This '85 Honda ATC 250ES Big Red was sold new in Findlay, Ohio, to its first owner, who reportedly intended to use it to pull a drag race car, but never used it, and sold it to a museum owner, who just sold it on BAT for 47k

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1985-honda-atc-250es-big-red-19/

I don't think it's going to out perform a Mustang or Corvette, but I WOULD LOVE to see it try

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=818094907403120&set=pcb.818094940736450

the Silodrome has been posting some new old stock motorcycles... a '02 Honda CR250R and an '85 Honda ATC 250ES Big Red

https://silodrome.com/honda-cr250r/

https://silodrome.com/honda-atc-250es-big-red/

These are some new aero things I haven't seen before on this Civic

Honda Cancels Three EVs, Posts First Annual Loss, upwards of $16 billion in losses, including about $7 billion for the current fiscal year, which will represent the company's first-ever loss in its history.

Stellantis posted a substantial $26 billion loss for 2025 and intends to scale back its EV ambitions. Similarly, Nissan is far from a healthy company, with its CEO going so far as to not rule out selling the entire company. Following in their footsteps is Honda, which just announced an end to its American EV program and a pivot to hybrids, in addition to a major financial loss.

https://fordauthority.com/2026/03/ford-rival-honda-cancels-three-evs-posts-first-annual-loss

seen yesterday when driving to lunch and spotted tonight on the walk

Interesting Honda I'm not familiar with. A Civic hatchback, a bit bigger than a CRX 

seen today while making the errands rounds of groceries and a hospital visit (YOU MUST visit your friends in hospital, some can't use the internet or watch tv)

when was the last time you saw a CRX?

Proof that a new Mustang CAN look good if it's simply upgraded with racing stripes, hood pins, and most of all, the hood has to have a hood scoop

I don't even remember what si is, but this guy has it. Says so on his license plate

Today I met a guy with his high school car from 2001, a Honda Prelude, and it's the car he was driving in Fast and Furious. That is pretty damn cool

I'll get more info another day... but what a great high school memory he's got, he had a car, and was an extra in a BIG Hollywood car movie

Honda has announced that it will suspend production at several sites in Japan on January 5 and 6, with reduced operations until January 9., and close three factories in China from December 29 through January 2. Honda had to reduce or halt its operations because of the lack of supply of legacy chips

The trouble began in mid-October when the Dutch government seized it from Wingtech, its Chinese owner, following concerns of illegal technology transfers from the Netherlands unit to its China-based parent company. 

This move led to an ongoing spat, which involved Beijing, as it blocked the export of certain Nexperia products, negatively impacting the global automotive supply chain.

It was also revealed that Washington may have had a hand in the takeover, especially as Wingtech was put on its entity list since 2024. 

As the weeks rolled by, the Japanese automotive industry said that the conflict could lead to disruption, especially as it can take time before they can either receive components from Nexperia again or find new chip sources. 

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/honda-to-temporarily-shut-down-factories-in-china-and-japan-because-of-chip-shortage-disruption-caused-by-fallout-from-on-going-conflict-within-nexperia

on October 24, 1965, Richie Ginther piloted the Honda RA272 to victory at the Mexican Grand Prix, earning Honda its first-ever victory in F1.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-honda-marked-a-new-racing-era-in-mexico-60-years-after-its-first-f1-win

I rarely see mini trucks around anymore, but this late 70s or early 80s Datsun also is carrying a Honda Ruckus

'71 Honda Z 600... riding on Honda ATV tires, because why not? They bolt on!

https://petrolicious.com/blogs/films/1971-honda-z600-the-other-z

a bored, stroked, ported and cammed Honda mini on alcohol against this killer unknown drag bike at Albuquerque Dragway in the 60s

https://www.geekbobber.com/2020/12/albuquerque-dragway.html

Honda and Amalgam models, collaborated to make thirty 1:8-scale 1965 Honda F1 race car replica models priced at $29k a piece. Who the hell is blowing that much for a model you can't fire up the engine on?

around 4,500 hours were spent developing the tooling to make the 1:8-scale model, with another 450 hours spent casting, painting, dialing in, and assembling each model.

The real RA272, the car Honda campaigned with for its second season in F1, was, of course, incredibly cool too. Running a 1.5-liter V12 turning out 230 horsepower, it revved to 12,000 rpm and played a key role in cementing Honda as a powerhouse in motorsports.

The 1965 Mexico GP win, with Richie Ginther in the driver’s seat, was the first for a Japanese car, engine, or team in the sport. And at the time, Honda had only been in the car business for a couple of years.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/this-honda-f1-model-costs-more-than-a-real-car

https://www.amalgamcollection.com/collections/honda

coffee and donuts video of the day

in the next video he replaces all the worn out parts, and it cost him 1757.00

https://www.youtube.com/@loganpatricknelson/videos

That's probably why it was abandoned, it quit working for some reason, likely ran out of gas... and the owner realized, they had better things to do than to get it off the mountain, and bring it back to life

comparison, a vivid way to appreciate performance. And the best way to compare racing times, is at the 'Ring

the 2017 Honda Civic FK8 Type R shattered the existing Nürburgring Nordschleife front-wheel-drive lap record six months after the VW Golf GTI Clubsport S set it; Honda’s time was 7:43.80

A 996-generation Porsche 911 GT3 RS—with racing legend Walter Rörhl driving—laid down a lap of 7:43

That's shocking

https://www.civicx.com/forum/threads/2017-civic-type-r-sets-7-43-80-fwd-nurburgring-record-video.10679/page-2#post-183805

https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/the-civic-type-r-now-holds-the-fwd-nurburgring-lap-record.html

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-25-most-memorable-cars-of-the-last-25-years

the S2000’s 1997-cc twin-cam four with VTEC variable valve timing delivered 240 hp at 8800 rpm, making it the most powerful naturally aspirated engine relative to displacement at the time.

 

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-25-most-memorable-cars-of-the-last-25-years

seen on the road today... someone installed vents on their Civic to relieve the trapped air underneath? Or to vent the rear brakes?

 

in the swap meet at the LA Roadsters show today, at the Pomona Fairplex, I came across 3 full sets of Hot Rod magazine... this booth had one on hand, plus some other cool stuff! The (ASKING) going rate for a complete set is 1k. No one I talked to had a buyer yet

these binders are just a display sample to grab the passerby's attention. The rest were in the trailer