2008 Honda Civic Hybrid CVT AT-PZEV

Feature :

Entertainment, Communication & Navigation

• Auxiliary Audio Input Jack
• AM/FM Radio With 160-Watts, Speed Sensitive Volume and 6 Speakers Total; CD Player; MP3/WMA Player
• Radio Antenna

Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning

• Interior Particle Air Filter
• Rear Heating Ducts
• Automatic Climate Control

Interior, Design, Decor & Floor Covering

• Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Cargo Area
• Rear Floor Mats
• Front Floor Mats

Transmission

• Continuously Variable Automatic Transmission With Overdrive

Steering

• Tilt Steering Column
• Telescopic Steering Column
• Power Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering

Suspension

• 12-mm Rear Stabilizer Bar
• Independent MacPherson Strut Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers
• Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers

Honda Design a Toy Racer

The Honda Racer is the joint brainchild of the Japanese firm and toy car maker Hot Wheels.

It's all part of Hot Wheels' 40th anniversary celebrations, which has seen a diamond-studded model and a unique Lotus toy also being created.

The 1/64th Honda Racer is finished in the same red and white colours as the Japanese company's1967 Formula One race car.

It also has an F1-style mid-mounted engine with its exhausts poking out from the top of the engine.

The engine is a scale model of a fantasy 2.0-litre V10 engine with Honda's VTEC variable valve timing.

At the front, the Honda Racer has an unusual split nose, with pods extending forwards to the insides of each front wheel.

Guillermo Gonzalez is senior designer at Honda's Research and Development Americas division, which came up with the Honda Racer, and he said: "This car combines Honda's racing heritage with Hot Wheels' reputation for performance and attitude."



A larger 1/5th scale version of the Honda Racer will be built for Hot Wheels' display at the Special Equipment Market Association show in October, which is a shop window for the world's tuning industry.

New Honda Jazz 2008

When an Auto Express reader spotted this Honda in a motorway ser­vice station, it stood out because of its scrappy taped-up wheelarches.

On closer inspection, it was clear this was no ordinary Jazz, but a mule being used to test parts for the firm's next-generation supermini. After the success of the new UK designed and developed Civic, Honda's British arm is now playing a major role in the Jazz project. But the big news is that the car will be offered with a diesel engine for the first time.

This spyshot shows how the five-door will be bigger all-round than at present. Sources in Japan have revealed that the fresh model will use the same basic chassis as its predecessor, retaining the groundbreaking central fuel tank.


The current car's clever five-seat lay­out, which sees the folding rear bench hinge down into the floor, is already class-leading, and it's set to be carried over with only a few minor tweaks. Other upgrades will include a fresh dashboard des­ign and better materials throughout. The existing model's 1.2 and 1.4-litre petrol engines are likely to be retained, but these will be joined by an efficient small-capacity oil-burner.

The new Jazz is expected to make its debut at the Tokyo Motor Show in Oct­ober, before going on sale in 2008.