuting in its Honda Civic. The 1.6 litre diesel [...]

The Japanese auto manufacturer, Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI) plans to resume its production operations by the month of March after facing severe supply disruption of components from its vendors due to the tsunami in Japan and the floods in Thailand. If all goes as planned now, Honda will have faced 6 months of production [...]

Honda was stuck with massive constraints of production due to lack of supply of components from its vendors who were affected by the Thailand floods, hopes to get back to full production by March. The company has managed to secure alternate sources for the components, mainly electronic and underbody parts whose supplies got disrupted. Now, [...]

We were expecting to see the new CRV and the 2012 Honda Civic (already driven) at the Auto Expo at the Honda pavilion but unfortunately the floods in Thailand have created havoc in the Japanese giants Asia operations. Thousands of flood affected cars have been scrapped in Thailand and the company has suffered huge losses. [...]

The Nissan Qashqai has been one of the most favourite models in Europe, so much favourite that OEMs like Honda are getting outright jealous of the model’s success. Mr. Takanobu Ito, CEO of Honda Motor Company commented directly that the company is very envious of the Qashqai’s success and they are also planning to develop [...]

The auto markets especially in India and Europe are turning to diesels as the petrol prices soar higher and higher. This has made the Japanese companies like Honda and Suzuki work much harder to get sales volumes in the market since they are not equipped with the diesel engine technology. However, a company like Honda [...]

Honda announced the 1.6-liter iDTEC diesel engine for the Civic just yesterday and now the company has divulged details on the diesel engines which will power smaller Honda cars in many markets. The Japanese automaker is developing an all new 1.4-liter iDTEC diesel engine which would debut in India in 2013. This compact diesel will [...]

Honda has announced new engines at the ongoing Tokyo Motor Show. The Japanese automaker has called its next generation of engines as ‘Earth Dreams Technology’. Out of all the new engines announced, one engine is of particular interest to us. It is the 1.6-liter i-DTEC turbo diesel engine, which produces 120 PS of power at [...]

The Japanese auto majors, Toyota and Honda have started to look for new alternative suppliers for its components after the recent floods in Thailand, which is a key component supplier in the Asian markets, have completely disrupted their operations in India. Toyota is estimated to be incurring a loss of about 800 to 1000 vehicles [...]

Honda has shut down production of the City and Brio in India, citing supply constraints from Thailand. The company has also cut down output of the Jazz and is looking at China and Japan to normalize supplies for production. December could be a bad month for Honda as far as sales go, since the company [...]