No more V6 or Coupe for the Accord.
they messed up the look....the current accord look is been praised for a while and now they find a way to make it look like a damn civic......good job, Honda
Back in the day I loved turbos and turboed everything and boosted the hell out of everything I could because it's the most efficient way to boost horsepower and it 300 horsepower out of a sub 2 L motor. But very very few manufacturers wanted to Turbo Charge anything. Fast forward to today and that love of turbo chargers and maximum power is replaced with a love for screaming High Rev naturally aspirated Motors and the exhaust tone they produce. Now today all the car manufacturers are doing away with the high-revving naturally aspirated Motors and turbocharging everything... I just can't win. Lol.Turbos just kill the exhaust notes, & i my racing days are over. I'd rather enjoy to experience of a screaming NA motor at 8k rpm even if it is e seconds slower in a 1/4mile. Inthink the only turbo motors that sound nice are the McLaren's & would choose a 675 Spyder over a 488 Ferrari any day.
The average consumer doesn't care what's under the hood. As long as the car accelerates fast enough when they put their foot on the gas, that's all that matters.
Unfortunately high revving NA motors are a thing of the past Those days of affordable Honda 8/9k 4 bangers and BMW straight 6's and V8's/V10 has come to an end Miss those k series motors and S motors from Honda and BMW
I was pretty much out of the tuning scene bynthentime k series came in. Built quite a few b and even d series though. Even lucky enough to work on the b18c5 of a teammate (turbo'd that too, unfortunatley..but at the time turbo was the way to go.)... I do miss the sound of those Blitz blow off valves in m supra though. Lol... But even the externally venting blow-off valves seem to be gone and "compressor flutter" is now the "cool thing" lol... Pretty soon, in another 15yrs, ill have regressed back to a 61 Impala SS with a straight-piped 327. Lol
B series was good but K was out of this world in the realm of tuningThis was around 2004ish I remember, what a fun little car the rsx type s with that motor was, memories
With the new 2.0 turbo producing more power than the V6 I think Honda will eventually be phasing out the V6 altogether. I expect them to do this in the Pilot, Odessy, Ridgeline, MDX, and RDX. From a manufacturing sense this would save money because you only have two different four cylinder engines for your entire lineup. Just changing the tune on the turbo. This is actually the way the entire industry is going. When you can get 310 hp from a four cylinder engine, do you really need a V6 or V8. That's more than enough power for over ninety percent of consumers.
LOL Exactly! Turn the key, step on the gas and go.
This system then works in conjunction with the luxury sedan’s front camera which detects bumpers and allows the suspension to automatically adjust to offer the smoothest ride possible. Audi says this system will be able to eliminate almost all vibrations and jolts.
The suspension system works thanks to an electric motor on each wheel and incorporates a rotary tube and an internal titanium torsion bar and lever that can apply up to 1,100 Nm (811.3 lb-ft) of torque on the suspension courtesy of a coupling rod. This system then works in conjunction with the luxury sedan’s front camera which detects bumpers and allows the suspension to automatically adjust to offer the smoothest ride possible. Audi says this system will be able to eliminate almost all vibrations and jolts.http://www.carscoops.com/2017/07/all-new-audi-a8-combines-sophistication.htmlLaser used to scan the road:Titanium torsion bar and electric motors used to create active suspension: This is some very impressive technology. Expect other Audi's to get this technology in the future.
Impressive stuff sure but all this Tech is just another expensive gadget that will break and drain the pockets of the average consumer. Does the avg man even feel the difference or push his car hard enough to notice/or have the need for a self adjustable sway bar!,,, lol... With all this Tech stuffed in todays cars aftermarket will be a huge business. But personally I prefer not to spend half my income on my means for transportation. Only the sheeple do, IMO...
