Re: Super Honda? Unh Unh.

[Psycho Bob <honge@creighton.edu>]

>> >Do you not have that fearsome Honda thing with the detuned F1 engine in
>> >the USA?

>> What Honda meant was that the Integra GS-R had VTEC (variable timing
>> something or other) engine. But it has absolutely no relation whatsoever
>> with any racing engine I know of.

>No, there's a limited edition beast that looks a little like a Ferrari
>348 but is better styled - lower and a little wider.  I think it uses a
>V10 450bhp similar to the engine Honda supplied to Williams for the
>1989(?) F1 season, but detuned to 450bhp.  A true supercar in the
>McLaren F1 style.

Hahahahahaha! Damn -- if Honda makes such roadcar, I'll go out and buy one
right now! The only car that approaches "supercar" status from Honda is
the NSX. But for a true "supercar," it falls short in a lot of places. As
a passenger car-maker, I don't think Honda can make anything decent with
greater than 4 pots. Look at all the 6-pots they produced -- they're
pathetic (in my opinion). Honda makes good, nice, little cars. They're
just beyond themselves when it needs to go biger than the little cars.

But I'll also give Honda some credit -- they make better seats than
average, and the controls in Honda are among the best in "feel" of the
controls.

Bottom line? A motorcycle builder that also makes good little cars.

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