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New Honda Plant in Greensburg Indiana to add Civic GX to roster
Originally announced June 2006 and a groundbreaking ceremony on March 19, 2007, the new Greensburg, Indiana plant finally began shipments on Oct 29, 2008 when Eugenia Olson drove the first Honda Civic off the assembly line at 7:50 a.m. The $550 million plant ultimately will produce 200,000 vehicles annually and employ 2,000 workers; the vehicle…
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2008 Honda Civic FD TV Commercial
This is one of the ‘Honda – the power of dreams’ tv commercials for the Honda Civic FD. Too be quite honest, it is a fairly non-descript commercial, a bit forumla and a bit boring. Mind you Honda North America has never been famous for outstanding commercials – unless some of you out there can…
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2009 Honda Civic Hybrid Sedan
While sales of the Honda Civic Hybrid Sedan hasn’t taken off like the Toyota Prius, oddly enough the 2009 Civic Hybrid provides similar gas mileage for a lower price! In general, reviews are saying that in comparison to the Prius, the Civic Hybrid (with it’s 90-hp, 1.3 litre engine and 20-hp electric engine) isn’t as…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…