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Even racecars like the Honda S2000 CR stop and take time to enjoy a good sunset.

The term "sports car" is thrown around fairly loosely these days. It seems that anything that has a slightly louder exhaust and tuned suspension qualifies. There are few true sports cars out there and I was happy to be sitting behind the wheel of one such car, a 2008 Honda S2000 CR. The CR stands for Club Racer but it could just as easily stand for Crazy Rocket … More...

Although Honda discontinued its Accord Hybrid model for the 2007 model year, the company assured us that more hybrid cars were on the horizon. We've known for a while now that Honda will add a new small hybrid car early next year to its current offering of the Civic Hybrid. Now Honda has announced that this as-yet-to-be-named vehicle will seat five in a five-door hatchback body style with exterior styling that harkens from its FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle.

Honda's CEO Takeo Fukui has also promised that it will be the company's most affordable hybrid car to date, thanks to a "significant" cost reduction in Honda's hybrid powertrain, called Integrated Motor Assist (IMA). Approximately 200,000 units of this new hybrid will be sold globally with half of the sales expected in North America.

After this new small hybrid is launched in early 2009, Hond...