The Honda REMIX small sport concept made its world debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show today. The REMIX explores the shape and design of a two-seat sports car focused on performance and daily usability.
“Pure Honda to the core, the REMIX concept vehicle focuses on a simple, lightweight and fun-to-drive philosophy,” said John Mendel, senior vice president of American Honda. “The concept balances sports car virtues with real-world practicality.”
The REMIX Small Sport Concept is a product of the Honda R&D Americas, Inc., Advanced Design Studio in Southern California. Purely a design concept, the vehicle is fashioned around a front-wheel drive small car platform with a 4-cylinder engine and a 6-speed manual transmission. A sport suspension, along with aggressive tires and brakes, further supplement its performance side.
11/29, 5:14 PM
posted by:
Jimbo - G Mill$
i just read about this vehicle in the latest edition of C/D . I think it looks inspiring.
11/29, 5:20 PM
posted by:
christianboy10
I like the front but the back is ugly
11/29, 5:39 PM
posted by:
Asher
Agreed. Front looks modern and futuristic but the rear just doesnt do it for me. But thats just because I love the Coupe shape versus the shooting brake style i.e. 2000 Si vs 2004 Si, A4 vs A3 etc…I’m sure it will be a ton of fun to drive though, as all sporty high-revving Hondas are…
11/29, 5:40 PM
posted by:
cknoff
Build it and I will buy it.
11/29, 5:41 PM
posted by:
davebo
I thought “Oh, neat” for about 5 seconds until I started looking at it closely. I can’t say I find anything very appealing about this design.
11/29, 5:51 PM
posted by:
autonutt
Slap some rear quarter windows on it and you have the next Insight Hybrid/Si!
11/29, 6:25 PM
posted by:
GT40
honda concept cars suck.
11/29, 6:48 PM
posted by:
spider
yeah, it is a REMIX of the ford REFLEX.
LAME.
11/29, 6:55 PM
posted by:
lanapat7
Not interested. Really unappealing.
11/29, 7:10 PM
posted by:
sampson
no no no no no more FRONT WHEEL DRIVE…
11/29, 7:15 PM
posted by:
Renton
RWD it would be cool
as it is , naaaaa.
11/29, 7:31 PM
posted by:
Detroit Dude !
That is ugly ! No doubt about it…..
11/29, 7:43 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
My thoughts exactly, christianboy10. If they rework the back-end, it could be the next “Honda 3000″.
11/29, 7:44 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
“S3000″ I meant, obviously. Damn keyboard.
11/29, 8:30 PM
posted by:
global_lightning
Not quite ‘S3000′… more of a 9th Gen CRX. Give it some rear quarter windows, and a more realistic tire/suspension, and watch them fly out the door. Bonus if it come with a hybrid or fuelcell powerplant
11/29, 8:31 PM
posted by:
A4
it better have the 2.0 Si motor under the hood
11/29, 8:36 PM
posted by:
Egbert Souse
A front wheel drive sports car? Isn’t that an oxymoron?
11/29, 9:45 PM
posted by:
aznstuart
ewww…totally un-Honda.
11/29, 10:38 PM
posted by:
V1ltR
@GT40, I disagree, the Honda/Acura HSC Concept was sexy.
But this back end is horrible.
11/29, 10:39 PM
posted by:
Auto.observer
at least they were able to use that funky grill in an ok way. not like the cr-v
11/30, 12:22 AM
posted by:
Veda
Pure function and handling, ignore styling. Very true to the Honda philosophy.
11/30, 1:48 AM
posted by:
Devils
“Pure function and handling, ignore styling. Very true to the Honda philosophy.”
but why doesn’t it have any powerif it’s going to be a sports car? Physics mandates that pushing is easier than pulling. The REMIX explores the shape and design of a two-seat sports car focused on performance. It’s not a sports car.
11/30, 3:11 AM
posted by:
b13sentra
global_lightining is right. make that, put the current 2.0 Si motor in it, and everyone and their brothers will buy it. but they never will do that, becasue it will hurt Si sales.
11/30, 7:45 AM
posted by:
deantj
WOW! this is so cute, a hot little car for gay guys like me.
Yum! who is that HOT blond dude in the pictures? WOOF!!!
11/30, 8:02 AM
posted by:
deantj
DATSUN CHERRY 100A Estate. If you dont believe me google it
11/30, 9:03 AM
posted by:
mujician
Holy !@%$, it’s a FORD REFLEX!!!
11/30, 9:15 AM
posted by:
meanpants555
This is what happens when you cross pollinate a Honda Element with a VW Beetle and just about any current Peugeot.
PS: Honda needs to discover that crazy concept called torque.
11/30, 10:57 AM
posted by:
Fatstrat
Nearly as bad as the Acura concept in the previous thread.
11/30, 1:13 PM
posted by:
global_lightning
Torque? in a Honda??? Honda car engines are essentially scaled-up motorcycle engines. Driving in the lower RPM range gives you nice, if boring, fuel economy; then crank it to 6500+ for the fun stuff.
11/30, 1:23 PM
posted by:
shiftright
Honda has lost its way.
(((((((
11/30, 2:42 PM
posted by:
Vroom
Oh man, what’s that?? First thing I though of was the REFLEX too, but from the rear three quarters it looks like a retro AMC Gremlin. No good can come of that.
12/01, 12:43 AM
posted by:
Hyperion
I smell Honda CRX replacement. The whole philosophy is great, but it looks so much like a rear-drive car… why don’t they just make it a subcompact rear-drive car?!
Anything that has only two seats is going to be quite unpractical. Why cling to economy car laurels, Honda? Build a subcompact, rear-drive, 2500lb, two-seater CRX. Just build it and we’ll love you for it and buy buy buy.
12/01, 11:45 AM
posted by:
theshadow
It’s interesting as a design excercise but the whole ’shooting brake’ concept had been done much better than this.
The thing looks way too cutesey for a performance car too…it screams ‘Meow, Hello Kitty’ instead of ‘I want to rip the beating heat out out of your chest while I piss down your throax’.
12/02, 4:22 PM
posted by:
steveman
I just about tried to kill myself.