A few months ago, Guangqi Honda revealed the new Honda Avancier in China, which is powered by a new-to-China 2.0 litre “Sport Turbo” VTEC Earth Dreams Tech engine. At the time of its reveal, little was known about the mill, until now.
Based on local reports in China, the turbocharged 2.0 litre cranks out 268 hp and 370 Nm of torque. Compared to the 1.5 litre VTEC Turbo in the Chinese-market Honda Civic, the Avancier has a 94 hp and 150 Nm advantage with its larger engine capacity.
A nine-speed automatic transmission (with paddle shifters) is mated to the engine, directing power to all four wheels. There is also a “Sport Hybrid” offering said to be on the cards, although no details about such a powertrain for the Avancier have surfaced so far.
Other details that we already know about the Avancier include its wheelbase length of 2,820 mm, which is 200 mm more than the CR-V. The big flagship SUV will also be positioned above the CR-V sold by Honda’s other Chinese joint-venture, Dongfeng Honda, and will compete against the Toyota Highlander and Ford Edge, both of which have room for seven.
In terms of equipment, the Avancier comes with LED headlamps, a touchscreen infotainment system, triple-zone air con, panoramic glass roof, electronic parking brake, push button gear selection, ventilated/heated seats, powered driver’s seat with memory, a control panel in the rear centre armrest and rear speakers mounted just above the rear seats. The cabin is in black leather with dark wood trim.
The five-seat Avancier, which was previewed by the Honda Concept D, is scheduled to go on sale exclusively in China in the fourth quarter of 2016. It will also make an appearance this year’s Macau Auto Show in November, followed by the Hong Kong Auto Show in December.
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Can put the engine in the civic?
It is actually a detuned version of the engine in the mother of all Civics, the Type R.
9 speeders ini baru “ngam” mah … ape sampah CVT dgn turbo untuk jimat minyak … kalo aku nak jimat, 1.8 pon dah cukup
tapi 1.5t tu lagi jimat minyak dari 1.8
Nice suv…will compete with suzuki grand vitara in terms of engine and mahindra scorpio in looks…bravo honda
if put in civic, will rebadge as Akasia
Hope this engine will make it’s way to next gen Accord & CR-V.
A Sport Hybrid could mean the SH-AWD system as in the Acura RLX and MDX. Petrol engine powering front tyres. Batteries powering the rears. Or like the NSX, but backwards.
9 speed? While vios still selling 4 speed dinasour engine.. And yet clueless idiot still buy vios zero knowledge of latest auto world.Just hear his grandpa buy Toyota coz Toyota is good but never realise the good is during 80’s.. Admit it,Toyota Malaysia not Toyota Japan or America.. Toyota Malaysia sell outdated technology with super premium price & huge tax.. Otherwise if u want to pay huge tax buy Honda with latest design & technology yet more features.. New civic got 6 airbags all variant from 113k lor! Altis only got 6 if u pay 139k! Greedy UMW Walao weh
102+ dislike from sam loo & UMW
Oso from Albert/ Albert Yong/ George Abdul/ RBA john/ Kuntilanak (but actually only 1 person)
hahaha..true..its the same person using different nick name while posting the same repeated copy and paste statement..and dont forget kunta kinte dear leader worshipper
But that 4 speed Vios auto perform better than Peugeot 408 6 speed auto and Punch CVT. So how? If change to these is a big downgrade.
what if told u, they buy it cause it is within their budget?
Within their budget? Altis is more then Civic. Not to mention Vios compare to City. More to clueless idiot I see.
Aiii yah why nowdays people like bashing other cars??? If got $$$$ wat car also can buy, stop complaning la got 4 speed, 2 speed, turbo no turbo,4 airbags, 10 air bags… In that case then build your own car with a jet plane engine and 20 speed gear box and add as many airbags as you wish..etc…
Why cant honda bring this to Malaysia? Tired of CRV…we need a bigger ones to keep the rempit and minister convoy away… :D
Buy Land Cruiser then…
CRV underpowered and hog right lane, not to say every generation the rear is approaching Proton rear symptom.
Toyota dun wan, cuz come here will easy kill by little brother myvi (aka Pajero killer). So da me!
Dont you know myvi is also toyota?
Toyota Harrier’s rival car?
that’s more hp than the focus St, megane rs
why the chinese tv commercial not using asian faces ? more persuasive with white faces?
Cuz they used black face kena bashed, so cannot
With all that power, all you need is 4WD!
This engine & gear box is sale guaranteed . Bring it here with the price below 200k, I will get one from you.