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Honda Delivers FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle to 2010 Canadian Olympic Hockey Team Captain Scott Niedermayer
Four-time Stanley Cup champion, Anaheim Ducks captain and environmentalist becomes first professional athlete to lease Honda's zero-emissions vehicle
ANAHEIM, Calif., U.S.A., January 6, 2010 - American Honda Motor Co., Inc., delivered a zero emissions hydrogen-powered FCX Clarity fuel cell electric vehicle to its latest customer, 2010 Canadian Olympic hockey team captain, Scott Niedermayer. Also a team captain for the Anaheim Ducks National Hockey League team, Niedermayer is a leader both on and off the ice, promoting an environmentally responsible lifestyle and the protection of natural resources.
To read more about Scott and his experience with the Honda FXC Clarity, check out the rest of the article on Honda Motor Co's worldwide website at http://bit.ly/7f6D4D
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The New 2010 Honda Crosstour Debuts in Canada
Canada is set to debut the new 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour at dealerships across the country on November 24th. The Accord Crosstour comes in several different trim models, including the EX-L which is a four wheel drive, and there is also a EX-L top of the line version with comes with special luxury trim as well as Honda's satellite navigation system. All models of the 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour come with a 3.5 litre 271 horsepower V6 engine.
Jerry Chenkin, who is the executive vice president of Honda Canada was recently quoted saying, "With the recent price reduction on our existing Accord sedans and coupes, the pricing for the all-new Accord Crosstour is designed to make this vehicle an attractive option for Canadians wanting car-like handling and performance with the functionality of a sport utility vehicle."
The 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour is has the style and finesse of a luxury sedan while have the versatile and mobility characteristics of a sports utility vehicle. It is a completely unique concept within the crossover market segment. The car leverages many different aspects of both the sedan and SUV pros and cons, it remains sleek and stylish, while expanding cargo space.
The 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour fulfills many roles, the bold new exterior design conveys a sense of prestige from the outside, and the luxury styling of the interior extends the length of the whole cars interior. The car is extremely functional from a storage standpoint, with built in under-floor storage in the rear, as well as reversible cargo floor panels.
The 271 horsepower V6 VTEC engine features Honda's award winning Variable Cylinder Management system which improves fuel consumption and increases power. The Variable Cylinder Management system allows the car to run on three, four or six cylinders based on the load of the car nad the power required. The car comes packed with a 5 speed automatic transmission as well as a real time 4-wheel drive system for offroad and towing use.
The prices for the three 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour are as follows. The EX-L 2-Wheel Drive Model has a MSRP of $34,900; EX-L 4-Wheel Drive MSRP - $36,900; and the EX-L 4-Wheel Drive with Navigation has a MSRP of $38,900, this model also features a rear view camera and Bluetooth integration.
The Accord Crosstour comes standard with many options that users will love, including dual heated front seats, leather trim pieces, dual climate control, XM Radio with USB Audio input which will make iPod plugin easier. Also too the car features a fold down rear seat, 18″ rims and tires, moon roof and much more.
The 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour features many safety technologies that will keep the occupants in the car safe from collisions. The car was designed with the ACE body structure which helps protect the users in front end collisions, also included standard with the Crosstour is the Electronic Stability Control, Anti-Lock brakes and front and side airbags.
2010 Honda Accord Crosstour First Drive - A Premium CUV
Styling is subjective, but we think the tall, wide-hipped Crosstour is reasonably attractive - save for its large, somewhat clunky horizontal-bar grille, which gives it a face unlike any other Honda's. Inside, the look and feel are roomy, plush and user-friendly, with such touches as plush carpeting, rear-ventilation outlets in the console and double stitching on the available leather trim.
Honda's new-for-2010 Accord-based crossover, unabashedly named Accord Crosstour. It is essentially an Accord wagon, except its rear roofline is aerodynamically sloped instead of squared off, which sacrifices some cargo room but preserves respectable backseat headroom even for six-footers. But please don't call it that.
Is such a half-breed a car, or is it a truck? While some crossovers, especially the larger ones with three rows of seats, are more SUV-like, this one appears closer to a car. As far as government classification goes, the signals are mixed: for emissions and fuel economy testing, the EPA sees it as a passenger car. For safety certification, NHTSA calls it a truck.
Honda calls it a "five-door, five-passenger premium CUV" and offers it in two models: a well-equipped EX (just over $30,000, including destination) and an upscale EX-L (about $33K). "Real-time" four-wheel drive adds $1,450 and voice-activated navigation with a rear-view camera, another $2,200, but both are offered on the EX-L only.
Standard on the EX are dual-zone automatic air conditioning; 360-watt, 7-speaker audio with a 6-disc CD player; easy fold-down 60/40 split rear seats; 225/65 R17 all-season tires on alloy wheels; a power moonroof; steering-wheel audio controls; auto-off projector beam headlights; fog lights; rear privacy glass; and a hidden removable utility box.
The EX-L adds leather-trimmed seats (heated in front), steering wheel and shift knob; memory mirrors and driver-side seat; 225/60 R18 all-season tires; auto-on/off headlights; a cargo privacy cover; a HomeLink transmitter; premium speakers and a USB audio interface.
How much of this Crosstour is Accord under its skin? Honda says roughly 60 percent of its parts are shared with the sedan, including the chassis and powertrain, the instrument panel and most of the interior. That chassis incorporates fully independent double-wishbone front and rear-multilink rear suspensions, both slightly upgraded for the taller, heavier Crosstour. Notable among those upgrades are rebound springs inside the front shocks to improve handling and reduce body roll, two-piston front brake calipers and bigger rear rotors.
The only available powertrain is the Accord's 271-hp 3.5-liter i-VTEC SOHC V-6 coupled to a five-speed automatic transmission. This award-winning engine uses Honda's exclusive Variable Cylinder Management (VCM) cylinder deactivation system to enhance fuel economy by shutting down two, or at times even three, cylinders when it's lightly loaded. The electronically controlled 5-speed automatic is smooth but slightly less fuel-efficient than the latest 6-speeds offered by GM, Ford and others. The 2WD Crosstour is EPA-rated at a respectable 18 city/27 highway mpg and the 4WD EX-L at 17/25.
The two interior color choices are charcoal black with a black instrument panel or ivory with a two-tone (black upper, tan lower) instrument panel, both with tasteful faux wood accents. To quiet the cabin, a new Active Sound Control (ASC) technology uses the audio system to acoustically minimize engine noise. There is 25.7 cu. ft. of cargo room behind the 60/40 rear seats; and, folding them down increases the area to 54 cu. ft. Access to it is easy thanks to a large tailgate opening and a low lift-over height. Three other handy features are twin levers that quickly fold those seats flat into the floor, carpeted lids that flip over to create easy-to-clean plastic surfaces and a hidden 1.9-liter storage box with handles for easy removal.
If you've driven an Accord sedan, you'll feel comfortable in a Crosstour. Honda engineers have compensated well via specific spring rates, shocks and stabilizer bars; for its modestly increased size and the potential of added cargo weight. Unladen, it rides and handles about as well as the fairly agile yet compliant sedan. Its brakes are suitably strong and fade-free, but its constant-ratio steering is somewhat slower at low speeds compared to the sedan's variable-ratio system.
With six inches of ground clearance, this is no off-road crawler, but the available fully automatic Real Time 4WD system improves its bad-weather and off-pavement capabilities by sending power to the rear wheels when the fronts begin to slip. The 5-speed automatic can be manually shifted, and its new downshift rev-match feature smooths manual downshifts.
Standard safety features include Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) electronic stability control and anti-lock brakes with electronic brake distribution and brake assist. The comprehensive restraint system includes dual-stage, multiple threshold front airbags; driver's and front passenger's side airbags with a passenger-side Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS); side curtain airbags with a rollover sensor; and active front seat head restraints.
This new 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour slides neatly between Honda's Civic-based CR-V compact crossover and its larger, more truck-like (Accord-based) Pilot CUV and competes directly with Toyota's similar Camry based Venza and Nissan's Altima-based Murano. Call it what you want but consider it a very interesting new entry in the increasingly crowded crossover field.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Honda Unveils Sporty, Fuel Efficient 2011 Honda CR-Z Hybrid
After a lot of speculation on weather or not the production version of the 2011 Honda CR-Z would live up to the hype of the concept car, we finally have some answers! From the looks of these pics of the actual production car and the write up it recieved from autotropolis, this is a car we can all be very excited about! A blend of the sporty/performance aspect of the Civic SI, the fuel economy of an insight, and the hatchback versatility of the Fit, this is definitely a car that has a little something for everyone. For the full article and more pictures of the front and inside of this vehicle just click here http://bit.ly/8HOw34