Honda may succumb to allure of V8 engines in effort to spur further growth

[exilera]

Originally posted by: vshah

Originally posted by: dds14u
S2000s are hot.

lol imagine that w/ a v8...

They wouldn't make that with a V8; they only have 4 cylinders right now. They could put out a V6 though.

 

[dug777]

i want a V8 with Vtec

 

[SMOGZINN]

Originally posted by: m2kewl
honda gets no respect trying to save the environment...why do they even bother.

I suppose you are talking about the hybrid engines? I would like to point out that they do nothing to save the environment, and are actually harmful overall. Electric motors use considerably more energy then an IC engine for the same amount of acceleration. That energy comes from things like Diesel burning power plants that have to put out more pollution to meet the demand then if the car was just a normal efficient gas powered car.
Now, I will give Honda and Toyota kudos for making efficient IC engines and keeping total weight down on the cars they put them in. That more then hybrid or hydrogen cars will make a difference.

 

[ajskydiver]

Originally posted by: sniperruff

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Well OF COURSE they're making a V8.... they wouldn't hold out any longer, F1 is making the switch to V8's and the next NSX needs a V8, might as well make something for their luxury cars too

why not a 10-cylinder NSX and go head-to-head with the F430?

"Honda has said it will equip the redesigned Acura NSX with a V-10 in three to four years." -- Reading is fundamental.

~AJ

 

[AMCRambler]

I think they'd be stupid to do this. Their fuel efficient tack is about to pay off the way gas prices are sky rocketing. Hold out a little longer and people will be buying hybrids left and right.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: Aj_UF

Originally posted by: sniperruff

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Well OF COURSE they're making a V8.... they wouldn't hold out any longer, F1 is making the switch to V8's and the next NSX needs a V8, might as well make something for their luxury cars too

why not a 10-cylinder NSX and go head-to-head with the F430?

"Honda has said it will equip the redesigned Acura NSX with a V-10 in three to four years." -- Reading is fundamental.

~AJ

Can V10's be made with only 2L?

 

[thomsbrain]

on a side note, it occured to me why the prius has destroyed honda's offerings in the hyrbrid market, in terms of sales...

the prius is almost its own BRAND. people refer to the prius to refer to an entire lifestyle. it's literally become the generic term for hybrid, like "kleenex" or "coke." in letters to newspaper editors, people don't say "drive hyrbrids," they say "drive a prius." and it's all because toyota had the forsight to make their first hybrid a seperate model, with distinct styling. people don't want the civic hybrid because they want other people to KNOW they are driving a hybrid. honda played it safe by only introducing limited-production wacko-cars (insight) or hedging by making their volume hybrid nothing more than a trim level for the civic. the accord hybrid is even worse, with almost no one on the planet even knowing it exists!

big time marketing blunders on honda's part!

 

[KEV1N]

V8 w/ cylinder deactivation = ownage!

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Drakkon
wow so finally their ridgeline might get a v8 model? lol nothing like a truck that has no power in an ugly package

American V8 - Hemi power 4 life

Because every other compact truck on the market has an available V8, right?

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Soccerman06
Hope they make the V8 rev up to 8-10k. I know that Acura RSX revs to 8k rpm, and thats a V6. Would be interesting to hear.

 

[hemiram]

Hondas are nicely built, really (in general) boring, blah cars.