YACT: OMG a honda V8!

[m2kewl]

V8

where is NFS4? where is that non-beliver!?!?!

 

[quakefiend420]

yet another gas guzzling suv...yay

 

[gscone]

That ridgeline has been begging for a V8.

 

[Eli]

:shocked:

2011 though? That sounds like so far away.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: gscone
That ridgeline has been begging for a V8.

Acura needs it more.

And 2011 is a long, long ways away.

Viper GTS

 

[NFS4]

I'll believe it when I see it

 

[Pliablemoose]

I want a Honda diesel:|

I could overlook the Ridgeline's styling with a V6 turbodiesel/

 

[Aharami]

why is it one cylinder shut off. isnt it usually 2 cylinder shutoff?

 

[m2kewl]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I'll believe it when I see it

lol - we can't please this guy

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I want a Honda diesel:|

there's a turbodiesel v6 they just finished

Originally posted by: Aharami
why is it one cylinder shut off. isnt it usually 2 cylinder shutoff?

they don't shut off one cyl, lol. it's a whole bank, which = 4 cyl

 

Originally posted by: Aharami
why is it one cylinder shut off. isnt it usually 2 cylinder shutoff?

Where do you see "one-cylinder shutoff?" It just says "cylinder shutoff."

I figured that "cylinder shutoff" meant that at highway cruising speed, one bank of cylinders would shut down, giving the V8 the gas milage of a 4-cylinder.

 

[m2kewl]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420
yet another gas guzzling suv...yay

i didn't say it was a good thing, but knowing honda it's at least going to be a more efficient V8. plus, it's to finally silence that big crowd with pitchforks...

 

[MasterAndCommander]

I predict it will produce 500HP @ 15,000 RPM with 5 lb-ft of torque

 

[RiDE]

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
I predict it will produce 500HP @ 15,000 RPM with 5 lb-ft of torque

I predict that it will last longer than your Mustang.

 

[phreaqe]

why dont they work on getting the car to not be fugly instead. also they need to fix the back end so that you can actually reach in the the back of the truck from the side instead of having stupid(and ugly) high walls.

 

[MasterAndCommander]

Originally posted by: RiDE

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
I predict it will produce 500HP @ 15,000 RPM with 5 lb-ft of torque

I predict that it will last longer than your Mustang.

I doubt it...I predict that you don't have a sense of humor

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420
yet another gas guzzling suv...yay

upping the displacement by less than 1 liter isn't going to make it 'guzzle' more gas than previously.


leave it to honda, though, to develop a v8 that will see duty in both a $50,000 luxury car and a 'truck'

 

[nakedfrog]

My Honda fanboy buddy said he heard rumors of a V10 instead of a V8 (for the HSC, I believe). He's been wrong in the past, of course.

 

[gscone]

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
I predict it will produce 500HP @ 15,000 RPM with 5 lb-ft of torque

Not too bright of a comment there.

 

[gscone]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: gscone
That ridgeline has been begging for a V8.

Acura needs it more.

And 2011 is a long, long ways away.

Viper GTS

Indeed..their flagship RL has been a weak seller since its debut.

 

[Quixfire]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I'll believe it when I see it

Ditto

 

[CraigRT]

cool :thumbsup:
too bad that truck is freaking ghey looking

 

[Drakkon]

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
I predict it will produce 500HP @ 15,000 RPM with 5 lb-ft of torque

well of course...with the right stickers and badges it definately will

 

[NFS4]

Honda may develop V8 engine in future

Reuters / August 04, 2005

TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co. could build a V8 engine as its next mass-produced powertrain beyond the V6, its biggest engine so far, Chief Executive President Takeo Fukui said, adding that a decision would be made in about three years.

Japan's third-biggest auto maker has long said it would not build a V8 engine, often used to power pickup trucks and other bigger vehicles, choosing instead to match its muscle with advanced powertrain technology as it did with the Ridgeline pickup launched in the United States this year.

"By around 2010, customers driving the Ridgeline now will need a stepped-up product," Fukui told a small group of reporters on Thursday. He said a V8 engine was one possible powertrain, along with a V6 hybrid or diesel system.

Last month, Honda, renowned for its engine technology, surprised industry watchers with plans to skip the V8 and develop a V10 engine to power its next supercar to succeed the NSX model, which will be retired this year.

If development of the V10 engine is successful, Fukui said there would be "no reason not to have something in between", while stressing the decision was not final.

"If we make a V10, we might just as well make a V8. I won't deny the possibility," Fukui said at Honda's headquarters in Tokyo. "We'll see how the V10 turns out, and make a decision in about three years' time."

Pickups, sport utility vehicles and other light trucks make up a little over half of the U.S. auto market -- the world's biggest -- and so far has been dominated by the U.S. Big Three.

Japanese rivals Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. have pushed aggressively into the profitable segment, but Honda has been relatively slow, having only rolled out its first pickup truck through the Ridgeline this spring.

Fukui said he expected the ratio of light trucks to Honda's total U.S. sales to inch closer to industry levels from around 40 percent now, while also beefing up its car segment through the new Civic due out in autumn and the Fit compact car to be launched next year.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

But the question is, will it finally break the 300LB/ft barrier that Honda has yet to even approach? (the RL is the highest w/ 260LB/ft)

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
I predict it will produce 500HP @ 15,000 RPM with 5 lb-ft of torque

HA HA,
seconded