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IIHS names Honda, Jeep, more
Multiple midsize SUVs have rated poorly for rear-seat safety in a new crash test by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. IIHS, a nonprofit that focuses on improving motor vehicle safety through research and car evaluations, tested 13 midsize SUVs for front crash protection, according to a news release published Tuesday. While all of the vehicles earned high ratings for driver protection in front crashes, the majority of cars tested scored poorly for the safety of passengers seated in the back, IIHS said. “All these vehicles provide excellent protection for the driver,” IIHS President David Harkey said in a statement, “but only a handful extend that level of safety to the back seat.” SUVs…
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Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview
■Summary of speech by Shinji Aoyama, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. In 1959, Honda competed in the Isle of Man TT Race for the first time, in our company founder Mr. Soichiro Honda’s quest to become the world’s number one in technology. Since then, Honda has been competing in various motorcycle and automobile races around the world. Many generations of Honda engineers and motorsports team members who came before us faced difficulties over and over again while competing on the world stage, but they overcame such difficulties and accumulated victories by taking on challenges without giving up. In motorsports, this attitude is indispensable for…
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When Honda Went Dirt Track Racing
Sean Finley | November 29, 2022 If you are a fan of motorcycle dirt-track racing—or flat track, as many people call it—you will enjoy When Honda Went Dirt Track Racing. If you are into motorcycle dirt-track racing or just enjoy motorcycle history, you will probably love spending a few months reading When Honda Went Dirt Track Racing. It is a whopping 560 pages of stories, mostly interviews with the people that were part of the era between 1982 and 1993 when Honda made a huge impact on the sport previously dominated by Harley-Davidson. In many ways, it is like the story playing out in American Flat Track ever since Indian…
