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From Honda announced that only two weeks are sold out more than half of production in one year car model of CR-Z in Japan. Honda plans from year to produce 12 000 pieces of this model. Once you have paid the bulk of the value of the car, Honda customers will wait about three more months to get their cars, announced publication Automotive News. Sport coupe Honda CR-Z hybrid is powered by a 124 hp total power The car has a petrol engine volume 1.5 liters, electric and lithium-ion batteries. The car also has a technology for regeneration of energy used in braking system. The dynamics of this car is relatively good sprint from standstill to 100 km / h for 10 seconds. In combined cycle fuel consumption average is five liters per 100 kilometers.
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Road will make a version of HSV-010 GT. At the end of last year showed your Honda HSV-010 GT – racing car specifically developed for the Japanese series Super GT. Now Edition topspeed reported road version of the player that should see more next year. We remind you that HSV-010 GT was created based on the breakdown of the serial production of new generation NSX, which had to compete with Lexus LFA. According to journalists at topspeed, road-going version will be distinguished by a kind of robbed and comfortable salon. There will be changes in the engine will most likely be V10 with a capacity 5.0-liters and power – 500 hp The competition version uses the 3.4-liter V8 engine delivering 600 hp. Currently no official confirmation from Honda, but more likely the information of the publication be true.
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Honda chose the Motor Show in Chicago to make the premiere of the concept Odyssey. It shows how the future will look MPV cars the Japanese company. Experts believe that this is rather pre-series model rather than pure design studio. Certainly in future series models will hardly see many of the more outlandish elements of the concept as external mirrors, rims, headlights, etc. However, much of what we see in Chicago and will appear in the serial Odyseey, which must be visible in the autumn. Compared with the current model of the Odyssey, the concept is slightly lower (by 35 mm), width has increased by 50 mm. Overall shape is more streamlined and solutions with smoother lines, which adds more dynamics of the car.
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The Honda Company’s tuner Honda, Mugen introduced a new version of its Civic Type R. Honda Civic Type R Mugen has taken a lot of style for a unique series of only 20 cars Mugen Civic Type R and a price of 44 500. The new version of Mugen is a unique body kit, wheels and signs with a new design, enabling it to be easily distinguished from the standard Civic Type R. Are new front and rear bumpers, new thresholds are. Alloy Wheels Lightning models are 19 inches in size. The color will be Championship White, black exterior mirrors. The engine is the same two-liters petrol engine with i-VTEC 198 hp power, known from the standard Civic Type R. Completely new is the differential against sliding. This new series of Mugen will also be relatively short – 200 cars.
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In Geneva Honda will show the European version of the coupe hybrid CR-Z. It is clear that the modification for Europe will be different from that presented earlier and destined for the United States. The most visible difference is the presence of diode daytime headlights. In purely technical matters, the European version of the CR-Z has not changed. Hybrid system continues to combine the engine volume 1.5 liters and an electric motor, and the total system power is 124 hp. The electric set is powered by lithium-ion batteries that use Charge in any of the brake. Acceleration from standstill to 100 km / hour in this hybrid car for less than 10 seconds. Electro-motor of interest in CR-Z is that the hybrid system has three modes – normal, economical and sporty. In sports mode, petrol engine working at full power, the accelerator becomes the “acute” and the steering wheel. In Sleep mode, conversely, all settings of the various electronics systems will focus on fuel economy and greater efficiency. Honda CR-Z will have an average cost of about 5 liters per 100 kilometers.
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