Category Archives: honda
Honda Recreates 1959 Storefront in HQ Lobby
Honda’s 50th anniversary in the US is fast approaching. The magic date is June 11, but in preparation for that they’ve remodeled the lobby of their Torrance, CA building to recreate the first Honda USA storefront. This is what it … Continue reading
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TS Class Warfare: Civics, Sunnys, Starlets, RX-3s
Here is the first of a series of vintage race videos that we’ll be posting this week. We stumbled upon this while catching up with beoneoneoh, who can always be counted on to unearth the Sunny-related. This is footage from … Continue reading
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Tagged datsun 1200, honda civic sb1, mazda rx-3, mazda savanna rx-3, nissan sunny, nissan sunny 1200gx, toyota starlet, ts class, ts cup
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Honda Z600 Appears in Sprint Commercial
We’ve been waiting for the Palm Pre to go on sale so we can ditch our horribly outdated five-year-old Sony Ericsson Z500. And even though Sprint’s “Now Network” campaign is now on heavy rotation, we didn’t realize that it was … Continue reading
Ode to a 1979 Honda Civic Wagon
Why is it that most classic car enthusiasts love station wagons? Is it because they’re symbolic of a time gone by and all but extinct from new car lots? Do we just fondly remember going on family road trips? Or … Continue reading
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Honda & Acura Show, June 7, New York
On Sunday, June 7 This Old Honda will be hosting a Honda & Acura Car Show at Formula H Motorworks in Middletown, New York. It’ll be the perfect opportunity to check out classic S600s, JDM Beats, and more! Doors open … Continue reading
EVENTS: Time Machine Festival
We hope this event coverage is worth the wait. We gave you a sneak peek of the Time Machine Festival before, now here’s the real deal.
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Jay Leno's Honda SM600 on Speed TV
We just got a hot tip from Brian Baker that tomorrow, Sunday May 3 at 10:00am Eastern Time, Speed Channel will be broadcasting an episode of My Classic Car called “Jay Leno’s Little Cars.” Of course, that would include one … Continue reading
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The Teletubbies Were Never This Hard Core: JDM Giant Furry Kids Show Characters Go Drifting
Well as all you japanophiles know, Japanese TV really exists in its own parallel universe. So it shouldn’t surprise that even kids shows in Japan will have you scratching your head as to what the heck is going on. But in … Continue reading
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Asics Onitsuka Tiger Shoe with Toyota 2000GT
Here’s an interesting item found in one of the many small shops in the Ameyoko district near Ueno Station. It’s a glow-in-the-dark shoe featuring a Toyota 2000GT. We’re not sneaker freaks, but we tend to gravitate towards anything vintage and … Continue reading
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Tagged asics, asics onitsuka tiger, honda, honda civic, onitsuka tiger, toyota, toyota 2000gt
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J-Tin on the New Price is Right
America’s longest-running T.V. game show “The New Price is Right” got its start in 1972 and is still on the air today. Many of the old episodes are available for viewing free of charge on the interwebs. What interests us … Continue reading
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Tagged 808, civic, honda civic, J-Tin T.V., mazda 808, the price is right
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EVENTS: Mooneyes Cruise Night in Yokohama
So despite popping awake at 4am due to ungodly jetlag and traipsing all over the Nos2Days show, I went to check out Mooneyes’ cruise night on Saturday, where I nearly passed out from a mixture of gasoline fumes and exhaustion. … Continue reading
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Dogs Love Vintage Hondas
If you like dogs and nostalgics, this Honda Dog wallpaper gallery has everything you need. Full gallery after the jump.
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Honda S800 & S2000 Rendezvous
How about a nice Honda screensaver, illustrated by master automotive artist Bow? It’s called “Dream,” a charming little story in which a vintage S800 has a coastal rendezvous with a new S2000. Unfortunately the S-car lineage has just ended for … Continue reading
Honda Builds 20M Cars in North America
On November 1, 1982, the first Japanese car built in America rolled off the assembly lines in Marysville, Ohio. The manufacturer was Honda, and the car was a gray Accord sedan wearing the license plate “USA 001”. Today, Honda has … Continue reading
A Very Brief History of Green Hondas
Honda’s new Insight hybrid went on sale in Japan earlier today, accompanied by a minisite covering the history of their ecologically-minded vehicles. Starting with the Super Cub motorcycle’s OHC four-stroke motor in 1958. The first car is the kei-class N360 … Continue reading
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Tagged honda, honda civic cvcc, honda insight, honda n360, honda n600, honda super cub
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Honda: The Power of Dreams Animated Film
It’sa me, Soichiro! Honda: The Power of Dreams is a new Italian animated short film about the life of Soichiro Honda, founder of the motorcycle and car company that bears his name. It become obvious when his sketches come to … Continue reading
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Tagged honda, honda animation, honda short film, honda: the power of dreams, soichiro honda
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Random Honda 50 Years Ad
Here’s a random web banner ad we came across the other day. It’s Honda USA’s 50th anniversary and it looks like they’re starting to promote it. We’ve got our party hats on. Don’t harsh our buzz, Honda!
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Honda S-Series, Dead Again
Honda has just announced that 2009 will the the last year for the S2000 and there is no known replacement in the works. R.I.P. Honda’s brief statement acknowledged that the S2000 was originally conceived as a limited edition model for … Continue reading
