Honda Motor has promulgated data about own exposition within the limits of the Tokyo motor show devoted to tuning.
Hybrid Honda Insight
Founders give the greatest attention to hybrid Honda Insight finished by means of tuning complete sets Modulo. Appearance of the car became much more aggressive, thanking new to bumpers with sharp corners, a lattice of a radiator, light-emitting diode optics. Back lanterns became transparent, the standard framework from red plastic is replaced on painted in colour of a body, on back racks there were the original fins, called to give to the car aerodynamism there is more.
Thus the company once again reminds, that Insight is extremely harmless car — this idea is traced through all exposition of the company at an exhibition.
Minivan Honda Freed
The second car represented Honda, becomes minivan Freed. The car body is painted in bright purple colour, and the salon is executed in a contrast combination white and black. Armchairs are sheathed by a natural skin. The idea of founders consists in attraction of attention from women — bright colour of a body, the contrast salon and a decor should it promote.
Compact car Honda Life
The third car the most compact on the dimensions, but not on value for a lineup — Honda Life. To this car developers have tried to give as much as possible cheerful mood, having painted a body in bright yellow colour and having pasted over the car set of decorative stickers. In salon Life there was a dark blue illumination of the bottom part, that, according to authors, is successfully combined in primary colour of a body and the yellow plastic partially applied in furnish of salon.
All three cars will be presented to the Japanese public to the nearest by days off.
Hybrid cars Honda Insight and Toyota Prius III have successfully finished a series of crash-tests in America. Together with other small car, Kia Soul, they were included into the list of the most safe novelties of year. And Prius was highly appreciated in absentia — following the results of viewing by experts of a videoclip.
Crash Test: Toyota Prius
Authoritative American organisation Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has decided to repeat a series crash-tests. Taking into account crisis, experts took for tests cars with the low expense of fuel: hybrids Honda Insight, Toyota Prius and compact Kia Soul. All three models have successfully sustained tests and have received a title «Top Safety Pick».
Crash-tests IIHS include a head-on collision, lateral blow and blow behind. To receive the highest point, the model should not only sustain "well" all three collisions, but also have the electronic control of stability. As informs New York Times, the electronic control of stability is available in a standard complete set of all variants Soul and Prius. In a case with Insight this system is in a complete set of expensive models, for example EX, but is absent even as an option on a cheap variant LX.
As experts of the organisation declare, in a case with Prius they did not undertake at all to execute own crash-test. As the previous variants of this model have received at them good estimations, they were limited to that data and a videoclip about testing of the given model have requested of a motor-car manufacturer.
After video viewing, it has been decided to include model Toyota Prius in number of safe cars in absentia. However, he has noted, within a year employees of institute still will break pair of cars to check up objectivity given Toyota data.
During check Honda Insight experts have noticed, that at a head-on collision the doll head has hit about a lateral door therefore the pillow of the safety which have prevented blow about firm parts of the car has there and then worked. At lateral blow some risk of damages of edges, however other dangers was showed, experts have concluded, is not observed.
The head of the doll set in Prius, at a head-on collision has hit about the central rack of the car, however, as observers — "very poorly" assure. But, despite a safety pillow, the dummy head has strongly hit about a steering wheel. In Soul at a head-on collision the dummy has slightly touched with a head a frame of a lateral door, but, as well as in a case with Prius, has strongly hit about a wheel through a safety pillow. That specifies, according to experts, on possibility at the driver of serious traumas.
In the conclusion, despite an appreciation for the tested cars, experts of institute have declared: it is necessary to remember, that the received results are adequate at collision of the compact car with transport of the same weight category. If the car which has received the status «Top Safety Pick» faces with heavier and dimensional, let even is insignificant — results can appear much more serious.
Besides the mentioned novelties, the status of as much as possible safe cars have received this year Ford Focus Coupe, four-door Honda Civic and Mitsubishi Lancer (all models with the electronic control of stability), and also Scion xB, Subaru Impreza, Toyota Corolla and Volkswagen Rabbit.
Company Exclusive Zeus has presented a package for improvement of appearance of the most accessible hybrid in the car market.
Honda Insight by Exclusive Zeus
The Japanese tuning studio not so often undertake tuning of hybrids, but probably the situation starts to vary and growth of offers in the market of similar cars becomes the reason for that. When it is a question of the thoroughbred hybrid, similar Toyota Prius or Honda Insight offers of the independent companies practically are absent, and only firm packages from manufacturers are accessible.
To correct a situation Japanese company Exclusive Zeus undertakes. Designers of the company create a tuning package for Honda Insight, executed in purely Japanese style: the minimum road clearance and an aggressive aerodynamic weather-cloth. Honda Insight receives new bumpers, wide overlays on the thresholds, the modernised lattice of a radiator etc.
In a forward bumper additional light-emitting diode headlights are placed. The lattice of a radiator and a mask round the bottom part are painted in black colour, irrespective of primary colour of a body. The road gleam is lowered, there were chromeplated carbon wheels. On changes in salon it is informed nothing.
The car suspension bracket is set by the purpose to lower a road gleam, other problems, in particular, to increase rigidity, developers did not put. The hybrid power-plant remained without changes, therefore dynamic indicators of the car former. Cost of a tuning package is not informed. While the car is accessible only in Japan and about car export targets it's not known.
Division Honda — tuning company Mugen will make on the internal Japanese car market sports accessories for hybrid sedan Honda Insight.
2011 Honda Insight
In a tuning whale have included the complete set of racks and the springs which installation allows to underestimate a road clearance on 20mm. Besides, the car will get ability to steady passage of abrupt turns and will present to the driver new impressions of high-speed management. Also Honda offers the complete set of aerodynamic accessories.
