Norton Way Honda Newsletter - May 2016

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norton way honda MONTH

MAY

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FORECAST

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NEXT F1:

Springtime is here.

Spain, May 15th

SOCIAL

CONTACT DEALER

16 STEPS TO BUILD A SUPERCAR

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NEW 2017 CIVIC

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RACING UPDATE: F1

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We take closer inspection Our report from Chinese Grand Prix

RACING UPDATE: BTCC Our report from Thruxton

THE HONDA HR-V

Precisely, Pleasingly, Perfect

BUILD A SUPERCAR 16 steps to build an NSX

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THE 2017 CIVIC: A CLOSER LOOK In March we saw the premiere of the Civic Hatchback prototype at the Geneva Motor Show, here we take a much closer look at this beauty!

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ore of the design concept has been revealed; a longer bonnet and a sportier front bumper are just some of the new additions to the model, which is a toned down version compared to the concept car. The high back has been replaced with a lower roofline and a steep rear screen. Gaging from the spy shots, the taillights resembles the concepts boomerang-shaped rear lamps.

There are no changes to the back, with the central twin exhaust pipes from the concept remaining the same, suggesting that this could be a quicker Type S model.

Chief designer of Geneva’s concept has now sat down for an early interview to find out about the upcoming 10th generation Hatchback.

Although the Honda Civic concept car presented here is solely for modelling purposes, we get a good idea of how the new model will look when it hits showrooms in February next year.

According to Principal designer, Diasuke Tsutamori, “this prototype is already in a very close level to mass production. When you see the final car, you will probably think it’s still the prototype”.

Compared to the current car, you’ll notice the short overhangs and large air intakes at the front,

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as well as all-new LED headlamps that give the car a fresh look. Unfortunately, the green fog lights don’t meet current EU legislation. Along the side there’s a sculpted line that runs the length of the car, breaking by the rear door handle to emphasise the rear haunches.

A high boot lid and that familiar visibility sneering spoiler finish it off, but Tsutamori insists that the now one-piece ear window will make manoeuvring infinitely easier than before.

He also suggests that the rear visibility and the high stance from the rear view has been improved, eliminating the two weak points from the current model. The thickness and size of the rear spoiler has been reduced and the window is now just one sheet so you do not have obstacles limiting your rear view.

Given that the car is a prototype, the interior design was not visible to make comments on.

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Tsutamori suggested earlier that the new car will offer practicality and versatility on a par with its closest rivals. The new car is 30mm wider, 2mm lower and 13mm longer than the current car. Bosses assure us the large wheels and long wheelbase of the prototype will remain, hinting at a sportier yet roomier family hatchback.

The show car is without engine either, though Honda has confirmed the production car will be the first in its range to feature the new 1.0 and 1.5 litre VTEC turbo engines, along with a heavily revised 1.6 litre I-DEC diesel.

It’ll be built at the brand’s manufacturing facility in Swindon, UK, and confirms a £215m investment in new technology and processes that 5

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will be in place when the car goes into production later this year.

Will Honda update the Civic Type R as well?

Tsutamori has hinted that Type R is under consideration, as “the civic hatchback has enough material and talent in order to make a Type R out of it”. The car will be inspired by the US -market Civic coupe, adding a pair of doors and a useful hatchback at the rear.

The next generation Civic Type R was caught going under testing at the Nürburgring, so expect the car to emerge by 2017 and to be sold on both European and US soil.

Watch out for more information with us at Norton Way Honda – we will be eager to find out more this year.

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HONDA CIVIC Honda Civic 1.4 SE Sport From only £18,360 The Civic 1.4 Sport is from only £18,360, giving you a £2,000 Customer Saving. Includes 17” Sport Alloy Wheels, 1.4 i-VTEC engine with 100ps, city brake active system, privacy glass and body colour tailgate spoiler.

Finance Offer: On the Road Price

£18,360

Customer Deposit

£3,415.95

Guaranteed Minimum Future Value

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Customer saving

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36 Payments Of

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Representative APR

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5 Years Servicing for £555; saving £645 over the period

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4 Power Road, Chiswick, London W4 5YT visit www.chiswickhonda.co.uk Fuel consumption fi gures for the Civic 1.4 SE Sport Manual in mpg (l/100km): Urban 42.2mpg (6.7L/100km), Extra Urban 58.9mpg (4.8L/100km), Combined 51.4mpg (5.5L/100km). CO2 emissions: 131g/km. Fuel consumption fi gures sourced from offi cial EU-regulated laboratory test results, are provided for comparison purposes and may not reflect real-life driving experience.

Model Shown: Civic Sport 1.4 i-VTEC Manual in Milano Red at £16,360 On The Road (OTR) including £2,000 customer saving applied to the original OTR price of £18,360.

Terms and Conditions: New retail Civic Sport 1.4 i-VTEC petrol ordered from 01 April 2016 to 30 June 2016 and registered by 30 June 2016. Subject to model and colour availability. Offers applicable at participating dealers and are at the promoter’s absolute discretion. Not to be used along with any other offers currently available. *Customer Saving: £2,000 customer saving off the On The Road price. Customer saving of £2,000 inc VAT will be applied to the retail invoice. Applicable to Civic Sport 1.4 i-VTEC models. Honda Aspirations (PCP): Minimum customer deposit 0%, maximum customer deposit 30%. You do not have to pay the Final Payment if you return the car at the end of the agreement and you have paid all other amounts due, the vehicle is in good condition and has been serviced in accordance with the Honda service book and the maximum annual mileage has not been exceeded. Indemnities may be required in certain circumstances. Finance is only available to persons aged 18 or over, subject to status. All fi gures are correct at time of publication but may be subject to change. Honda Franchise Dealers are credit brokers, not lenders. Credit provided by Honda Finance Europe Plc. Cain Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1HL. Honda Finance Europe plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Services Register number 312541.

5 Years Servicing includes: All scheduled servicing, as detailed in the vehicles service book, will be covered for 5 years or 62,500 miles, whichever comes fi rst. 5 Years Servicing is optional. It is being offered for £555 including VAT (usual value £1,200 including VAT, resulting in a £645 saving for the customer) and is available to fi nance or non-fi nance customers.

Please note, should you sell the vehicle during the period of cover, the package remains with the vehicle.

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F1 UPDATE: CHINA & RUSSIA McLaren-Honda have faced a difficult start of the season that has shown a number of improvements to the vehicle compared to the 2015 season. The season headed to Shanghai, for the Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix on the 15th-17th April.

Alonso: a tough race but happy to back in the car

Button; a great start in China

“On a positive note, today’s race was the first proper long run I’ve completed in this year’s car – I didn’t ever finish a 50-lap stint during testing, and I retired early in Melbourne because of the accident.”

shanghai, china

The cars showed flashes of pace throughout the weekend, both drivers able to push hard inside the top 10, we finished the Chinese Grand Prix just out of the points – in 12th (Fernando Alonso) and 13th (Jenson Button).

Both cars ran flawlessly on every session, Fernando completed his first race distance of the season and the team learned a great deal more about the vehicles strengths and weaknesses.

Yusuke Hasegawa - Honda R&D head of F1 project & executive chief engineer said: “Throughout the eventful weekend of changing weather conditions and qualifying red flags, the drivers and the team have performed at their best, and it was a positive weekend to bring two cars home. We are obviously disappointed that we could not score points, but I think the race result is a good indication of where we currently are. The entire team did solid work today which will hopefully lead to better results in the future races.”

- Fernando Alonso, Chinese Grand Prix

“To get both cars home in the points – and at a track which we didn’t feel would really suit our package – is a fantastic result for the whole team.”

- Jenson Button, Russian Grand Prix

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NEXT RACE: SPAIN / 15.MAY

shanghai gp Results

points

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nico rosberg

25

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Sebastian Vettel

18

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Daniil Kvyat

15

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fernando alonso

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Jenson button

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Driver standings

points

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nico rosberg

75

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lewis hamilton

39

Russia: Alonso and Button bringing home the points!

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Daniel Ricciardo

36

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fernando alonso

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sochi, russia

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Jenson button

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Both Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button opened their 2016 points-scoring in the Russian Grand Prix, finishing in sixth and 10th place respectively.

For the midfield runners, the shape of the race was largely dictated by a pair of chaotic clashes at Turn Two and Turn Three, on the opening lap.

These incidents saw several drivers either forced into retirement, pushed to the tail of the field, or served with penalties.

Fernando profited from the carnage to vault into the top 10 – an advantage he tenaciously held onto until the finish. Jenson was more circumspect at the start, dropping behind a number of slower cars, then spending much of the remainder of the afternoon steadily chipping away to jump back into the top 10.

The result was a reminder of the progress that’s quietly being made at McLaren-Honda, and a firm indicator of the potential to come.

“The car felt good all race – obviously, we were saving fuel at some points of the afternoon, but, on one lap, I just decided to go for it – to wake myself up a little bit! – and the lap-time showed the potential is there.

“Finishing in the points should be our regular target from now on”, said Alonso.

The championship now heads back to Europe to Barcelona, Spain for the next F1 Grand Prix.

team standings

points

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mercedes

114

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ferrari

61

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Red bull racing

57

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Mclaren honda

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BTCC UPDATE: HALFORDS YUASA SUCCESS CONTIN

The championship will be next stopping at Thruxton on the 07th – 08th May.

Halfords Yuasa’s impressive start to the 2016 season continued in April. They finished the month controlling the top two places of the drivers’ standings and also leading the Constructors championship.

Two races took place in April, with the first one being on the 02nd – 03rd April at Brands Hatch. This was a very successful weekend for the team scoring its first one-two of the season, with Gordon ‘Flash’ Shedden leading home team-mate to victory.

The fantastic performance continued for Honda into the months second racing weekend, on the 16th-17th April at Donnington Park.

Halfords Yuasa’s Matt Neal made it six winners from six Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship races in 2016, leading a second one-two finish for Honda in the final race of the weekend. Neal moved back into the championship lead with his win, his first of the season to ensure six different winners from the first six races. What a result!

It was our plan to wait until the BMWs faded, but plans don’t always come together. I was worried that Tordoff’s tyres were hanging on and hanging on, and I wondered whether the race would come back to me - but thankfully it did.”

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- Matt Neal, post-race interview

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NUES

NEXT EVENT: THRUXTON / 7-8.MAY

donington: race 3 Results

ch the highlights online here

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Matt Neal - Honda Civic Type R

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Gordon Shedden - Honda Civic Type R

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Sam Tordoff - BMW 125i M Sport

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Drivers championship

Donington track

laps

points

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Matt Neal - Honda Civic Type R

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Gordon Shedden - Honda Civic Type R

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Jack Goff - Team IHG Rewards Club

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HR-V: PRECISELY, PLEASINGLY, PERFECT The HR-V is perfectly in sequence with your life. It combines comfort, style and top notch fuel economy, to give you a driving experience like no other. Let’s take a look how the HR-V has been meticulously designed for everyday life:

Stylish Exterior Styled to stun, the HR-V draws a double take everywhere you go, it doesn’t just look great, all its refinements have a purpose too, such as its chiseeled lines making the vehicle more aerodynamic.

Advanced Safety The HR-V has a serious level of advanced engineering that protect you, your passengers, and other road users.

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Sunroof Get a bigger and better view with the Panoramic Roof, which is available on the EX model.

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Go your own way with the HR-V thanks to vast range of options- choose from 4 specification grades, 8 colours and 3 engines. Follow us to our website to find out about the best offer for you.

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Sophisticated Interior Enjoy a cockpit that’s designed around you, everything is at hand to allow you to keep your eyes on the road at all times.

Magic Seats Designed to adapt in a snap, our famed Magic Seats can configure in lots of useful ways- capacity can adapt from 470 to 1533 litres.

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Parking Camera Fit into spaces as snug as you like thanks to the HR-Vs useful parking camera.

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16 STEPS TO BUILD A SUPERCAR - PART 1 With the NSX only months away, we thought we would give you a guide on how Honda will build each of the 10 NSXs that roll out of its US factory every day:

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metals

All metals for the NSX’s aluminum spaceframe are conveniently delivered to the factory already shaped, but the frame itself is welded on site on one of three robotic welding booths.

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consistency welding To ensue consistency the weld booths are robotised and Honda claims its NSX chassis are welded to within 0.1mm accuracy.

The way the NSX spaceframe comes out of the booth is the way it’s built.

Here’s a completed welded space frame all made with steel, instead of the aluminum A-pillars, they have to be bolted rather than welded in place, and they are coated to resist corrosion.

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precision

There is a static machine in the middle of the factory that ensures each body has been assembled accurately within an accuracy of 30 microns - less than the width of a human hair. Honda also has two portable ones that can take to the factory floor, measuring to within an accuracy of 50 microns.

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Dip

Once checked, the bodies are off to be dipped before they’re coated and painted.

There are six tanks like this, it’s a pretty industrial-looking process - the noisiest in the factory - but Honda claims most of the liquid is recycled.

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Human

Chassis

Most of the NSX’s body panels are painted by robots, with around four gallons of paint - in up to 11 coats - making it onto the body. Some parts are painted by the human hand, such as the front grilles, which arrive finished as black plastic, but are then painted black again, mysteriously.

While the body is being painted, the hand assembly of each chassis begins, in the kind of order you might expect. Electronics and hardware first, with the interior coming towards the end.

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torque

Every nut and bolt is tightened to a pre-set torque by a wrench that’s wired up to a computer. So if anything goes wrong in future, Honda will know where, when, and to what torque setting anything was tightened; and whether other cars might be affected in the same way.

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16 STEPS TO BUILD A SUPERCAR - PART 2 9

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Engine

install

The NSX’s engine is also built in the US, but not in the same plant as the car. It’s a similarly labour-intensive process though, which culminates in each 3.5-litre, twinturbocharged V6 sitting on a test rig undergoing a 45-minute test/ running-in cycle.

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body

With the exception of the application of sealant, Honda uses few robots, it uses controlled human hands to install engines in the chasis, taking around 62 minutes.

After the mechanicals comes the body fitment. Honda starts with one door, then fits another panel and chases the gaps around the previous panel, and so on.

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patents

Honda has filed for 12 patents around the NSX’s build process; six of which are in quality control. After the body has been fitted, the car is pretty much finished; now a serious proofing process starts.

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Alignment

The car is raised on a jig so that the wheel, tyre alignment and ride height are checked.

ENGINEERING A DREAM: THE HONDA NSX

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weight

Checks

After being aligned, every NSX has its corner weights tested, to make sure everything is where it should be.

Each NSX is raised on a ramp for an underbody check in order to make sure nothing has come undone during the dyno test. It takes two minutes each for a dyno test on a single car on a roller.

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inspection

Finally the paint is inspected for imperfections, after the paint check, it’s into a water spray booth to check for leaks, and then the completed NSX is out of the door.

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