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  • USDM Honda Odyssey to get a nosejob for 2010?

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    US Honda Odyssey

    Vince Burlapp managed to procure this shot of what appears to be yet another facelift for the US-market Honda Odyssey. The Yanks don’t get the sleek low-rider Odyssey that Japan and the rest of the world get. Theirs is something bigger with a taller roof and equipped with sliding doors instead of car-like swing doors.

    At first sight this seems to be a minor restyle of the existing 2009 Honda Odyssey, but with the odd nose from the Honda Pilot and the Honda Ridgeline slapped on. The motor under the hood will probably be updated to the new 3.7 litre V6.

     

  • JDM Honda Insight Hybrid brochures leaked in a YouTube video?

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    Honda Insight

    A Youtube video seems to have surfaced on the internet with stills of a Japanese market Honda Insight brochure, revealing to us abit more of the production hybrid vehicle that Honda will be exhibiting at the 2009 Detroit Motor Show in January next year.

    The shots also reveal that Honda has also gotten ready a Modulo kit for the Insight, for those who want to go green but still look stylish at the same time. Two choices of interior colour are available – something dark and the other is beige.

    With the tax-exemption on hybrid cars in Malaysia right now, will Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd offer this here? It all depends on whether they see a market for it and whether they can get an allocation from Japan. Speaking of Honda hybrids, the Civic Hybrid has still not been priced properly yet!

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  • Honda and GS Yuasa to set up lithium ion JV

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    Honda, who has slammed lithium ion batteries in the past for not being suitable for production usage in automobiles, has signed an agreement to set up a joint venture with GS Yuasa Corporation to develop and manufacture high-performance lithium ion batteries for hybrid automobiles. I guess they want to take matters into their own hands and make a lithium ion battery that conforms to their specifications of what an automotive-grade lithium ion battery should be!

    The JV company’s initial capital investment of 15 billion yen will be a 51:49 split between GS Yuasa and Honda. The JV will be based in Minami-ku, Kyoto, and a factory is planned to be built at GS Yuasa’s existing Osadano site in Kyoto. The new company’s name is yet to be determined.

    The company will also manufacture batteries based on the GS Yuasa EH6, an existing lithium ion battery. This could be the battery that’ll power Honda’s first li-ion hybrid.

     

  • Honda NSX project goes the way of the F1 team

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    Honda NSX

    Shortly after announcing Honda’s withdrawal from Formula One, Honda’s Takeo Fukui has announced that the new Honda NSX project has been scrapped, though some are speculating that it’s actually just frozen for the time being. Apparently the move is part of efforts to cut costs in the increasingly challenging automaker environment.

    The Honda NSX would have been a supercar with a screaming V10 mounted up front, a departure from the original NSX’s V6-powered mid-mounted layout. In fact, there have already been prototypes sighted on test in places like the Nurburgring, but I guess it’s just not meant to be, for now at least. Instead, expect any dedicated sports car offerings coming out of Honda to be small, light and come with a fuel cell or hybrid engine, pretty much like the Honda CR-Z Concept, in line with the green image that Honda is working hard to project now.

     

  • 2009 Honda City 1.5 E and S launched in Malaysia!

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    Honda City

    Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd finally brought us the 2009 Honda City. For those that already know pretty much everything about the car thanks to this blog’s detailed coverage in the past, let’s quickly get down to what’s important, the price!

    The 2009 Honda City comes in 2 variants, the Honda City 1.5S and the Honda City 1.5E. The 1.5S is the lower end variant, priced at RM84,980 OTR with insurance while the top of the line is the Honda City 1.5E priced at RM89,980 and includes full specs such as larger wheels and paddle shifters.

    The City comes with a 3 year warranty and 6 months free servicing. For the full scoop on the Honda City for the Malaysian market, continue reading this story after the jump.
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  • New Honda City transported on trailers in Malaysia

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    A few readers have spotted the new 2009 Honda City being transported on trailers on the highways in Malaysia. They don’t have much disguise on them, just some white cloth or some other material covering up the front and rear of the car, and even that is a little translucent so we get to see the tail lamps peeking through.

    From the shots, we are able to gauge some minor details on how the new Honda City will be offered here in Malaysia. For one, we are getting the Asian design for the City which features a sleeker-looking side profile. The European version has some strips on the side of the car which makes the car taller than it really is, and that kind of messes up its sporty profile. There will be at least two variants for sure as there are two sets of alloy wheel designs featured on the cars being carries. One is a more traditional 5 spoke design while the other is the Y-spoke alloys belonging to the more expensive model.

    The colour variants we are able to observe here are only two colours – the blue City and the black City. There will of course be a silver City looking at how popular that colour is in Malaysia, but no sign of the delicious red one at the moment. A white coloured Honda City would look good too (white is very popular now), as demonstrated by the white coloured unit spotted in China way before the City was unveiled.

    The new Honda City will be launched before the end of this week. Look after the jump for more shots of the new Honda City. Photos thanks to Kevin Lee and Stephen Loh.

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  • MUGEN bodykit for Japanese/Euro Honda Accord

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    MUGEN Honda Accord

    If you own a JDM/Euro Honda Accord, this is absolutely NOT how you should bling it up, but unfortunately that’s exactly what MUGEN wants you to do. Somehow the piece of kit looks like it belongs on something like the Type R instead of a luxo-D-segment sedan like the Accord, even if the Japanese/Euro Accord is slimmer than the large and spacious version that the Asians and Americans get. If you must MUGENize your accord, most of the parts are okay but lose the spoiler please! Have a look at more photos of the MUGEN Honda Accord in the gallery after the jump.
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  • 2009 Honda Insight Hybrid set for Detroit debut

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    Honda Insight

    The production version of the 2009 Honda Insight Hybrid will make its world debut at the Detroit Auto Show (2009 North American International Auto Show) in January 2009, after of which the 5-seater hybrid hatchback will go on sale in spring 2009. Honda targets an annual global sales of 200,000 units, with approximately half of that expected to be sold in the North American market.

    Other than a new generation IMA system, the second generation Insight will also feature driver aid tools such as the Ecological Drive Assist System (Eco Assist).

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  • Li Nian Roadster concept at Guangzhou 2008

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    Li Nian Roadster

    This drop top roadster was exhibited by Guangzhou Honda at the 2008 Guangzhou Motor Show, perhaps their idea of a next generation Honda S2000. Apparently it’s a pure design exercise for the time being, with no immediate plans to put such a vehicle into production under the company’s own Li Nian home-grown brand. There’s only one other Li Nian concept car so far, a compact crossover SUV unveiled in April this year. That one’s going to make it into production, set for a 2010 debut.

    Look after the jump for a couple more shots of the concept.
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  • 2009 Honda City launched in China with 1.8L engine

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    Honda City

    The Honda City has been unveiled in China by Guangzhou Honda at the 2008 Guangzhou Motor Show, but it will only make a showroom debut with official prices on the 12th of December 2008.

    What’s most interesting is in the Chinese market, the City will come with two engine options. One is the new 1.5 litre i-VTEC that we’re also going to get, but the other engine option is the R-series 1.8 litre SOHC i-VTEC from the Civic 1.8.

    A lightweight Honda City equipped with a 140 horsepower 1.8 litre engine could be loads of fun. China always gets special deals such as this, for example the current generation Toyota Vios sold in China is equipped with a 1.6 litre Dual VVT-i engine while the rest of the world have to make do with the 1.5 litre 1NZ-FE family engine.

    I’m not sure if this is what Guangzhou Honda meant by developing a Civic competitor (the Civic is sold by another Honda-linked company in China).

    A previous report said a 1.8 litre engine was going to be plonked into the City to create a C-segment competitor, but an engineer quoted in the report also mentioned that the new 1.8 litre City-based car would have Civic proportions and a new name and shape.

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