Honda has revealed a radical concept car called the Project 2&4, which is based on the winning design for Honda’s Global Design Project.
The Project 2&4 has emerged from a collaboration between Honda’s car and motorcycle design studios.
Over 80 designers and creators from the two design studios took part in the in-house Global Design Project competition. The contest from Honda sought to discover what ideas could be conjured when staff who traditionally focus on only cars or motorcycles melded their ideas into one model.
Influences from both studios are evident within the winning concept, which has been built in time to be displayed to the public at this month’s Frankfurt Motor Show.
Featuring only one seat but four wheels, the Project 2&4’s design is reminiscent of modern day track day cars like the Ariel Atom and BAC Mono. Pictures show that the low-slung and largely exposed cockpit features a transparent head-up display just in front of the steering wheel. This allows the driver to see important in-car info while keeping their eyes on the road ahead.
The engine used for the Project 2&4 is a 1.0-litre four-stroke unit – a modified version of the engine typically used for Honda’s MotoGP racing bikes. In this concept, it develops 210bhp and is hooked up to a six-speed dual-clutch gearbox.
No performance figures have been revealed so far, but the whole car only weighs 405kg, which is over 100kg less than the likes of the Ariel Atom and the Caterham Seven. Therefore, a 0-62mph sprint time below six seconds is plausible for the Honda Project 2&4. Whether this concept will lead Honda to create a new track day car, however, remains to be seen.
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