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09-26-2008, 10:05 AM
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Lotus Develops Honda Civic Hybrid for Racing
Yes I did a search and I usually hound the forums a lot, and haven't heard of this.
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09-26-2008, 10:15 AM
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 It's such an interesting concept because Civics are associated with small, economy cars and hybrids as well. You never expect the two to go racing 
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09-26-2008, 10:36 AM
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At the current moment, it sems that Lotus is on a mission to flex their consulting and engineering muscles and you're hearing all sorts of news from many manufacturers so this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Even before production has started on Evora, Lotus has already won the European Aluminium Award 2008. Personally, it's exciting for me to finally see the Lotus name mentioned all over the automobile world which no doubt will help when finalizing the Esprit. 
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09-26-2008, 11:23 AM
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i read somewhere that their goal was to be the forefront auto company that heads the "green" movement!  interesting article BM, cant wait to see how the finish project would be...thanx for sharing!
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09-26-2008, 11:39 AM
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Hopefully this project spawns other interesting projects with Honda-sourced engines (IC, Electric and Hybrid).
I'm never a fan of Toyota (never bought any of their cars) as I find Honda more enthusiast-centric in their engineering endeavors. Sort of like the Japanese of Lotus[ok, a bit of exaggeration but you get my point]. Same goes for Mazda. Maybe the next Elise/Exige get Honda's engines. That would be sweet! |
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09-26-2008, 03:01 PM
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There's been tons of debate and discussions about why the k20a wasn't in the elise. I'd bet we'd see an ecotec solution before a honda solution, which is fine by me
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09-26-2008, 03:53 PM
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That is awesome...there were rumors of bad blood between Honda and Lotus, which might have led to them going with the Toyota engine in the elise/exige....the more they cooperate the better...and it will make it easier for me to convince my family to add a Lotus dealership to their Honda dealerships
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09-26-2008, 04:53 PM
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Lotus of Japan = Mazda, not Honda (in my opinion).
That said, this can only lead to good things. Indeed there was some bad blood between Mr. Chapman and Mr. Honda (whoever that was at the time). Hopefully they have both moved on. I'd be perfectly happy with a Honda engine in my next Lotus.
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10-01-2008, 10:25 AM
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I disagree (although not enough to get in an argument about it), but I understand your point regarding Mazda is more about performance than Honda. The reason I think Lotus and Honda are more alike is the creation of one car; the Insight. As an Insight and Exige owner, the engineers utilized the same school of thought to achieve their performan goals. Increase performance via weight reduction. In the case of the two cars; performance is defined differently. But the objective and the approach is the same. I really love both of the cars (not equally) based on the engineering techniques used to build them. While I love driving the Exige, when I drive the Insight it is like playing a video game where the objective is to increase MPG. The car is an automatic thus 60 is very good and I normally average right around that on a tank (58-61). When my Insight nears the end of it's life I do want to turn it into a race car for the 24 hours of Lemons, and start a new Hybrid division. 
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