Will Honda's EV-ster Production??

One of the concept car Honda's mainstay in the event the Tokyo Motor Show a new one held some time ago, the Honda EV-ster is rumored to not only be just a mere concept car. For Honda plans will soon be producing this car.

As reported by German media, Auto Motor und Sport and quoted by Motor Authority, Friday (12/16/2011), Honda says ready to mass produce cars ni.

CEO of Honda, Takanobu Ito revealed that the new sports cars from Japanese car manufacturers are likely to be released with such a model roadster concept car combines an electric or gasoline engines.

And to see the production version, the lovers of this brand in the German media is not necessarily wait too long. Reportedly because the production version of EV-ster was to be launched early next year.

Honda ambitious step is the realization of Honda's plan to launch hybrid cars and electricity to reduce the average production of C02 emissions worldwide by 30 percent compared with 2000. With the 2020 target of realizing 'the blue sky.'

In the model concept, the Honda EV-ster is a compact sports car with an open roof design that is able to travel a distance of 160 km just before the lithium-ion rechargeable battery strength.

Dimensions has a length of 3400 mm, width 1480 mm, and height of 1100 mm and wheelbase of 2325 mm.

For the engine, Honda engine drowned 3 cylinder capacity of 660 cc and capable of producing power by 63 bhp. Conventional engine was then mated to an electric motor-powered 58 kW. Both the energy to drive the rear wheels (rear-wheel-drive).

Honda claims the car is capable of running up to a maximum speed of 160 km / h and can accelerate from 0-60 km / h in a matter of time of 5.0 seconds

Honda Cars Make More Light and Cheap

Honda N Box

Japanese car manufacturers to adopt the design and assembly system that makes the car a new car production they can be lighter. Honda plans to pour tens of billions of yen to start production in Japan and overseas.

Nikkei reported Demikan as reported by Reuters on Sunday (25/12/2011). How tactics Honda makes the car lighter?




Usually the outer panel installation uses a lot of bolts and other reinforcement materials, but Honda has just weld the outer panel to the car frame. So the car was lighter.

This method will be used for Honda's small car model first and then others followed several years later.

Previously Honda has begun to reduce the size of the material, spare parts for mini cars produce N Box, which was launched in Japan last November.

Honda modify one production line assembly N Box. The move was also successful in reducing the weight of N Box of 10 percent and reduce production costs.

By making cars lighter and cheaper, Honda hopes to succeed in a developing country which is one of its priorities.

Nissan X-Trail Luxury Version Born

Car manufacturer Nissan showed the Nissan X-Trail. This special edition is only in production of 200 units only and will have a variety of differences with the standard model.

Special edition car called the Nissan X-TRAIL Platinum has several accessories, especially on the exterior of the vehicle. With protective plate that is placed between the bumper, there were also side-step and door protection already in chrome.


Inside the cabin, various accessories Platinum is also more pronounced. Who already have seats with heating feature, a screen capable of displaying navigation satellites to connect to a variety of gadgets such as iPods and mobile driver can be possible. There is also a rear camera that will assist the driver when parked.

While the power of special edition car called the Nissan X-TRAIL Platinum is born from a 2.0dCi diesel engine with a choice of manual and automatic transmissions.

The machine was claimed to be able to bring power to 170 bhp with fuel efficiency reaches 18.7 km / liter. Unfortunately, this model is only sold to consumers in plain English only. There, the car starts off 29,180 pounds or approximately USD 413.5 million to 30,560 pounds