Honda may produce V8 engines after v10 nsx !!!
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:18 pm
Honda now says it may produce a V8 after announcing V10 for next-gen NSX
YUZO YAMAGUCHI | Automotive News
Posted Date: 8/8/05
TOKYO -- Last month Honda Motor Co. said it will develop a V10 engine for the successor to its NSX sports car. Now it says a V8 is possible for some of its other vehicles.
"After we build a V10, why couldn't we make a V8?" says Takeo #$%#i, Honda's president. "It's about time to start thinking of it."
#$%#i says Honda must offer something new to customers who now own V6 vehicles, such as the Ridgeline pickup and MDX SUV.
"If we won't offer them upscale versions above those models, that would be a problem," he says.
#$%#i expects a V8 engine to be one option to attract those customers. Among others, he says, could be a V-6 diesel. Without such new engines, he says, "We can't see more growth."
He expects Honda to decide whether it will produce a V8 in about three years, after the V10's debut.
Honda has long resisted a production V8, saying it can produce sufficiently powerful V6s. Fun is more than just a straight line! And, it should last for more than just 402 meters!
YUZO YAMAGUCHI | Automotive News
Posted Date: 8/8/05
TOKYO -- Last month Honda Motor Co. said it will develop a V10 engine for the successor to its NSX sports car. Now it says a V8 is possible for some of its other vehicles.
"After we build a V10, why couldn't we make a V8?" says Takeo #$%#i, Honda's president. "It's about time to start thinking of it."
#$%#i says Honda must offer something new to customers who now own V6 vehicles, such as the Ridgeline pickup and MDX SUV.
"If we won't offer them upscale versions above those models, that would be a problem," he says.
#$%#i expects a V8 engine to be one option to attract those customers. Among others, he says, could be a V-6 diesel. Without such new engines, he says, "We can't see more growth."
He expects Honda to decide whether it will produce a V8 in about three years, after the V10's debut.
Honda has long resisted a production V8, saying it can produce sufficiently powerful V6s. Fun is more than just a straight line! And, it should last for more than just 402 meters!
