Author: hondaciv

  • 2009 Honda Civic Si Coupe – Images

    Honda has rolled out their new line of Civics for 2009 and include a nice upgrade to the Civic Coupe along with the Civic Sedan and Civic Hybrid (will post some news and shots of those later). According to the honda website, styling changes include: new 17-inch alloys, bolder grille, clear turn-signal lenses, rear wing…

  • 2009 Honda Civic Offers Gentex Auto-Dimming Mirror

    According to Gentex Corporation, their auto-dimming mirrors are now available as an option on all 2009 Honda Civic trim levels sold in European Union countries. “We continue to be pleased with our growing relationship with Honda,” said Gentex Senior Vice President Enoch Jen. “The Civic is one of the best-selling vehicles in the world. Making…

  • UK Civic – Flaw in Handbrake

    2006 Honda Civic Image via Wikipedia According to the BBC a flaw in the handbrake mechanism of the 2006-2007 Civic manufactured in Swindon, UK has caused the company to send notifications to all 63,000 owners to alert them of the problem. This is the second warning sent out from Honda regarding the faulty Handbrake problem…

  • Honda Civic SI Commercial – TRON!

    How cool is this Honda Civic Si commercial! A very nice departure from the standard fare car commercial – it is a Tron-like (as in the movie Tron) landscape and a civic racing along the grid avoiding obstacles and racing another auto. It wins and yes, it is a Civic Si! This Civic commerical is…

  • Performance Chip for your Honda Civic Si – only $89? for real?

    Yup it seems to be for real! Oh no it doesn’t – Thank you Bill! (see his comment) as he rightly points out ‘if it is too good to be true, it is!’. I did a bunch of other searches for ‘Surge Engineering’ and come up with report after report after report of ‘scam’, ‘doesn’t…

  • G-Force meter for Honda Civic

    G-Force! Ever wanted to know just how much your Performance Honda Civic can handle in the corners? or at breaking or accelerating? Then the  video below is for you! How to create, no make, a GForce meter for your Civic. (for any car really, but hey, this is about Honda Civic’s!) Look out local police…

  • 2009 Honda Fit – initial look

    An excellent first look at the 2009 Honda Fit – while, the full details haven’t been released by honda yet, but a bunch of features are known including: Optional satellite navigation system with voice recognition (first time) in its subcompact iPod integration is standard on the Fit Sport. Electronic stability control is optional for 2009 Safety…

  • Honda Civic Mugen RR – Awesome Video

    This is an incredible Car! Mugen will produce only 300 of these vehicles, and if you are one of the lucky ones to order one (and pay the almost $40,000USD price tag, you can have it in any colour you want…..as long as it is Milan Red! For the ultimate in high-performance honda civic tuning…

  • 8th Gen. Honda Civic commercial

    This is a pretty cool Honda Civic commercial – I think it is from 2006. Hmmm, I think I want to go to the ‘dotcom’ address, I wonder why? You see a commercial like this and you just want to buy the car, it doesn’t even need any honda civic body parts, it just looks…

  • More than 1 Million Civics made in the UK

    Thought they were all made in Japan or Asia? Well guess again, the honda factory in Swindon in the UK has manufactured more than 1 million Honda Civic’s since it opened on September 19, 1994. In it’s first year, the Swindon factory turned out just 6,652 Civics and by last year (2007) the factory was turning out more…