Comments on: Honda Small Hybrid Sports Concept

By: rightasrain

rightasrain — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:48:46 +0000

Yup,pull that out of the bag.The original Z.Slightly refined,but with the same idea as Toyota’s Landcruiser.The same general look.

By: rightasrain

rightasrain — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:46:58 +0000

Return the second gen CRX.Call it a retro or whatever,like Chrysler is doing with their cars.Like GM is doing with the Camaro.The CRX that gets rubber in all 5 gears.

By: Piablo

Piablo — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:17:01 +0000

The front end looks like it has buck teeth sticking out over it’s bottom lip. It’s a design that is different for the sake of being different. Don’t see the point.

If the Japanese are looking for some sort of design language, retro is in. And I would be looking back to that beautiful Toyota 2000GT or a Datsun Z.

By: theshadow

theshadow — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:03:51 +0000

Honda’s level of design of late is absolutely scary…they manage to include the odd interesting element here or there but overall is seems like everything they’re put out since the HSC looks like one of those hyper-aerodynamic amorphous early 90s “blobs”. Boner rating so far this year zero.

Worse, they seem to be gearing up to go further and further down the techno-gadget path, which is the one thing that’s always absent from their best cars in the real world!

Honda, please just bring back elegant engineering, advanced materials, sorted suspension and great engines and stick to it!

By: Aston Martin

Aston Martin — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:05:25 +0000

thanks LamborghiniZ.

By: LamborghiniZ

LamborghiniZ — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:56:55 +0000

Aston Martin: I agree with you 100% on your synopsis of the quality of Japanese vs. American autos. You’re right on the money. CTS DRIVER don’t jump to conclusions about what Aston is sayin, he’s being realistic, something many people can’t seem to do these days.

By: LamborghiniZ

LamborghiniZ — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:55:45 +0000

I think this looks really cool, especially the front end. By using such a thin strip of LED’s as the headlamps, it makes it look as if there are folding headlights such as in the early 1980’s Pontiac Firebird/Transam, but really that’s just an illusion as the lighting is done with that tiny strip of LED’s! Brilliant!

By: Aston Martin

Aston Martin — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:25:17 +0000

CTS DRIVER,

I do not hate America. I simply think they have gone out of their Golden Age of car manufacturing, the time when the GT40 was winning Le Mans, Detroit was bringing out fantastic musclecars like the Challenger, the Mustang and the Camaro. I wish they could somehow rekindle that magic. Ford is making some great cars, but they are on the edge of bankruptcy. Good luck America, more of the old stuff please.

By: felix1805

felix1805 — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:50:21 +0000

that thng looks sick, the tires look cool as hell even though i dont see how those could end up on a production model, cause yea they look pretty expensive lol

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:11:05 +0000

damn austin you realy hate america dont you. japan killed the british auto industry where wereyou then? now they are killing the u.s. industry, next goes the rest of the european industry.

By: Aston Martin

Aston Martin — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:03:11 +0000

V-series,
I think that the Japanese build better, more desirable cars than the Americans. At motoir shows, the Japanese come up with great, exciting looking cars equipped with the minute’s latest technology. On the other hand, GM and Ford will boast about their latest pick-up truck, a simple car still being used all the time by people in large parts of America. No wonder Ford is about to go bankrupt; all they seem to make are pick-ups, along with a few true gems, namely cars, not trucks. Cadillac will show us a huge, blinged-up 4×4 for the world’s rappers to enjoy. Japanese cars may not be the maddest, or the most appealing, but are definitely the most sophisticated.

This concept looks great, apart from the name, which is just too unimaginative and boring. It would be great if the next-generation NSX looked like this.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:14:33 +0000

By: V-series

V-series — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:23:17 +0000

That’s as ugly as the toyota FT-HS. What’s with the japanese and coming up with such ugly concepts…or just ugly cars in general. They should keep their hideous, low-quality, vanilla cars out of the U.S.A.

By: Hyperion

Hyperion — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:07:24 +0000

Very nice exterior design! It reminds me of the 1993 Mazda RX-7. One problem though: it has NO REAR WHEEL DRIVE! I am so sick Honda coming out with nice designs and ideas labeled with the word “sports” that are still based around a FWD architecture.

Unless it’s a 2200lb CRX with a 200 horsepower IMA engine, It doesn’t matter how good it looks. I don’t want to “tune” or “mod” Hondas for more power so I want the power factory equipped and unless it’s a featherweight two-seater I don’t tolerate front wheel drive. Move on, Honda. Do your cool looking design some justice with both a hybrid drivetrain AND rear wheel drive.

By: koze

koze — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:25:45 +0000

looks like a futuristic crx. Maybe its a hint of what there going for on the crx thats rumored to come out.

By: GMCsyclone#478

GMCsyclone#478 — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:49:36 +0000

U G L Y

By: 0GSharK6

0GSharK6 — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:06:55 +0000

165/60/R20

Holy crap, anyone imagine how expensive those would be to replace, seeing how much of a niche car this would be?

By: Renton

Renton — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:01:06 +0000

Blakkarr,

The S2000 replacement I read about was moving to a hardtop coupe and a 2+2 format. That concept is quite racy, it could work

BTW, you’re right about the interesting part of the S2K, Honda put a lot into that machine. They did not make money on it, but it will be a legend.

You have to drive one balls out..

By: PrimeGTP

PrimeGTP — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:48:58 +0000

What is the point of making a concept like this? It would never meet code as a production model. All Honda is doing with this is showing us what we WON’T be getting, just like those idiotic Mazda concepts.

By: acura_el2000

acura_el2000 — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:28:50 +0000

who the hell started comparing this to the S2000?? If anything its a modern take on the CRX. Look at the way the glass is on the Hatch above the lights.

By: Blakkarr

Blakkarr — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:55:11 +0000

Renton,

The S2000 is getting turned over for a new model. A new S2000. Unfortunately I don’t think Honda is going to give it much fanfare, but it’ll be a better car. Much like moving on from the C4 to the C5 then the C6 Corvettes. They took it as far as they could and have to make a new machine altogether to go further. I know I saw pictures of it at the Tokyo auto show a year or two ago. It looks a bit larger and I think there was mention of a more powerful engine.

I know nothing substantial. I’m looking in on it. I had written the car off until you started preaching about it. Seriously though, aside form the ho-hum styling, it really seems to be a really interesting car.

Anyway, Honda should maybe stick with their usually curiously bland, yet understated-ly sporty styling. This hybrid concept looks like Honda was trying to copy Mazda’s Ryuga concept but in a strangely unsuccessful minialist style.

By: autonutt

autonutt — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:00:48 +0000

Interesting that after some really hideously angular Acura concepts, this seems to hark back to the beautiful HSC concept.. maybe that’s good news for the NSX replacement?

By: bacalao

bacalao — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:59:35 +0000

can you say UGLY!!!!!? wow what happened to those times when honda used to build good looking cars like the s2000 and the NSX??? those times seem way too far away specially since they made that other advanced sports car concept which looks flatter than Paris Hilton. VERY BAD HONDA

By: illwill

illwill — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:25:27 +0000

It looks like my girlfriends period stain.

By: davebo

davebo — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:23:12 +0000

got cropped… wouldn’t realize 60cm is less than 24in.

By: davebo

davebo — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:22:23 +0000

Yes but it’s never too late to convert to what most of the world is used to. Wouldn’t rappers sound so much more impressive if they all sang about how they’re rollin’ on sixties instead of puny little twenty-fours. (They wouldn’t even realize 60cm

By: megator

megator — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:12:50 +0000

davebo, wheels and tires are measured in inches cause that was the first system implemented to make tire sizes standard. its a lot easier to say i have 20 inch rims than 51.2cm rims. Michelin did launch metric tires in the 70s the were called TRX. they were fited to lots of preformance cars but they died out.

By: megator

megator — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:08:43 +0000

Andre Neves, as an engineer in training, ive got a teacher that says centimiters are for carpinters and milimiters are for engineers.

By: hockeyweather1

hockeyweather1 — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:06:04 +0000

Um… not a good looking car. I believe the Jetsons drove one in metallic?

By: Renton

Renton — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:01:26 +0000

Cobradreamer427 — “If that piece of **** replaces the S2000 I will hate Honda.”

What if has like a 300 hp sceamer 4 cylinder, and handles and brakes better than the S2000?

I had a feeling this could be it. They’re saying FWD sports hybrid, but me thinks otherwise.

By: stupid_nut

stupid_nut — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:44:27 +0000

I think everything looks fine until you get to that head on shot. Then it’s barftastic!

By: Blakkarr

Blakkarr — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:36:51 +0000

It’s about as big as a Prelude, give or take a few inches.

By: 1234

1234 — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:34:56 +0000

What a beauty! I want one.

By: 4thyrkindergarten

4thyrkindergarten — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:20:02 +0000

if I can’t drive it like a race car then I don’t want to drag my ass around on the pavement. When it takes me more time to get to my destination then please- no slipcovers on the floor.

By: bdizzlefizzle

bdizzlefizzle — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:17:15 +0000

Tyres? Petrol?