The Honda Project 2&4 is a mini racing car with which Honda shows off its muscles and consolidates its status as the world's largest engine manufacturer. In the study, which will be presented by the Japanese at the Frankfurt Motor Show, they installed a modified racing engine of Honda motorcycles from the MotoGP series, the RC213V, this is a 999cc four-stroke V4 monster. The concept offers the freedom of a motorcycle and the driving characteristics of a car.
Honda Project 2&4 is a study mini racing car, with which one Honda showing off his muscles. He drives it in racing motorcycles for MotoGP borrowed motorbike RC213V with 215 horses (158 kW, 118 Nm of torque at 10,500 rpm), which transmits power to the wheels via 6-speed gearbox with double clutch. Honda chose the famous Honda as their muse Honda RA272 racing car, which is at all the first Japanese racing car to win F1. And even though it's a car, it's actually more of a motorcycle. A motorcycle caught in a car body.
This observation is not only at the expense of the engine, but also because of compact dimensions Honda Project 2&4. The scales show her only 405 kilograms, and the meter is 3.04 m in height, 1.82 in width and 0.995 in height. The engine was installed for an even better position on the road to the middle, that he sticks to the road like a bench, but also cares low center of gravity. It gives an additional motorcycle feeling a seat that hovers just above the ground. Honda says yes it offers the freedom of a motorcycle and the driving characteristics of a car.
Honda Project 2&4 is the child of Honda's internal competition between their design studios. The winning design you are viewing was signed by the studio Asaka (in cooperation with the studio Waka).
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