Honda

There are a few places in this world that are so secret they’re off limits to all but a lucky few.  The Vatican archives and art collection, NASA’s science and engineering laboratories and Hondas product planning and design center all come to mind.  Without divine intervention and a blessing from the Pope or the President, you’re unlikely to ever make it inside the first two.

Two of the most rock solid ATV lines in the Honda lineup just got better. For 2015, Honda is giving their Rubicon and Rancher models a major upgrade; they are reworking and fine tuning everything from the wheels to the seat.

There’s no easy way to get to the Bar 10 Ranch in Northern Arizona. In fact, thanks to their location, the ranch is completely cut off from the rest of the state by a little crevice in their back yard known as the Grand Canyon. It's 67 miles to the nearest power line, and 80 miles of brutal trail to any town in Nevada or Utah.

The sun had not yet burned through the morning fog as the giant manufacturing plant slowly and silently appeared. Between the bean and corn fields of central Ohio, in a place one would expect to find farm auctions and county fairs is one of the world’s premier makers of everything from cars to aircraft. Honda’s R&D Americas had invited a lucky few for an unprecedented look inside their most secret facility and we were on the short list. There was no way we were going to miss it!