Significance: The CVCC engine gave Honda a reputation for innovation. The Civic with the CVCC engine was the breakthrough the company needed to compete with Toyota and Datsun. An effective marketing ...

In what stands to be as large an accomplishment as their CVCC engine from 1974, Honda has announced a next generation diesel engine which meets tough emissions regulations and runs as clean as a ...

Roughly two decades before VTEC,low-emissions pioneer Honda began experimenting with valve manipulation for the sake of lower emissions. Relatively new to automotive manufacturing at that time, the ...

You're looking at the Honda CVCC engine. It was made to comply with tight 1970s emissions restrictions without the need for catalytic converters. It wasn't exactly what you would call simple. Things ...