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WRR’s Fantasy Racer GP Contest: Round 18
Round eighteen of FRGP takes us to the Hockenheim circuit for the F1 German Grand Prix and to the IndyCar street circuit in Ontario, Canada for the Honda Indy at Toronto!
Classic: Acura – Honda NSX
Honda started toying around with the idea of building a supercar in the early 1980s when it teamed up with famed Italian design house Pininfarina to present a concept called Honda Pininfarina Xperimental (HP-X) at the 1984 edition of the Turin Motor Show. Powered by a 2.0-liter V6 engine, the HP-X was merely a futuristic-looking design study that was never seriously considered for mass production but it showed Honda was already thinking beyond economy cars.
Gallery: 10 Awesome Turbocharged F1 Cars
Motorsport Retro brings us this collection of especially palatable boosted F1 cars from yesteryear. Forced induction seems to be infiltrating every corner of motoring these days, and for the 2014 season, even Formula One is getting in on the act. Although it remains to be seen if this change will bring a new level of intensity to F1 that we’ve been craving, perhaps this collection of turbocharged F1 cars will help us determine the necessary ingredients for boosted success.
Acura TLX GT Race Car Makes Suprise Debut in Detroit
Acura Motorsports took the crowd at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show by surprise when they pulled the wraps off the new 2015 Acura TLX GT Race Car and announced plans to move up to the GT category in Pirelli World Challenge Championship.
Honda Takes the Wraps Off 2014 WTCC Civic
Honda has just released the first visual offering of its 2014 World Touring Car Championship contender, the WTCC Civic. Despite only being a rendering a this point, the new five-door represents Honda’s newest configuration for the series in response to the new regulations coming in the 2014 WTCC season.
Video: Honda Previews Diminutive Sports Car For 2015
This week at the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda took the wraps off its newest kei car entry, set to go on sale in 2015. Dubbed the S660 Concept, the tiny sportscar gets its name by way of the 660cc motor under the hood.
Acura NSX Will Be Biturbocharged
New details about the long awaited return of the Acura NSX emerged today from the Tokyo Motor Show. Honda has announced that thrust for the mid-engined, direct injected, V6 powered hybrid sportscar will aided by the addition of two turbochargers.
Video: Hear Honda’s New Formula 1 Engine
Back in May, we learned that McLaren will again be using Honda power for the 2015 Formula 1 season. Now we can hear the sound of that engine in this video from Honda Racing.
Honda’s New Turbo V-6 LMP1 Engine
Honda Performance Development has introduced a new LMP1 customer engine. The Honda HR22T is a direct-injection, turbocharged 2.2-liter V-6 based on the Indianapolis 500-winning motor from the IndyCar race series.
Acura NSX Prototype Running Debut
Acura had been teasing the NSX prototype up until its first live lap at the Mid-Ohio Indy 200 race on August 4. Now we can see more photos and video from that running debut.
Winding Road Modern Classic: 2002 Honda S2000 — POV Test Drive
It’s Friday, you’ve been done with your actual work for hours, but you can’t just up and leave your cubicle without getting an odd look from your boss. Why not make it look like you’re hard at work on the next batch of TPS reports? Sit back, and enjoy our latest Modern Classic POV video.
Driven: 2014 Acura MDX
Acura’s incremental improvements in the MDX formula have delivered a third-generation vehicle that should appeal to past and present customers. We may not appreciate its stoic and uncommunicative nature, but its blend of efficiency, technology, and outright comfort make it a worthwhile offering in a segment that will likely only get bigger and more competitive.
Driven: 2014 Acura RLX Advance
Our time with the RLX was quite revealing. It’s not, as we’ve established, a very sporty or fun-to-drive car. While we’d bemoan this fact, the reality is that there’s this tendency in the market to deliver far more performance than most buyers need, often at the sacrifice of comfort and refinement. The RLX is the inverse of this philosophy, prioritizing its occupants rather than just its driver. Every once in a while, we like that change.
McLaren Announces Honda Engine Deal
As we reported yesterday, an announcement regarding the future of McLaren’s F1 team would be coming this week. Now, barely 24 hours later, we’ve got the official press release from McLaren declaring that the venerable British team would be switching to Honda power in 2015.
Gran Turismo 6 Trailer Debuts, Will Arrive In 2013
Our number one question about Gran Turismo 6, the newest installment in the epic racing series wasn’t one of how many cars or tracks there would be. It was a question of when. The answer is 2013. Yeah, you’ll have a new GT in your Playstation before the year’s end.
Rumor: McLaren F1 To Switch To Honda Power In 2015?
It seems history has a way of repeating itself. After nearly 20 seasons with Mercedes-Benz power, McLaren could be switching to Honda engines when the new, turbocharged engine regulations take force in 2015. That is, if reports from a slew of F1-oriented sites are to be believed.
Acura NSX Takes Another Step Toward Production With Ohio Plant
We’ve been patiently awaiting further news about the production of Acura’s new NSX hybrid supercar. Finally, Acura has announced that it will build the NSX at a new Performance Manufacturing Center adjacent to Honda’s Marysville Auto Plant in Ohio.
Update: 2013 Honda Civic Si Coupe
Overall, while this new Civic isn’t the engaging drive that the eighth-generation model is, we’d argue that the improvements in refinement and comfort are enough to take a look at one.
Video: Modded RX-7 Spits Flames At The Dragon
Ask the Winding Road staff what their favorite places in the world are, and it’s only a matter of time before someone mentions The Tail Of The Dragon. Officially called US Route 129 or Deals Gap, the Dragon is a viciously winding ribbon of tarmac, made up of 318 curves spread across 11 miles. That’s about 29 curves for every mile of road. Making things more difficult are the precipitous drop-offs and trees that sandwich the road. This is not a route for the faint of heart.
Winding Road Video: 2013 Honda Civic Si
Are you curious about what it’s like to get behind of the wheel with the latest Honda Civic Si? This point-of-view video, shot and edited by Chris Amos, presents the car without any distracting commentary or music. Instead, it offers high-definition video and binaural audio to really get a feel for what its like to experience this car.
Aston Martin Readying Hydrogen-Powered Racer
For this year’s 24 Hours of Nürburgring, Aston Martin will campaign the world’s first hydrogen-powered race car, a modified Rapide S. You may recall that 007’s manufacturer of choice has campaigned its four-door coupe during the 24-hour race in the past, so there’s a precedent here.
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