The Honda Jade RS has just gone on sale in Japan, powered by the company’s new 1.5 litre VTEC Turbo engine. Oh yes, it’s a performance-oriented Honda MPV! Well, kind of, at least.
Honda says the VTEC Turbo unit provides “powerful and smooth acceleration by generating torque equivalent to that of a 2.4 litre engine.” In numbers, the 1.5 litre unit makes 150 PS at 5,500 rpm and 203 Nm of torque between 1,600 to 5,000 rpm, the same state of tune used in the 2015 StepWGN.
The Jade RS’ force-inducted, direct-injection engine is claimed to return as much as 18.0 km per litre (in JC08 test cycle), which is reasonably below the Jade Hybrid’s 25.0 km per litre average. Only one transmission is offered: a CVT with paddle shifters (seven-speed mode) that has been specially tuned for the new turbo engine.
Other than the new engine and gearbox (the hybrids get Honda’s seven-speed dual-clutch unit), the RS also boasts an uprated suspension setup (15% stiffer up front, 20% rear) and an electronic Agile Handling Assist (AHA) system that adds brake vectoring through corners. The chassis has been reinforced too, through the addition of an under-floor tunnel brace.
On the outside, the Honda Jade RS gains a mesh front grille with an RS emblem, dark-chrome highlights on the foglamps, door handles and rear garnish, as well as a set of unique 17-inch wheels. The interior too has been dressed up slightly, now featuring red contrast stitching and alloy foot pedals.
On the showroom floor, however, it’s actually the runt of the range, priced cheaper than the two existing Jade Hybrid variants – 2.53 million yes (RM75k) vs the hybrid’s 2.72 million to 2.92 million yen (RM81k-87k) price range. Now, wouldn’t it be nice to see this six-seat MPV here in Malaysia?
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203Nm is closer to 2.0l engine, not 2.4l, even CFE has 205Nm torque
Agree. Nowadays 2.4l cars are at around 180hp with 230+nm torque. 20+hp and 30+nm torque makes a lot of difference in terms of performance. I know this because i drive Jetta.
You can’t go wrong with sushi cars.
But forget the turbo, save your fuel money for better usage (a sushi meal).
This is probably a detuned version for the Japanese market as they have very strict emission standards. Based on the new Civic 1.5L turbo engine will have 180PS and 260Nm torque for other markets.
Max torque from 1600rpm onwards as compared to 2000rpm for cfe.
We’ll see what will go into bolehland soon
Turbocharged. Will it be defective like TSI?
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http://www.honda.co.jp/JADE/?from=topbanner
the state of tune already reveal
150 hp 203 nm
Thanks for the heads up!
Oh yesss… Finally, a “performance” MPV from Honda. Been missing from the lineup since the previous gen Honda Odyssey Absolute was discontinued for the new one (the new Ody Absolute is a bit too tall to be considered performance), methinks. Won’t be long before Mugen and other tuners come up with ECU remaps, cos 150PS/203NM seems a bit tame for a turbo engine.
This car will sell well if come to Malaysia
yup. agree. even if Honda Malaysia do not bring it official, grey importer will do. only hope they can bring the same turbo instead of NA engine like civic.
Don’t think the Jade shares any engine with the Civic, though they do look alike.
I’m guessing there will be a big supply for grey importers soon as the Jade is not selling well in Japan. I live in Tokyo and basically what the top local car analysts are saying is theres a big inventory of unsold Jades piling up over in Saitama. Here the car is sold in a 2-2-2 layout, which is nonsense (at least for Japanese ppl), but then again the car was developed for the Chinese market anyways. So yeah, keep your fingers crossed, the supply for grey importers will be plenty..
Hoping the engine compatible to our fuel. otherwise it will only come through grey importer
This can be like the new Toyota Caldina
It’s actually a closer resemblance to Honda Airwave, a JDM model. Only Airqave is a 5 seater
2nd and 3rd row passenger will be sweating like hell as there is no dedicated air cond vent for them.
may i know honda jade is which segment? because honda already have stream and odyssey.
C Segment, derived from Civic
HONDA!! why still foot brake? and electric seat for driver and co should be standard!.. this is 2015 not 1985…
Foot brake is seriously a hassle for most people. Then again,just a matter of choice . Hand brakes are still masculine in nature
this is similar like civic tourer in UK rite? its basically a civic wagon yes?
Front really looks like stream, rear looks like a better looking civic
this could be the next best thing after hrv if honda msia brings it in
As long as its not a kimchi, it will have RV.
If its a KIA, start writing a will immediately
Sam Loo (ori1),
If you met with accident in your 2star safety toyota compare to 5 star safety Kia.
For sure you don’t care about resale value. The only thing to care is whether you came out alive or cacat. You know toyota without NCAP 5 star safety, the driver or passenger will most likely to have higer injury. For the sake of common people, please ask consumer to buy safe car. Even proton are safer than vios now days.
I think this will replace the old Honda Stream, or this is new Honda Stream generation
It will become stream replacement…with 7 seater….
1.5 litre turbo unit to be paired with a CVT while the hybrid is paired to a dual clutch?? shouldn’t it be the other way round?
What next? A CVT equipped WRX? ….wait that’s already a reality :(
Honda already pairs CVT to its 2.4cc Odyssey. Nothing new . CVT goes show it’s durability through the years and varying models