IBM and Honda have jointly developed a hands-free and natural sounding in-vehicle speech-recognition system that will be offered as standard equipment on the 2005 Acura RL.

Honda improved other areas of the Talon 1000R-4 including thickening the tubing on the Rollover Protection System (ROPS) to 2.3mm from 1.5mm, adding a stronger seal on the front differential and ...