Pictures: 2013 Honda Civic Launched in Pakistan – September 2012

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Honda has recently launched 2013 Honda Civic while production of existing Honda Civic model has been put to stop. However the process of clearing old Civic cars is underway. Price quote for new Honda Civic 2013 is uncertain but base model price is estimated between 21 and 23 lacs depending upon specs. The latest Honda Civic 2013 model is equipped with noisy cabin, vague steering and mediocre quality of interior.  View images of latest Civic 2013 model revealed by Honda Pakistan. Honda Civic 2013 Gallery There are few people who think Honda got late in launching Civic 2013 in Pakistan. …

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Pictures: Honda teases us with bits of the next CR-Z

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CR-Z does for Honda what Golf does for VW, it is one of the world’s best hot hatches and as these teaser images suggest, it is going to get hotter. Back in 2010, when they began manufacturing the CR-Z in Japan, Honda‘s aim was to create a fun-to-drive Hybrid, which is why they opted for a three-door mini hatchback over any other pattern. The current CR-Z weighs around 1.2 tons and is powered by a 1.5-liter engine coupled to an electric motor, offering a combined peak output of 124 hp and 128 lb-ft (175 Nm). Now though, a change is …

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Honda unveils 2014 Accord Plug-in hybrid and it is ugly

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Although Honda has a far better eco friendly technology (FCX Clarity) at hand, yet the green hippies have driven Honda to deliver plug-in hybrid vehicles as well and Honda has just taken the wraps off its Accord Plug-in and our instant response to it, some one has perhaps done something wrong to its face! Even though FCX Clarity existed and auto-pundits have cast their vote of approval and some of the noisiest voices and biggest guns of automotive journalism has gone a step forward and called it the future but until the world lacks the infrastructure of hydrogen filling station, …

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First official images of the 2013 Honda Accord released

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We had been teased a lot by the 2013 Honda Accord and Honda has finally taken off the camouflage to show what they call to be ‘the most sculpted and dynamic Accord release to-date’, which roughly means that Accord has become more curvaceous, meaning that it has slightly improved in looks to please the eye. Their traditional goals to improve on safety and fuel economy has been met but this time, they’ve also added another goal, to make the car look more stylish and German, this is not us, this is Honda, themselves telling (or more appropriately, bragging) it is …

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Owner gives a proper funeral to his 30-years-old Honda Civic

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People love their cars just like anything, the connection, the relationship that they develop with cars is just like how they feel with humans, or animals. Its a relationship of joy, sweat and pain like any relationship we have. While some are unable to let go off their cars, this New Yorker decided he will let go of his beloved but with a full fledged funeral for ‘Bluey’, a name given by the owner on its blue color. The 1982 model Civic, which has covered 170,000 miles in 30 years, has endured a lot of hardship. Right after he (Bluey …

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Honda Pakistan rolls out 200,000th car

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Three largest auto assemblers in Pakistan are Toyota, Suzuki and Honda. While some say that they operate in the country like a monopoly however, rolling out the 200,000th car produced by Honda tells how well the customer has backed up Atlas Honda. The 200,000 car to roll out of Atlas Honda’s production line was not a Civic but a silver Honda City, a normal one instead of some special edition but we’re not sure whether this would get the 200,000 special edition sticker or not like Pak Suzuki puts on their cars on achieving such milestones. The celebration event was …

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Honda will rely on minivehicles to make up half of its 2012 sales

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Things aren’t going too well for Honda, exports aren’t as profitable as they used to be due to powerful Japanese Yen so Honda Japan has decided to ramp up domestic production of minivehicles and has also set a goal for half of its domestic sales for they year 2012 to come from minivehicles. The first minivehicle to come out of this this plan is the ultra minivan, N Box+ which is the second new model released for the most popular minivehicle in Japan, the N Box. It is popular among families with young children for its relatively large interior space. …

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Local auto assemblers increased prices of car by almost 70% during the last 5 years

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Prices of every commodity has increased during the last five years under the current government. Many owe this increase viable to dollar and Pak rupee parity and the unstable economic and financial environment where most of the money has moved abroad and little has moved inbound. Ministry of Industries posted the data after the question raised by MNA Shaikh Rohale Asghar about model-wise ratio of increase made in the prices of cars since March 2008 till date by the manufacturing companies and the reasons of the increase. While Indus Motors have increased the maximum prices of its vehicles by 69.13 …

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Honda Concept S revealed in Beijing

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It is during these autoshows that automakers reveal their ambitious plans for the future of motoring. While the Geneva and NY Auto Show marks as the most prestigious events to unveil a car however, China is fast becoming a cash cow for most of the automakers and therefore, a great platform for automakers to show off their new cars. Honda also unveiled its Concept S which is destined for Chinese markets and other developing markets and for the developed ones, a slightly larger version of this concept shall be revealed. Concept S is actually the former Odyssey, only slightly smaller. …

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This 1974 Honda Civic was the fastest Civic in the world in 1976

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We usually don’t dig out cars from the past but when something looks so raw so fantastic, we can’t help but share the story of a Civic which once clocked in 146.698 Mph Talladega Motor speedway in 1976 and became the fastest Civic in the world. That record is probably broken a lot of times by now but no Civic has come so close to become an envy because of how raw it looks and feel, its almost fantastic. You can read the rest of it’s story here.

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