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New Honda Vezel crossover on sale in U.S. mid-2014; new turbo engines coming

Honda is ready to take a run at one of the U.S. auto industry's fastest-growing segments: compact, sporty crossovers. The Honda Vezel -- a small crossover based on Honda's redesigned Fit subcompact -- goes on sale in Japan on Dec.

Honda unveils 'near-production' CR-Z concept

By Ben Pulman First Official Pictures 30 September 2009 09:15 Honda has unveiled three concept cars that it will show at this month’s 2009 Tokyo motor show, and one of them is a thinly-veiled show car that previews the new hybrid CR-Z that will go into production in 2010. It has. In 2007 Honda revealed a CR-Z concept at the Tokyo motor show.

Petrolhead spiders cause Mazda recall

Mazda has had to recall 42,000 vehicles in the US after it emerged that a species of spider had been weaving webs in fuel vent hoses, increasing the risk of fuel leaks and fires. The yellow sac spider’s curious domestic activities cause a build-up of pressure in the evaporative fuel vent that – in theory at least – could result in a cracked fuel tank and therefore an increased risk of fire. This isn’t the first time that the Mazda 6 has received the unwanted advances of a gas-guzzling arachnid, either – three years ago Mazda had to recall over 50,000 cars for precisely the same reason.