So, I just took this for a test drive and decided to bring it home for a few minutes. The Honda Beat. I'm sure most of you know this car from GT2/GT3. Needless to say, my buddies shop has an R32 GT-R Skyline, an R-33 GT-R, Evans, various other JDM cars, and this was all the talk of the shop. Driving this right hand drive 'beast' is a hoot. Right hand drive, mid engine, rear wheel drive. All of 56 hp. 8500 redline. I want one. It came from Ontario Canada. Took 3 tanks of gas to get from Ontario to Atlanta. oh, and it's a 6 gallon tank. That's 18 gallons of fuel. 1305 miles. That's 72.5 miles to the gallon. :eek3: needless to say, I want one. I think I'm going to drive it around for the day on Saturday. Does anyone wanna come over and check it out?
Looks like a cool ride Matt...Are you ready for football season?. It's coming up very soon....The Phins should be good this year...hopefully. Mark
Here are some day pics!! Strayen and I just got back from the shop. Apparently, they think it has a fouled plug all of a sudden. This was before we took it out today. ractive steering wheel :rofl: No VTec, but it does have some sort of 'engine throttle response control.' :rofl:
after seeing the following pic of another kei car, I definitely want to try to get one of these in the country! This is a Suzuki Cappuccino. On the right....Left is a Lotus Elan. I'll dig up the specs on this gem...I think it's turbo'd!!
Found some info on it. What's really cool about it is that it can be configured as a hard top with removable panels, a Targa top with a glass rear window (the whole thing slides into the back of the car), or a complete open car. 3 cylinder turbo, 64hp and weighs about 1600lbs. About as quick as Miata. Can be modified up to around 150-200hp as there are tons of mods for them. AND, looks a LOT better than the Beat! I'll see about getting some more shots, if possible.