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Friday, December 25, 2009

Honda Inspire
























The (Japanese: Honda Inspire) is a luxury sedan introduced by Honda in 1990 and based on the Honda Accord chassis. The first Inspire debuted in 1990 as the Accord Inspire, a sister nameplate to the Honda Vigor, then the Honda Vigor was exported to the US as the Acura Vigor The Vigor/Saber and the Inspire were the same car sold at different retail channels in Japan, known as Honda Clio, Verno and Primo stores.
In 1995 the Inspire was updated by the second generation model, on a platform it shared with the Honda Legend, and exported to the US as the Acura 3.2 TL, while the Vigor nameplate was replaced with the Honda Saber. The longitudinal 2.5 L straight-5 engine layout and platform remained and was sold as the Acura 2.5 TL.
In 1999 these cars were replaced by the third generation TL that was based on the USA-spec Accord platform, and largely designed and engineered in the US by Honda R&D Americ, Inc. ion  Raymond, Ohio. Manufactured in the US, these were imported into Japan as the new Inspire and Saber.
In June 2003, the fourth generation Inspire was introduced in Japan. It was the redesigned American-spec Accord. This Inspire marks the first time Honda introduced their Variable Cylinder Management technology. In October 2005, a fourth generation Inspire received a mild restyle, with new headlights, new taillights, revised interior and new colors. The Inspire targeted the Nissan Teana, the Toyota Mark X and numerous other entry level luxury cars from Japan.
In October 2007, the fifth generation of the Inspire was previewed at the Tokyo Auto Show. It is essentially a rebadged 2008 North American-market Accord with minor exterior and interior modifications.

Honda Freed
























The Honda Freed is a Mini MPV  produced by the Japanese automaker Honda for its domestic market since 2008 and is a replacement for the Honda Mobilio. The Freed is based on the Jazz/Fit platform. Three different versions of the Freed are offered: a seven-passenger version featuring captain’s seats in the second row; an eight-passenger version; and a five-passenger version which offers a large cargo space. Honda has also stated that a wheelchair-accessible model is offered in addition to versions with a side lift-up seat and passenger lift-up seat. The Freed is equipped with a 1.5L engine with 118 horsepower, same as Honda Jazz engine, but Honda Freed had a little difference at torque, Honda Freed has 148 Nm, honda Jazz/City had 120 Horsepower with torque 145 Nm.
On the 21st of March 2009, the Freed was launched in Indonesia, the second country to be offered after Japan. It will be assembled at Honda's Karawang Plant and will be exported to other ASEAN markets. For ASEAN market, Honda Freed ground's will be high up 20 mm than Honda Freed for Japanese Domestic Market.

Honda City


















The Honda City is a subcompact car  manufactured by the Japanese  manufacturer Honda since 1981 for the Asian market.
Since 2002, the City is also known as the Honda Fit Aria. It is a subcompact sedan that uses Honda's Global Small Car platform, which is also used by the Fit/Jazz (a five-door hatchback), the Airwave (a wagon version of the Fit Aria/City), the Mobilio, and the Mobilio Spike. One of the characteristics shared by the Fit/Jazz, City/Fit Aria, and Airwave, is the location of the fuel tank. Rather than placing it under the rear seats, it is located under the front seats, thereby freeing up valuable room in the back.

Honda Integra





















The Honda Integra, a car sold as an Acura in North America and as a Honda elsewhere, is a sporty front-wheel drive vehicle sold both as a sedan and hatchback. In the Acura lineup it was the smallest, least expensive model, designed to offer a competitor to vehicles like the Volkswagen Golf GTI, which was the most well known and popular "hot hatch" of the 1980s when the Integra was introduced. Although a sedan was available for the first three generations of the Integra, it was dropped when the vehicle transitioned to its fourth generation "DC5" platform, sold as the RSX in North America. The Acura TSX now takes the Integra sedan's spot in the lineup.
Under the Honda lineup, the Integra was near the middle, slotting above smaller cars such as the Honda City, the Honda Civic, and the Honda Logo. The Honda Integra was considered to be mid-sized car by Japanese standards.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

HONDA accord




























Introduction

The Honda Accord is the series of mid-size automobiles manufactured by

Honda since 1976, and sold in most automotive

markets throughout the world. The Accord became the first Japanese car to

be produced in the U.S. in 1982, when production

commenced in Marysvil , Ohio at Honda's Marysville Auto Plant. It is also

produced in Guangzhou, China since the 1999

inception of the Guangzhou Honda Joint Venture. The Accord has achieved

considerable success, especially in the United

States, where it was the best-selling Japanese car for fifteen years (1982-97),

topping its class in sales in 1991 and 2001, with

around ten million vehicles sold.Numerous tests, past and present count the

Accord as one of the world's most reliable vehicles.


Since initiation, Honda has offered several different body styles and versions

of the Accord, and often vehicles marketed under

the Accord nameplate concurrently in different regions differ quite substantially.

It debuted in 1976 as a compact hatchback,

though this style only lasted through the 1980s, as the lineup was expanded to

include a sedan, coupe, and wagon. By the

Accord's sixth generation in the 1990s, it evolved into an intermediate vehicle,

with one basic platform but with different

bodies and proportions to increase its competitiveness against its rivals in

different international markets. For the current

generation of the Accord released for the North American market in 2008,

Honda again has chosen to move the model further

upscale and increase its size. This pushed the Accord sedan from the upper \

limit of what the u.s Environmental Protection

Agency(EPA) defines as a mid-size car to just above the lower limit of a full

-size car with the coupe still rated as a mid-size car



Manufacturer Honda
Production 1976–present
Predecessor Honda 1300
Class Compact car(1976–1989)
Mid-size car (1990–2007)
Full-size car(2008–present)