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The first car that Honda had 10 years when Honda Motor Co. revealed its newest Civic in July 1972.

Well known for its motorcycles, automobiles for years that they are striking with the Honda sports cars or mini N and Z do not always being a major exporter to the image of his rival Nippon.

Developed for this purpose, the H1300 program reaches only to burst internal conflicts between opponents and supporters of cooling air between those more pragmatic concern for the sustainability of the enterprise and carried away by their creativity and daring technique .

In 1970, the car project “citizen”, as its name suggests, starts from Wako.

The Japanese government has to enact the people’s plan for a popular car that should offer 5m ². Meanwhile Honda needs a car for export.

The economy of use, convenience and functional safety, simplicity or even lower emissions are the central elements of the specification. Guided by the tenets of aviation, where each kilo costs, the goal is 600 kg for a vehicle of 3.30 to 3.40 on 1.45 m.

The Civic is a traction motor cross before. The engine block EB1 is aluminum and has a tree overhead cam driven by a toothed belt. The gearbox is at the right end of the engine, a special construction of Honda engine that would last 30 years, they rotate in the opposite direction clockwise.

Mamoru Sakata, in charge of running gear, is accepting independent suspension on all 4 wheels types McPherson and despite the opinion of Soichiro Honda would have preferred to return to the rigid axle of 1300. Braking comes from N and 1300 with 4 brake drums or an assembly based on the mixed versions, and is based on rims 12 inches.

The NR 750 (New Road) is a model of sport bike, designed and marketed by the company Nippon Honda.

The competition, since the beginning of the bike, was the way for manufacturers to display their technological expertise and showcase their innovations. If some of the techniques used in competition are found on road machines, very few models of competition have been reworked to be counterparts. Ducati has been on the market in 2006, extrapolated MotoGP machine, the Desmocedici RR. But this is not the first attempt. 15 years ago, Honda has also marketed a machine incorporating many technologies used in Grand Prix, on his NR 500 since 1979, then Endurance on NR 750 in 1987.
The oval piston engine of the NR 500

The most dramatic and best known of these technologies is probably the oval piston engine.
For more power, increase the filling of cylinders. The simplest is to increase the number of valves. But this technique quickly shows its limits and it must play on the diameter of the valve and privilege either the admission or exhaust if you go beyond four or five valves [1].
The solution chosen by Honda to create oval cylinders, to place eight valves. It must nevertheless 2 candles to ignite properly each combustion chamber. Each operates two piston rods.

The engine is composed of four of the cylinders in V, open to 90 degrees. The bolt must withstand 32 valves and 8 candles. It gets 130 horsepower at 14 500 rpm and a limited diet for the sake of reliability at 15 000 rpm, but could give more.

This engine is obviously fueled by electronic injection PGM-F1 with two injectors per cylinder.

NR 750 of the road is presented at the Geneva show in 1991.
The fairing is entirely carbon fiber. It has been widely studied in wind tunnel to give the best airfoil. The numerous fins, gills cooling and other aerodynamic appendages give it a futuristic look. The exhaust goes under the saddle and let the view of the swingarm. This single-sided swingarm is a direct result of studies in partnership with ELF.
We find the general shape of the NR 750 of the VFR RC 36 II.

Téléhydraulique inverted fork with 43 mm diameter is fully adjustable.

To gain a little weight, the wheels of 16 inch front and 17 inches at the rear of magnesium. The machine still weighs over 220 kg dry.

As in the cockpits of fighter jets, bubble receives a surface treatment to titanium. The dashboard offers the driver a lot of information: a fuel gauge, temperature and oil pressure, water temperature, a digital speedometer, a tachometer …

This bike has also been the subject of more than 200 patent applications.

Of the 322 copies produced at a rate of 3 copies per day, only 34 were available in France. However, each buyer can pay the requested 375 000 F (about 57 168 €), Honda offered a keychain silver.

Incidentally, a version inflated to 155 horsepower and reduced to 180 kg beaten successively records kilometer rolling start at 299.825 km / h, the mile flying start at 299.788 km / h, the mile with standing start 221.219 km / h and 10 kilometers standing start at 283.851 kilometers per hour It was driven by Loris Capirossi on the ring Nardò.

This machine has appeared in several episodes of the television series Commissaire Moulin, the actor taking the lead role, Yves Renier being possessor of one of these machines.
Legend has it that production has declined to provide the true NR, the bike that appears on the screen is a mere 750 VFR remaquillée.

Concept presented to Legacy Salon Detroit (our article Concept Legacy) was not a joke.

The new Legacy unveiled at the Salon in New York it is identical in every respect, except the design of the rims, color and appearance of technoïde inside.

We notice that Subaru has chosen to go even a little more into line. Certainly, we can not say that the Legacy sedan was the most original of the contract. However, with its taut lines and dimensions very reasonable, she was one of the few roads to resist the trend of ever bigger, ever heavier, ever more sanitized.

Unfortunately, the market is strongest, and the mark could not resist the law in relation to the current, self therefore lengthens by 4.5 cm in length (4.73 m) but especially 9 cm in width (1.82 m) and 8 cm in height (1.50 m). The wheelbase has increased by 8 cm which should promote habitability.

In terms of style, the trend is discreet but significant: the wings extended, enlarged headlamps are seeking to strengthen the personality of the car. An evolution probably need to seduce, but some miss the elegance of the current version.

The platform is entirely new as well as trains. At the front is a classic pattern that McPherson was selected while in the rear, a new double wishbone train made its appearance.

In terms of engines, the evolution is much more timid: new Boxer gasoline are not yet there. In the U.S. market the 2.5 170 hp and 265 and the flat 6-cylinder 256 hp 3.6 will be renewed. Of course, the Legacy is still faithful to the drive for all models of its range.
In Europe, there is no doubt that the Boxer Diesel 150 hp will be offered from the start. Transmissions are logically identical to the previous model. One should note the emergence of a new box CVT chain which will offer 6-speed manual preset.

It is most likely in September, at the next Frankfurt Motor Show that we can discover the characteristics of European models.