Honda Gear concept shown at Montreal motor show

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With all the buzz surrounding the 2013 Detroit motor show, this one’s easy to miss, but no less interesting. Honda has taken the wraps off its Gear concept at the Montreal motor show, which it says takes its inspiration from a fixed-gear bicycle.

The Gear is meant to be a simple and affordable city car targeted towards “young, urban, Gen-Y lifestyles,” and as such is “customisable” and “connected.” The design is pretty spartan, to say the least, but it still reminds us of the Honda Z sports kei car of the 1970s, which had a very similar upward C-pillar kink.

Nothing came to light on the powertrain front, but standout details include its faired-in head and tail lamps, semi-wedge shape and a rear diffuser housing a central quad tailpipe arrangement.

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Jonathan James Tan

While most dream of the future, Jonathan Tan dreams of the past, although he's never been there. Fantasises much too often about cruising down Treacher Road (Jalan Sultan Ismail) in a Triumph Stag that actually works, and hopes this stint here will snap him back to present reality.

 

Comments

  • carnoisseur on Jan 18, 2013 at 11:20 am

    I like this !

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    • I get so jealous when there are International Motor shows. Why Malaysia also cannot have a real motor show with new launches etc.

      Our International Motor Show in PWTC does silly things like selling Motor Oil, silly games and nothing informative.

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    • Another lousy design from honda after the crz … honda really hopeless these days..

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      • The Honda that you mention sounds like you.

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      • Since u r so critical of their design,why not u head their design team and create an outstanding design for Honda?u could be the next Peter Schreyer.go la

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      • Hikaru on Jan 19, 2013 at 9:46 pm

        Many people fail to understand that an automobile is the product of manufacturing costs, profit and design. Those without these resources can only move their fat fingers in front of computers to criticize other’s works.

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  • Pretty cool…..

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  • Quite a good looking one.. Wondering it will make into production or not..

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  • staticx on Jan 18, 2013 at 12:39 pm

    look like scirocco.. lol

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  • PauKaya on Jan 18, 2013 at 12:42 pm

    great to see the japanese making all sorts of concepts again

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  • armandd on Jan 18, 2013 at 1:01 pm

    looks like golf or polo.

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  • Beautiful? I think it is yuggly (yucky + ugly)

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  • looks like honda accord in 1980. haha..

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  • gOOsh on Jan 18, 2013 at 3:08 pm

    when this car can be rebadged as proton???

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  • DewaSemut on Jan 18, 2013 at 3:16 pm

    luckily its not purple in colour… if not it wil look like Barney’s head already! hehe :P

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  • nice..unic design

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  • cool. Who want give it to me?

    drooling…..

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  • Annoynimouse on Jan 18, 2013 at 7:07 pm

    reminds me of the early civic hatchbacks… cute

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  • Preve copycat

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  • Abg Long on Jan 21, 2013 at 8:40 am

    the tech maybe outstanding but the design is damn ugly, crap design by honda.

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  • henry on Feb 01, 2013 at 11:48 pm

    thank god for better design Unlike your 90’s new honda accord!

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  • look like preve

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