Honda's American racing arm is folding into the automaker's larger global racing program. This creates new opportunities for collaboration, potentially even on future road-going performance cars.

Honda Performance Development (HPD) has a new name and, likely, new responsibilities. The rebranding is intended to help unite Honda’s motorsports globally under one Honda Racing brand.

HPD Civic Si FE1 Factory Race Car Priced: $55,000; Honda Civic Type R TC: A Race-Ready Hot-Hatch; Honda didn't get too detailed in revealing the specific changes it made, presumably due to the ...

Its North American racing programs — including IndyCar and IMSA — have been organized under the Honda Performance Development (HPD) banner with a U.S. base located in Santa Clarita, California.

HPD, on the other hand, was established in 1993 to support Indy racing through its various iterations as well as Acura’s motorsport ventures, while also expanding to IMSA, Baja, and other ...