Award-Winning Honda Accord Lineup Gets Even Stronger for 2014

Launched in fall 2012, Accord was the most popular midsize passenger car in America for the first six months of 2013, based on sales to individual (non-fleet) car buyers, according to new vehicle registration data from R.L. Polk. The all-new 2013 Accord has earned a host of awards for setting new benchmarks for fuel efficiency, fun-to-drive performance, customer-friendly connectivity, advanced safety features and overall value.

GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma - August 25th

ENGINE MANUFACTURER COMPETITION With seven race victories and 105 points apiece, Honda and Chevrolet now are tied in the battle for the 2013 INDYCAR Manufacturers' Championship, with five races remaining. Honda drivers and teams have won the last four IZOD IndyCar Series events. The streak began at the Pocono Indy 400 in July, and has extended through the doubleheader race weekend at the Honda Indy Toronto, and the Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course earlier this month. Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon has won three of the last four races, beginning at Pocono and continuing through both rounds of the Toronto weekend. His Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing teammate, Charlie Kimball, won at Mid-Ohio. Of Honda's seven wins this year, four have included podium sweeps: Long Beach, a one-through-four finish led by Takuma Sato, Graham Rahal, Justin Wilson and Dario Franchitti; The second of two races at Detroit, a one-through-five result led by Simon Pagenaud, James Jakes, Mike Conway, Scott Dixon and Franchitti; Pocono, won by Dixon with Kimball second and Franchitti third; Mid-Ohio, with Kimball winning, followed home by Pagenaud and Franchitti Dixon's Pocono win in July was Honda's 200th victory in Indy car competition. With three wins, Dixon is second in the driver's championship, 31 points behind current points leader Helio Castroneves. Honda's 203 Indy car victories include 104 race wins in seasons with manufacturer competition, as well as 99 victories in the six-year period (2006-2011) when Honda supplied engines to the entire IndyCar Series field. Honda's remaining race win this season, in the first Detroit race, was recorded by Dale Coyne Racing's Mike Conway. Teammate Wilson finished third, with Dixon fourth.

“Without racing, there is no Honda.” - Soichiro Honda

Soichiro Honda (本田宗一郎 Honda Sōichirō; November 17, 1906 – August 5, 1991) was a Japanese industrialist born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. He founded Honda Motor Company. I've quoted him for the title of this post. HI13RT SERIES: Honda’s engine for the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series, the second year of the turbocharged V6 era, is designated the HI13RT. Honda and Chevrolet will compete for the IndyCar Manufacturers’ Championship in 2013. Honda’s HI13RT is designed to meet IndyCar’s technical regulations for racing engines, calling for a maximum of six cylinders and 2.2-liters displacement. Cylinder bore is restricted to a maximum of 95mm, while stroke is free. Maximum revolutions per minute (RPM) for the engine will be a series-mandated 12,000, an increase over the previous limit of 10,300 rpm. In addition to using direct fuel injection and a single Borg-Warner turbocharger, other features of the HI13RT include “Drive-by-Wire” throttle technology and a series-spec McLaren Electronics Engine Control Unit (ECU). An innovative Refueling Safety Interlock System, introduced by Honda for 2011, will continue to be used by both IndyCar Series engine manufacturers. This system prevents the transmission from engaging while the refueling hose is attached to the car. It is designed to help prevent fires that have resulted from a car leaving its pit stall with the fuel hose still attached. In addition to the Refueling Safety Interlock System, HPD engineers worked with IndyCar transmission supplier XTRAC to introduce reverse-gear functionality within the ECU for 2010. This feature continues to be used by all teams in the series. In 2012, Honda-powered drivers scored four race victories, including Honda’s ninth consecutive Indianapolis 500 triumph, scored by Dario Franchitti, marking his third triumph in the Memorial Day classic. Other Honda-powered winners included Scott Dixon at Detroit and the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course; and Justin Wilson at Texas Motor Speedway.