Showing posts with label Honda. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Here's the Honda Civic Tourer concept. Will also be in Geneva.


A few weeks ago i talked about a new concept that Honda was bringing to the Geneva Motor Show which is the wagon version of the Civic, and today a few pictures appeared of that car. Unfortunately nothing else is known but i am sure more details will soon show up.

What we do know is that this concept will become a full production model in the near future and i am eagerly waiting for that since it is a very nice car, it looks really good.

The engine in the concept is the new Earth Dreams Technology 1.6 i-DTEC diesel engine from Honda. Power, top speed and all those values we all love to know will have to wait a little more, so don't miss the public presentation at the Geneva Motor Show.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Honda will bring to Geneva the Civic Wagon concept, the NXS and a new engine.


Honda recently announced that they will show the Civic Wagon concept at the Geneva Motor Show, together with NSX concept that will keep the exterior look and will reveal a potential direction for the interior design and the CR-V will be available with the new Earth Dreams Technology 1.6 i-DTEC diesel engine

The Civic Wagon concept will serve as a basis for the upcoming addition to the Civic lineup, and the NSS has been seen several times, so nothing new there, while the new engine for the CR-V, which is already available in the Civic hatchback, will be offered starting from September in Europe.


Thursday, January 17, 2013

Honda reveals the Gear Concept in the Montreal Auto Show


The Montreal Auto Show takes place at the same time as the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, so it was a little surprising to find out that Honda had a world premiere in Canada.

This little car is described as "Fun, customizable, connected and affordable. Everything that young, discerning urban buyers would want in a car”. It certainly looks cool. Information about the engine was not revealed and we don't know if it will ever be produced in a large scale.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Acura (Honda) NSX II concept, first look at the interior.


Over the last year Acura, or if you want, Honda, previewed several times the NSX in almost all the possible car shows in the world, but now, for the first time, we get to see the interior.

But let's start with the exterior. The front is a slightly different, with a new carbon fiber piece in the front grille (it has a clear plastic covering the front and rear license plate holder), side vents of both the rear and front bumpers, and the inclusion of turning signals at the front and in the back (LED strip).

The inside, in the lack of a better word, is minimalist. It has virtually no buttons or controls, but Honda says this is for a reason. "The interior package boasts outstanding visibility, an exotic driving position, and an intuitive "Simple Sports Interface" that minimizes interior clutter, allowing the driver to focus on the driving experience". Good enough for me, it looks really look.

The Acura NSX will be powered by a mid-mounted, direct-injected V6 engine connected to Acura's Sport Hybrid SH-AWD® (Super Handling All-Wheel Drive) system. This system is an all-new, three-motor high-performance hybrid system that combines torque vectoring all-wheel drive with advanced hybrid efficiency through the use of three electric motors – one motor integrated with the V-6 engine and two motors driving the front wheels – along with an all-new dual-clutch transmission (DCT). This sounds really good, but we have to await for real figures, to comment on whether this is good or not.


Honda Urban SUV Concept [Video]


Honda presented the Urban SUV Concept at the Detroit Auto Show indicating the styling direction for a future SUV that will be launched in Japan later this year and in the USA in 2014.

The new car will be priced and positioned below the CR-V and will feature fuel-efficient engines with Earth Dreams Technology, plus the configurable Magic Seat setup that can provide a host of passenger and cargo options, which are already used in the Fit.

The production will take place at Honda's newest North American plant near Celaya, Mexico, expected to open in the spring of 2014.


Saturday, January 5, 2013

Honda working on a "baby NSX"


Honda was working on the the successor to the NSX, which will be a an all-wheel drive hybrid vehicle with a V10 engine, when the idea arose of creating a smaller version of the NSX which will also have four-wheel drive.


This will not be the successor to the Honda S2000, but just a shrunken version of the NSX. Power will probably come from a turbocharged direct-injection engine, possibly a K24 series engine, and my bet goes to the K24Z3 with a displacement of 2,354cc, 201hp @ 7000rpm and 233Nm (172lb/ft) @ 4300rpm.

Both cars are being developed at Honda of America's R&D center in Ohio (that is why the concepts use the Acura name), and Honda HQ in Tokyo, Japan, assigned several of its top test drivers and engineers to the North American R&D center for a five-year period, but we already known the bigger NSX will be released in 2015 meaning that the baby NSX will see the light of day until 2017.

The small NSX will share many of its components with its big brother, helping to recover some of the development costs, still the price of the small sports car will be relatively high at around €46.000 ($60.000).

Source: motortrend

Small NSX Render