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Honda unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show 2013 Accord Coupe concept, the first advance of the ninth generation of the Accord, a completely new vehicle will be marketed since late 2012.

The next Accord Coupe dimensions remain similar to the model but the Accord Sedan anterior is more compact. The Accord Coupe will fit 20 “wheels 5-spoke rear spoiler in addition to highlighting the sporty look.

The 2013 Accord will have three motorizations entirely new, a direct injection gasoline engine of 2.4 liters, the new engine Dreams Earth 2.4 liter 16-valve DOHC I-VTEC four-cylinder, direct injection will be combined with a manual transmission 6-speed or a new continuously variable transmission (CVT).

The Accord Sedan and Accord Coupe 2013 is also offered with a V6 3.5-liter 24-valve SOHC I-VTEC, combined with a new 6-speed automatic transmission or a 6-speed manual transmission.

The 2013 Accord line will also feature the first application of the new twin-engine hybrid system that moves between the three all-electric modes combined gasoline-electric and direct guidance to maximize driving efficiency and fuel efficiency.

The all-electric Accord Hybrid Plug-In 2013 uses a lithium ion battery of 6 kWh and a powerful 120 kW electric motor that generates a maximum speed of 100 km / h.

The 2013 Accord incorporates elements of comfort and security as the Lane Departure Warning (LDW) and collision warning (FCW), side curtain air bag deployment with a profile broader warning system objects in the blind spot Lane Watch ™, which uses a camera mounted on the passenger mirror to increase the visual way the passenger side. The Accord will also have as standard equipment a reversing camera and a driver side mirror with expanded view.

The Acura NSX on the designs of the next Honda supercar. He has performed with the Acura brand, which is the luxury division of Honda for the U.S., the equivalent of Toyota Lexus or Infiniti Nissan. Be manufactured in the U.S. and will be released by 2014, in Europe with the Honda brand.

This prototype reinterprets the sportsmanship of the brand with a more modern and seductive. The Japanese Ferrari has a line that seems inspired by the Ferrari 430, but it takes nerve to highlight more pronounced sportiness.

Stresses the front wedge design with a strip of LED lights on each side, and presents an aggressive face and character. And in the back draw attention to the large air vents reminiscent of the Formula 1. Otherwise it is made of lightweight materials like aluminum, magnesium and carbon fiber to reduce weight and improve the efficiency and dynamism.

Despite the spectacular image, the highlight of the NSX Concept is that it uses a mechanical hybrid to deliver the performance you expect from a supercar without having to resort to a large displacement engine and leverages the power to strengthen stability in curve.

Thus, VTEC engine meets a six-cylinder gasoline direct injection with 3 or 3.5 liter engine (Honda does not state) and central position behind the two seats, and adds a power module which includes only reports two electric motors. One in each front wheel. It also incorporates an automatic sequential double clutch is integrated within a third electric motor. And the three electric thrusters assist the gasoline engine, especially during acceleration to improve performance while maintaining a restrained consumption.

The two electric motors of the front wheels also perform many other functions. On the one hand provide 4×4 with a technology that Honda calls SH-AWD Hybrid Sport (Super Handling All Wheel Drive. That has to mean something like supermanejo-wheel drive. The system uses electric motors to the front wheels to speed up or slow each independently in the corners as the car need to optimize grip and agility.

Honda does not want to just being a mere number and it seems that Toyota has accelerated plans to launch an all-electric version of the little Jazz in American and Japanese markets on an ambitious plan that includes developing a plug-in hybrid engine that finally leave behind the current IMA system.

The Jazz mounts the same engine as the eternal promise FCX Clarity with 92kW of power able to push it up to a maximum speed of 144km/hay that have three driving styles that will suit the characteristics of the traffic and the road. Have a lithium battery pack that will equip an average range of 160 miles on each charge.

In parallel, Honda is working on a new generation of hybrid engines to erase from our memory the unfortunate IMA system. The first to be unveiled will have a total capacity of 120kw and will have a gasoline engine as a generator of support that will come into operation when the batteries reach a certain level of discharge. You may drive all-electric mode up to a maximum speed of 100km/hay for a maximum of about 20 miles thanks to its small battery pack with capacity 6kwh and now the Japanese are testing on an Accord as a “mule.”

We hope that Honda finally put the meat on the grill and is not to afford to stay out of the new generation of electric vehicles or even, as he usually does, stay in the middle.

Despite having an excellent product, the Japanese automaker Honda decides to put on the market and continue the testing program with electric models. On this occasion we would have to hold the first delivery of a unit of the electric version of the Jazz, the problem is that not come to an individual, or property, and will be the local municipality in Torrance California, who have the Honda Jazz Eva lease, a real lactic as the technological features of this model, make a mockery of other models on the market’s own Honda.

The session of Torrance will have to pay a fairly interesting and many signed instantly, 300 Euros a month for a program where you only have to worry about plugging the vehicle from time to time, and occasionally say that despite its size, the electric Jazz has a lithium battery pack 20 kWh of capacity, which together with its low weight and good aerodynamics, give a maximum range of nearly 200 miles on each charge.

When we say that EV technology pales Jazz to Honda’s own models already on the market, such as the Insight hybrid, just remember that this only has a larger battery to an electric bike, 0.58 kWh and an electric motor 10 kW (13.6 hp)

Unfortunately, if you want a Honda with an electric motor, we have to make do with what there is, because currently there is no date of arrival in the market for this interesting model, a model according to the manufacturer’s own Japanese, would be priced in U.S. market for $ 36,625 before subsidies that transformed the euro and aid applied, would lower the barrier of 30,000 Euros, a figure consistent with the rest of the offer.

The material covering the dashboard and doors are hard plastic and do not offer the quality of other brand products. Seems to have been to sacrifice appearance for the final price but it will not trigger a sense disappointing when compared to an Accord or a Civic.

Ergonomically are well resolved and we can handle almost all functions from the steering wheel and climate controls are close to this. The shifter is way down on the center tunnel but as the automatic transmission will not have to resort to it frequently.

The front seats have a plush drive, pick up the body to perfection and not get tired on long trips. Passengers in the rear also travel comfortably and enjoy a good habitability except in width, making it very unwise to use the three places, which often happen even in cars of greater width.

The trunk has a capacity of 400 liters only correct with a small gap of 8 liters under the carpet.

Technique.

the Honda Insight measures 4.39 meters long and 1.69 meters wide. These compact dimensions are due to a car developed from the platform and the chassis of the Honda Jazz with which it shares many elements such as both front and rear suspension.

The mechanics comes from the Honda Civic Hybrid. The hybrid system – IMA Honda called – in the Insight is formed by a gasoline engine 1.3 with 88 hp and 121 Nm of torque coupled with an electric motor of 14 hp and 78 Nm. The electric motor is always a support to the combustion engine cannot drive the car alone. The battery that a power the electric motor is charged with regenerative energy is obtained in deceleration and braking.

The automatic transmission is continuously variable-speed CVT with seven presets. It has a Start / Stop to reduce consumption in city traffic jams. Public benefits are very discrete, taking 12.6 seconds to reach 100km / h. The average consumption is 4.6 liters/100 approved.

Eco Assist button.

to the left of the dashboard are located a green button, the boron ECON. When activated by the driver indicates to the vehicle management system to adopt a specific configuration of the engine and CVT to improve fuel consumption. For example, limits the power and torque are reduced by 4% (except when the driver presses the pedal to the metal) and limits the use of air conditioning, promoting circulation and stopping the compressor stops.

System Ecological Driving Assistance.

basically it is a system based on certain parameters assess whether organically drive, i.e. if our driving promotes fuel economy. We can see on the screen in the center of the tachometer and shows us information on-board computer.

This is a bar located in a central position and is moved to one side or another as we are driving. Ideally, keep it in the center, if gradually accelerate moves slightly to the right and if we pulled gently move slightly to the left. This is accompanied by a green background of the speedometer on the screen.

If, however, accelerate or brake suddenly, the central bar to scroll past one end and the bottom of the speedometer will change to blue. To find our environmental score, just look at the top of the screen, where we have several stems that will be filled with leaves and even complete a flower if we have been efficient driving.

Tomorrow we start the Honda Insight, we’ll see how it behaves, how consumed and what equipment offers.

Another new sport was born in the land of the rising sun, was unveiled in Detroit. The Honda NSX is finally over, and as pointed to initial reports, will mark a before and after in the concept that until now knew both hybrid as sports. Clean lines and innovative design in the Honda range, the profile of the new NSX exudes sportiness from all sides, under the hood … even more.

Long time has passed since the legendary Honda NSX with the latest technology used in gasoline engines. The unique Honda engine evolved far ahead of the engines of that time, the VTEC made a difference and an increase of turns still misses cut in many sports cars. Also not only was a machine accurately and quickly, because the reliability of Honda boasted that has been backed by the passage of more than a few years.

Well, to a legend of this magnitude, and after hundreds and thousands of rumors about versions, and even concepts derived from the Japanese GT championship, the Honda NSX has been unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show today. Under the Acura brand, Honda’s luxury subsidiary, the NSX is dressed in silver gray and presented to the world without any options to meet their final specifications.

We advance, though, that the hybrid system is a novelty in what we know to date under any brand. The main engine is a V6 gasoline engine with direct injection equipped with VTEC technology, installed in central rear position, which moves the rear wheels through a gearbox double clutch, inside which houses an electric motor assist mode the main engine.

But the hybrid approach does not end here, because in order to endow the Honda NSX-wheel drive, front end receives enough torque and power of two independent electric motors of internal combustion engine that drives the rear axle. This means that the performance of the front is focused on the correct path of the sport in the corners, so even really know how the SH-AWD Hybrid Sport, we could determine that the NSX is more like a rear wheel drive.

And though it may seem a lie, this is all that Honda has ventured to tell us about the new generation of sports home. Well, all is not as it has placed his life from within 3 years (2015), a moment that will go into production in the U.S. market and will be exported globally.

So this will not know if more data will be revealed in a short space of time, but Honda is not usually allow the leaks in their models or ranges, so we can only muster elucubrar and patience in the face of these 3-year wait . To get you started, the closest thing we have concerning the new model will be its appearance in the movie “The Avengers” film which released the first images of sports convertible variant and under the seal Acura.

As so often, touch us dream of what will be able to make the new Honda NSX, and above all, what sports will be able to challenge considering the effectiveness of the hybrid approach is expected that hosts in her womb …?

Not long now for the first units of Jazz Hybrid start rolling on Spanish roads. Specifically, the delivery dates will be in October this year, although the orders began to be accepted from media this May. It belongs to the segment “B” in the Spanish market represents about 26% of total sales, and where all the brands have at least one representative.

The idea is to compete directly with Honda diesel versions of the competition, although the average consumption of the petrol-engined Jazz is 4.5 l/100km is still around 0.8 liters higher than diesel engines. Perhaps this will become the biggest handicap when deciding on this car. In a country so deeply dieselizado, few and give importance or barely remember the benefits of internal combustion engines: softness, elasticity, no vibration, etc.. Yet this small obstacle and knowing, Honda will launch the Jazz Hybrid as the cheapest hybrid vehicle currently on sale.

The mechanistic basis of the small hybrid will be the knowledge in the system IMA (Integrated Motor Assist) Honda. Its operation is a parallel hybrid system, so traffic does not allow 100% electric mode. Honda hybrid system based motor assistance as a complement, ie acceleration, plus the required torque will be delivered by the electrical system, avoiding excess fuel into the mix to round up. The withholding, motor fuel will no longer receive and keep the valves closed, turning empty and generating electricity to recharge the batteries.

Its 1,300 cc engine is a SOHC i-VTEC technology, deliver a power of 88 hp, which is added an ultra-compact electric motor of 14 hp. The combined power will be of 98 hp at 5,800 rpm and maximum torque of 17 mkg between 1000 and 1500 rpm. Batteries food that was the electric motor will nickel metal hydride and be under the boot floor. All the power is transmitted to the front wheels through a CVT continuously variable change, without predetermined relationship and together with the management system will enable us to choose between two driving modes: normal and econ.

In recent years, the automotive industries have managed to overcome the limits of construction, making models that were previously almost impossible.

Apparently Honda still in this new generation of innovative companies, trying to get the public to be a fan of all their products.

Honda, as it informs us, decided by the experts of the company, make a model that meets current needs, and among them we can highlight the need for a slightly smaller car, which has a lower consumption be stable in fuel and driving.

It shortened the length of three centimeters in height makes four, in order to meet the above requirements. As a result of this action, it seems a bit more sporty, vastly improving its aesthetics.

They settle among other things, fog lights, to improve their driving in those days where it gets a bit complicated. At the rear, substantial changes occur, making it larger and incorporating new lighthouses.

We should clarify that the doors are opening three levels, reaching a maximum of 80 degrees. Inside the car you can see all the new implementations for both comfort and technology, finding more comfortable seats, made with new materials, a more sporty and elegant than the previous version.

We can not forget that, despite having an ignition key, the boot is produced by the action of a button visible by their red color, to the left of the cockpit.

A few months ago the company Honda has been working on a new project, which comes out under the name Honda Civic EX Coupe, which main objective will occupy a privileged place in the auto market.

This new model features a 4-cylinder engine, 1.8 liters, 16 valves and can generate about 140 horsepower.

By decision of the experts of the company, this engine is mated to an automatic transmission 5-speed character. It also has front -wheel drive, improving acceleration.

On the consumption side, it established a range of consumption ranging between 28 miles to the city and 39 miles per gallon which is the highway.

As regards its external appearance, no change was evident, however modified aerodynamic structure, improving stability and performance.

Also added a suspension system that makes MacPhersons much more stable and allows better adapt to different surfaces.

With respect to the price that will be released, this will be $ 21.955 U.S. dollars, and that it is sufficiently equipped, without the need for additional changes.

But for those who feel the need to make, the company itself offers fully covered seats and leather steering wheel, a premium sound system AM/FM/CD/Satélite/MP3/WMA 350 watt with 6 speakers and a subwoofer, system internal bluetooth, steering wheel mounted controls, navigation system, among other important elements.

The Japanese company building cars has taken more than obvious strategies to launch their new models in the automotive industry, this time it has taken the celebration of NASCAR competition for the presentation of one of the new attractive four-wheel Honda, Honda Civic Si speak of 2012 whose body is governed by sporty lines that go from the front to the rear spoiler.

It should be noted that this is a sedan, but to see it closely it seems as if we were observing a race car, yet it is precisely that which the firm wanted to convey when last weekend showed the Honda Civic Si 2012 as a car safety in such professional competitions.

New interior
The later version has innovated in 2012 regarding the inclusion of new and improved aesthetic elements to the compartment, in which sense we find that absolutely all of the Honda Civic Si seats will Sparco sports seats, seat belts also add four points greater security for users.

As for the mechanics and bodywork have been added aerodynamic details such as a new front grille, side and rear diffusers, likewise mounted four alloy wheels Enkei brand recognized worldwide for its benefits to accelerate when the pavement.

Under the cover of your engine will find a propeller capable of generating power equivalent to 201 horsepower, no doubt good news for those looking for roughing the scope of a sprint.