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2009 Honda Legend

Honda Legend Revised For 2009
19th August, 2008
Honda’s slow-selling flagship Legend sedan delivers more power to luxury car buyers with the introduction of the new 2009 year model ..... more

Low Emission Honda Sports Car Study To Be Unveiled
11th July, 2008
The striking two-seat roadster aims to couple sleek looks with exciting driving dynamics and more efficient engine technology, to give lower exhaust emissions ..... more

2008 Honda Accord Released
9th March, 2008
More power, more spacious and more technology herald the arrival of the eighth-generation Honda Accord and indicate that Honda remains a tryer in the Australian large car segment ..... more

New Honda Accord To Make Its Australian Debut In Melbourne
24th January, 2008
The 8th generation Honda Accord range will make its Australian debut at The Melbourne Motor Show this year ..... more

Honda Reveals New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car
16th November, 2007
Honda has unveiled the all-new FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle at the Los Angeles Motor Show, announcing plans to begin limited retail marketing, in USA, of the hydrogen-powered car in mid-2008 ..... more

Honda’s UK Plant Reaches Million Milestone
12th November, 2007
Honda U.K.’s Swindon plant has made its one-millionth Civic, a red Type R destined for the British market ..... more

Two New Honda Concepts Unveiled At Tokyo Motor Show
6th November, 2007
The Honda CR-Z (pictured opposite) is a light-weight, two-seater sports car equipped with Honda’s petrol-electric hybrid IMA powertrain. Honda are retaining the petrol-electric, even though many see this technology as a wasted opportunity ..... more

Honda To Release New Jazz In Japan
19th October, 2007
Honda will release the Honda Fit (known as Jazz in Australia) in Japan on next Friday, 26th October, 2007 ..... more

Honda Begins Construction Of New Factory
25th September, 2007
Honda Motor Co last week began construction of a new motor vehicle factory with a groundbreaking ceremony at Yorii, Japan ..... more

Honda Shows Accord Tourer Concept At Frankfurt
19th September, 2007
Honda's President and CEO, Mr Takeo Fukui, has unveiled the Accord Tourer concept at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show, giving potential styling clues of the next generation Accord Euro range ..... more

Honda Australia 2006/07 Financial Results
7th August, 2007
Honda Australia Pty Ltd has recorded a consolidated profit of $80 million after related income tax expense on revenue of $1.9 billion for the financial year ended 31st March, 2007 ..... more

Honda Announces Global Expansion
20th July, 2007
Honda Motor Co's President and CEO, Takeo Fukui, has announced plans for new factories and a boost in production to meet Honda's global demand ..... more

Honda Tries The Sporty Approach For Civic
9th July, 2007
Honda expects to sell 100 Civic Type Rs per month at a recommended retail price beginning at $39,990. At this price, the Next Car team sees the class leading Volkswagen Golf GTI as a far more attractive proposition .... more

Honda Civic Type R Arrives For July Release
10th June, 2007
The first shipment of the British-built Honda Civic Type Rs arrived last week from Southampton, en route to Honda showrooms for the official on-sale date next month ..... more

Honda NSX Gathering In UK
30th May, 2007
Europe’s largest ever gathering of Honda NSX sports cars took place at last weekend’s JapFest at Castle Combe in England ..... more

Honda S2000 CR Prototype
9th April, 2007
The club racer inspired 2008 Honda S2000 CR Prototype making its world debut at the New York Motor Show introduces a higher level of track worthy performance and style to the S2000 roadster ..... more

Honda Updates Civic
1st April, 2007
The Thai-sourced Civic sedan range gains a fully lined boot and an auxiliary audio input jack for playing personal MP3 players through the car’s audio system ..... more

Honda at the 2007 Melbourne Motor Show
4th March, 2007
Honda Australia's stand at the 2007 Melbourne Motor Show features a new small 3-door hatch from the UK, a limited edition Accord Euro and a concept car from last year, the FCX ..... more

Honda Hydrogen Power For Melbourne
21st February, 2007
The future of motoring will be on display at the Melbourne Motor Show in the form of a new Honda that consumes only hydrogen and emits only water vapour ..... more

Honda Hybrid Concept for Geneva
7th February, 2007
The current Honda Civic Hybrid uses petrol as its primary fuel source. Our Editor has his fingers crossed that Honda will switch to diesel as the primary fuel source, thus avoiding a wasted opportunity ..... more

Honda Launches New Third-Generation CR-V
31st January, 2007
The new CR-V range is available in three variants. All three variants feature a 2.4-litre DOHC i-VTEC engine with 125 kW of power (up 7 kW over the previous car) and a Real-Time 4WD system ..... more

Honda Previews Future NSX Design Direction
12th January, 2007
The Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept has made its world debut at the 2007 Detroit Motor Show, providing a preview of the design direction for the successor to the Honda NSX ..... more

Honda Reveals Styling Clues for Next-Generation Accord
11th January, 2007
American Honda has revealed the styling clues for the next-generation Accord with the unveiling of an Accord Coupe Concept at the 2007 Detroit Motor Show ..... more

Acura ‘Advanced Sports Car Concept’
19th December, 2006
The concept provides a glimpse at the next generation Acura sports car, a successor to the Honda (Acura) NSX ..... more

Honda Accord Coupe Concept For Detroit
7th December, 2006
A new look for the next generation Honda Accord Coupe will be unveiled at Detroit’s North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), in January ..... more

Honda Remix Concept in LA
4th December, 2006
The Honda Remix small sport concept vehicle made its world debut at the Los Angeles Motor Show last week. The Remix explores the shape and design of a two-seat sports car ..... more

Honda Shows Off Hydrogen-Powered FCX Concept
21st November, 2006
American Honda has shown off its next-generation hydrogen-powered FCX concept car with a demonstration drive at the Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California ..... more

Soichiro Honda - Centenary of Birth
17th November, 2006
Born on 17th November, 1906, the son of a blacksmith and a weaver, Soichiro Honda was fascinated by machines and how they worked ..... more

Honda’s Sports 4 Concept For Sydney
19th October, 2006
Honda will unveil its next-generation sports sedan concept car, the Honda Sports 4, at Sydney’s Australian International Motor Show next week ..... more

Honda Sets Yet Another Sales Record
6th October, 2006
Honda Australia has smashed yet another sales record with the company posting its best ever September result ..... more

British Car Industry Accelerates
1st October, 2006
Three good news stories show it's not all doom and gloom in British manufacturing. Nissan, Mini and Honda announced investment in the UK, bringing an additional 2,000 jobs in car making ..... more

Honda Announces New Limited-Edition Accord
1st October, 2006
Honda is offering even better value on its four-cylinder Accord VTi with a new limited-edition variant ..... more

Honda Unveils New Technologies
26th September, 2006
Honda Motor Co has unveiled a range of next generation engine technologies as part of its global initiative to reduce CO2 emissions ..... more

Honda's All-New CR-V For 2007
1st September, 2006
An entirely-new CR-V is just around the corner (so to speak). It promises improved equipment levels and Honda’s safety technology ..... more

Honda Begins Vehicle Operations in Vietnam
27th August, 2006
Honda Vietnam Co., Ltd. (HVN), Honda’s Vietnamese subsidiary, has opened a new motor vehicle plant in the suburbs of Hanoi ..... more

Honda and London Police in Hybrid Deal
21st August, 2006
Honda has teamed up with London’s Police in the country’s biggest ever hybrid car fleet deal ..... more

Honda Australia 2005/06 Financial Results
16th August, 2006
Honda Australia has recorded a consolidated profit of $81 million after tax on revenue of $1.6 billion for the financial year ended 31st March, 2006 ..... more

Honda Launches All-New Legend
14th August, 2006
Honda Australia has launched the new, fourth-generation, Legend sedan with the most powerful road-going Honda engine ever ..... more

Honda Posts New Record
7th August, 2006
The record result sees Honda’s monthly market share climb to 7.2 per cent and year-to-date market share rise to 5.7 per cent ..... more

Honda Sets All-Time Record
10th July, 2006
Honda smashed sales records in June, powering past 5,000 units for the first time to finish with an all-time record of 5,762 sales ..... more

New Look for Honda Odyssey
3rd July, 2006
Honda’s Odyssey family wagon receives a new look thanks to a mid-life facelift ..... more

Honda Announces Civic Type S For Europe
29th June, 2006
Honda Motor Europe has announced the new Civic Type S, a 3-door hatchback which is the latest model in the transformation of Honda’s C-segment brand into a individual, sporty range ..... more

Survey Finds Civic Hybrid Cheapest to Run
26th June, 2006
The RACV’s 2006 Vehicle Operating Costs survey shows the cost of running a Honda Civic Hybrid is $169.34 a week, $24.57 less than the Toyota Prius ..... more

Honda Recalls Odyssey
20th June, 2006
Honda Motor Co has issued a safety recall for Odyssey, CR-V and Step Wagon models manufactured between October 1994 and May 1997 ..... more

Revisions for Honda Accord
11th June, 2006
The Honda Accord has received some styling changes and equipment upgrades ..... more

Summary of Honda's CEO Mid-Year Speech
17th May, 2006
Honda announced specific plans and initiatives which will enable Honda to accelerate its efforts to strengthen the core characteristics that make Honda unique ..... more

Honda’s Natural Gas Civic For New York
28th April, 2006
American Honda has announced that it will begin retailing its all-new compressed natural gas (CNG) powered Civic to New York state customers ..... more

Honda’s New Jazz
12th April, 2006
In one of the strangest moves by a marketing department I have ever seen, Honda has 'aired' a television commercial featuring an animated Honda Jazz ..... more

Civic Paves Way for Honda’s March Result
6th April, 2006
Honda Australia has set a new March sales record of 4,611 units, up 543 over March 2005 ..... more

Honda MDX Concept At New York Motor Show
30th March, 2006
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Honda's Acura brand has announced plans to debut a concept version of the all-new MDX luxury sport-utility vehicle ..... more

Honda Civic Type R Concept
21st March, 2006
At this year's Geneva Motor Show Honda displayed the Civic Type R Concept with its promise of fun and exhilarating performance ..... more

Murray Walker Makes F1 Comeback with Honda
8th March, 2006
He's back! After a four year absence from the Formula One Paddock, Murray Walker is making a comeback with the Honda Racing F1 Team ..... more

All-New Civic Boosts Honda Sales
6th March, 2006
Honda Australia has posted another strong sales month, selling 3,484 units ..... more

Honda Updates Sports Models
15th February, 2006
Honda Australia has unveiled a sports variant of its Accord Euro sedan and a facelifted S2000 at the Melbourne Motor Show ..... more

America's Honda Civic Si Sedan Concept
14th February, 2006
The Civic Si Sedan Concept provides strong hints of the styling and performance for a production Civic Si Sedan scheduled to go on sale across America later this year ..... more

All Time Record Sales for Honda
7th February, 2006
After recording its third year of record sales of 28% in 2005, Honda has started 2006 recording its highest ever monthly sales of 4,751 units ..... more

Honda Launches All-New Civic Range
5th February, 2006
Honda Australia has launched the eighth-generation Civic with new levels of power, fuel economy, refinement and comfort ..... more

Honda Achieves Record European Sales
23rd January, 2006
Honda achieved record automobile sales in Europe, reaching a high of 285,924** units during 2005 against a downturn of 0.7%* ..... more

Third Straight Record Year For Honda
6th January, 2006
Honda Australia is rewriting its record book for a third time in three years thanks to another all-time sales record ..... more

Honda Takes 'Detroit News' Awards
1st January, 2006
The U.S. newspaper 'Detroit News' has named the new Honda Civic sedan as its 2006 Car of the Year and the Honda Ridgeline as its 2006 Truck of the Year ..... more

Honda Wins Two Awards In USA
18th December, 2005
Car and Driver Magazine has named the 2006 Honda Accord as the "Best Family Sedan," and the Acura TSX (Accord Euro) as the “Best Sports Sedan” in its annual "10 Best Cars" award ..... more

New Look for Honda Accord Euro
28th November, 2005
Honda’s Accord Euro range receives a facelift for 2006 with a series of subtle improvements ..... more

Honda Stars In Australia's Best Cars Awards
23rd November, 2005
Honda has been named twice in the 'Australia’s Best Cars' awards, with the Accord Euro winning the Best Mid-Size car over $28,000 segment and the Odyssey Luxury taking the Best People Mover ..... more

Honda Achieves a Sales Milestone
16th November, 2005
After record sales in 2003 and 2004 Honda Australia announced yesterday it has achieved another milestone, selling its 40,000th vehicle in one year for the first time ..... more

Honda Passion Shines Through
8th November, 2005
After months of searching and assessing candidates Honda has found the most passionate Honda motor vehicle owner in Australia ..... more

Honda at SEMA 2005
8th November, 2005
Honda showed more than 50 vehicles at this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas, including nineteen 2006 Civic Si coupes ..... more

Honda Sports 4 Concept Car
24th October, 2005
The Sports 4 Concept is Honda's vision of a sports car of the future, a vehicle that allows anyone, not just expert drivers, to experience a high-performance automobile ..... more

Honda's Diversity on Show in Sydney
17th October, 2005
Attractions on Honda's stand at Sydney's Motor Show include the 30th Anniversary Accord and CR-V Special Edition, the all-new Legend ..... more

Honda To Double Production In Pakistan
7th September, 2005
Honda Atlas Cars (Pakistan) Ltd. (HACPL), Honda’s car production and sales joint venture in Pakistan, held a Manufacturing Capacity Expansion ceremony of its production plant on Monday ..... more

Honda Continues Sales Success
6th September, 2005
Honda Australia’s record-breaking run in 2005 continues with the company setting its best-ever August sales result of 4,006 units ..... more

Honda Announces All New 2006 Civic for the US
5th September, 2005
Honda has announced four completely-redesigned Civic models including the Civic Si Coupe, Civic Hybrid sedan, Civic Sedan and Civic Coupe, for the US market ..... more

Price Changes to Honda CR-V Range
1st September, 2005
Honda Australia has announced price changes to its CR-V range ..... more

Honda Announces All New Civic for Europe
2nd August, 2005
Honda Motor Europe Ltd. yesterday announced the all-new, eighth generation Civic for the European market. Wider and lower than the out-going model ..... more

Honda Announces Fuel-Efficiency Targets
21st July, 2005
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has released an overview of its next-generation power train technology and fuel economy targets for cars due to be introduced in coming years. Also, see Honda President's Mid-Year Global Speech ..... more

Honda To Discontinue The NSX
13th July, 2005
Honda has announced that it will discontinue production of the NSX, a vehicle that has enjoyed considerable popularity as pure sports car and won many fans worldwide ..... more

Honda’s Record Year Continues
3rd July, 2005
Honda Australia celebrated its most successful six months ever and set another all time record in June with 4,746 sales ..... more

Get Me To The Church On Time!
2nd June, 2005
You can enjoy various exciting and fun experiences at Honda’s Twin-Ring Motegi race track – including getting married ..... more

Honda Sets Yet Another Sales Record
1st June, 2005
Honda Australia has overturned yet another sales record with the company’s best ever May result ..... more

Honda Reaches 100,000 Hybrid Sales
25th May, 2005
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. yesterday announced that its cumulative worldwide sales of hybrid vehicles reached 100,000 units in April 2005 ..... more

Kannan Claims Indy 500 Pole for Honda
16th May, 2005
Led by Andretti Green Racing's Tony Kanaan, Honda drivers once again prevailed in Pole Day qualifying for the 89th running of the Indianapolis 500, with the defending Indy Car Series champion claiming his first '500' pole in his fourth attempt ..... more

Honda's Record April
2nd May, 2005
Honda Australia enjoyed its best ever April result with total sales of 3,677 units ..... more

Honda Introduces All-new Airwave In Japan
8th April, 2005
Honda yesterday announced the debut of the Airwave, in Japan, an all-new 1.5-litre compact wagon that boasts an extra-large glass Sky Roof ..... more

Honda’s Record Year Marches On
4th April, 2005
Three months into 2005 and Honda has set another new sales record for the third successive month ..... more




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