Showing posts with label compact. Show all posts
Showing posts with label compact. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Honda P NUT 2010 Concept Demonstrates The Potential Of Ultra Compact City based Vehicles
Honda P-nut Concept 2010 - in particular, has proceeded Style Studio, Honda R & D Americas, Inc., in Los Angeles has developed normally P-nut style design research. Honda R & D Americas began its operations in California in 1975, together with the local segment of research and also offers a continuous increase in Their skills more than the actual number of the previous 33 years, Some features brand new car research, style, and as a result of development.
Designed for small-scale around the "footprint" for maximum comfort inside the city society, particularly the concept of packaging is also connected to the center of the composition manoeuvreing the situation and also to transmit back to the form. Usually make use of external design with the dynamic aspects of clean lines and flowing, but they are originating in front of the actual car and typically span outwards towards the back in general. Usually the end result is certainly very smooth and therefore outside the course and permits available, along with a spacious interior and open, and high visibility.
In general, a modular system restore mode of the engine, typically described in purely external blue composite material, considering also be built to support a wide variety of possible propulsion technology includes a compact standard displacement of internal combustion engine in Actually, a hybrid gasoline power source, or just really the source of battery power.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
HONDA IS PLANING A COMPACT DIESEL ENGINES HUB IN INDIA
HONDA IS PLANING A COMPACT DIESEL ENGINES HUB IN INDIA
Honda Motors has almost finalized its plans of bringing its diesel motors to India. One of the major highlights of this plan is that India will become a global hub for Honda compact diesel engines.
Back at Hondas R&D centre in Tochigi, the Japan manufacturer is working hard on the development of 1.4 and 1.5 litres engines. "Honda R&D is currently developing a small diesel engine. However, we do not have anything specific to share right now," Jnaneswar Sen, senior VP, sales & marketing, told ET recently. Sources close to the Japan manufacturer’s plan are saying that initially, only 1,00,000 diesel cars, including exports, will be manufactured before a larger capacity facility might be set up.
The Honda had recently unveiled a 1.6 litre diesel engine at the Tokyo Motor Show. We reported that this motor will find a home under the hood of the Civic in the European markets. Honda also boasts if a bigger, 2.2 litre oil burner that can be found powering the Accord and CR-V in Europe. "While it is technically possible to downgrade both these engines, the low volumes of the Accord and CR-V (in India) do not justify it. Also the engines for the European market have been developed taking into account the low sulphur content in the diesel there, unlike in India," says Sen.
It may be noted that a lack of diesel’s option is costing the manufacturer quite some sales in the country. This Japan car maker, which came to us some 15 years back, was recently overtaken by Volkswagen, a relatively new entrant. And it takes no genius to guess that the diesel’s motor are working wonders for the German car manufacturer.
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