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Acura's popular TL has been re-designed, re-styled, packaged with new features and given a boost in performance. It's available in two distinctive models for the 2009 model year- with pricing starting under $40,000. The standard TL will now boast a 3.5 liter, 280 horsepower V6 engine and front wheel drive, while the new TL SH-AWD model puts the automakers advanced all wheel drive system to work for shoppers after more traction and performance.

A couple weeks ago, we told you that Toni Elias was about to return to his former team Gresini Honda in the MotoGP series. The news was made official today.

Early June, shortly after her first IndyCar victory at Motegi, Japan a news circulated that Danica Patrick would make her Formula 1 one test debut for the Honda team. The reality is quite different today.

As in 2007, the Honda Formula 1 team is enduring another embarrassing struggle this season, but the rot could be set to end.

To no surprise for the MotoGP observers, JiR has announced that it will end its association with Honda at the end of the 2008 MotoGP season.

Honda has confirmed today in Japan that former 125cc world champion Andrea Dovizioso will replace departing Nicky Hayden at team Repsol Honda for 2009. Hayden is on his way to Italian team Ducati.

Honda's new airbag, the i-SRS, is an important step forward in safety technology. Compared to a conventional airbag (SRS), the i-SRS deploys twice as quickly (in 0.020 seconds) and protects the driver longer. To achieve these results, Honda's engineers developed a system that gradually deploys the airbag.

It looks more than ever likely that Toni Elias will come back to the Honda Gresini team next year after deciding to leave the Alice Ducati team despite being offered an extension of his contract.

The Honda CR-V isn't the most popular compact SUV in Canada. That title goes to the Ford Escape. However, the diminutive Honda has been #2 in its segment for the past few years. Sign of its ongoing popularity, for which the rising fuel prices are no doubt partly responsible, it's ahead of the Toyota RAV4, the Jeep Patriot and the Nissan Rogue.

It is only a question a details to be iron out but Andrea Davizioso should get promoted to the Repsol Honda team next year and partnered Dani Pedrosa in replacement to the departing Nicky Hayden.

Former Grand Prix driver Ricardo Patrese was back in a Formula 1 car yesterday for the first time in 15 years thanks to the invitation made by Honda's driver Rubens Barichello who recently beat Patrese's record for the most Grand Prix completed.

As an XL sized person living in a mid-sized world, my first drive of the Fit put a grin on my face. Honda's slogan for this car should be (if it isn't already) "small on the outside and big on the inside". First impressions count for a lot and when I got into the driver's seat, I was comfortable.

As of October 2, visitors of the Mondial de l'Automobile de Paris will be able to admire Honda's Insight concept. It's a 5-door hybrid that looks very similar to the Toyota Prius, its future rival. Extremely versatile, the Insight also integrates the most recent hybrid technologies.

According to the latest speculation in Italy, there may be more than meets the eye to Japanese driver Takuma Sato's Toro Rosso evaluation test later this month.

After the photos of the new 2009 Civic Sedan, Honda is at it again, this time presenting images of the revamped Civic Coupe. Like the Civic Sedan, the Coupe has inherited a new, angular nose. All in all, the design stays in tune, and no radical changes have been introduced for 2009.

Honda has refreshed its popular line of Civic sedans and coupes, now in mid-life. Available since 2006, the current Civic is just as bold, so only minor exterior changes have been made. The main improvements include a redesigned front bumper, reconfigured headlight and taillight combinations, a chrome panel stretching between the taillights and a chrome exhaust finisher on the better-equipped versions. New colour combinations are also available.

Honda launched the new generation of its popular subcompact car, the Fit, in Japan last October. The Japanese manufacturer has now announced that this updated version will be available in Canada on September 15 as a 2009 model. For this 2009 model, the wheelbase, the overall length and the width of the Fit have all been increased, which allows for a more spacious passenger compartment.

It's only three years old, but the Ridgeline is already being treated to a minor facelift in 2009. Since its general look is still contemporary, Honda's engineers decided on a more measured approach. When Honda introduced its first pickup truck, a lot of criticism was directed at the front portion, which was audacious to say the least. This shortcoming has been corrected for 2009 by a lightly updated grille and bumper and revised rear-view mirrors. In the back, only the internal reconfiguration of the taillights is noticeable.

Spanish Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso, a two-time world champion, is set to sign a $15 million deal to race with Honda in 2009, according to the British newspaper The Guardian.

Honda's FCX hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle is now officially in the hands of a few celebrities who are leasing it over the next few years. American Honda Motor Company has announced that Ron Yerxa and Annette Ballester have accepted delivery on Friday, July 25th at Honda of Santa Monica. Yerxa and Ballester are the world's first FCX customers, and are the first of about 200 others who will lease the machine in Japan and the USA over the next several years.

According to a British newspaper published on Tuesday, the Honda Formula 1 team is stepping up its efforts to lure two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso to the Japanese team for 2009 and beyond.

Honda unveiled a very interesting concept at London's British International Motor Show. Called OSM (Open Study Model), it's an ultra-lightweight roadster that once again proves that a low-emission vehicle can also be stylish and attractive. The lines are extremely sleek and much bolder than what Honda usually offers. The headlights extend all the way to the front fender flares, while the curvy rear section is enhanced by thin, widely-stretched taillights.

Montreal's Kuno Wittmer earned his third win of the season in Round Seven of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Peter Cunningham, of Milwaukee, Wis., went more than two seasons without a pole position, but he took his second SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car pole in-a-row Saturday in preparation for Sunday's Round Seven race.

Gil de Ferran returned to Mid-Ohio with his first pole position in the American Le Mans Series and his first at the circuit since 2001.

A typical automotive review is filled with the observations and findings of a journalist often more intrigued by performance measurements and the latest technology than the functionality of commonplace products in the day-to-day world of Dick and Jane. In an effort to extract the findings of "Jane," Honda supplied six professional women with a 2008 Odyssey Touring edition to serve as their road-trip chariot.

And he tied a IndyCar series record!

Another late-race pass meant victory in the American Le Mans Series, this time a historic first overall victory for Acura and Patrón Highcroft Racing.

Racing at home never felt so good for David Brabham and Dirk Werner. Brabham scored his fifth overall pole position and Werner his first class pole in qualifying Friday for the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park.

The first fully-fledged pole of the year for the Brasilian.