ALL-NEW CITY MOTORSPORT ING Your City, your space WTCC, MotoGP and F1 UR DISPLAY AUDIO TRAVEL HONDA MAG 56 AT NEWS | PRODUCTS | MOTORSPORT | PARTNERSHIPS | LIFESTYLE | TRAVEL | SOCIETY E Coming to a Honda near you Tasmania, London, Space Camp F ISSUE 56 | HONDA.COM.AU H O N D A M A G A Z I N E | H O N D A . C O M . A U CONTENTS I S S U E 5 6 / A U T U M N 2 0 1 4 02 NEW PRODUCT: 2014 CITY 06 NEWS: THE WORLD OF HONDA 10 TRAVEL: TASMANIA’S TARKINE 16 CAR CARE: HALF A CENTURY OF SERVICE 18 NEW PRODUCT: DISPLAY AUDIO 22 ART & SOCIETY: JAMES ANGUS 26 SPONSORSHIP: RE-INVENTING TWO WHEELS 29 TRAVEL: DISCOVER LONDON 32 SPONSORSHIP: SITTING IN FOR FRIENDS 34 HISTORY: SENNA 37 TRAVEL: SPACE CAMP 40 MOTORSPORT ROUND-UP The Honda Foundation assists the ‘Monkey in International F1 journalist, Tim Collings, Will Gray heads to Huntsville, Alabama, The future of F1 racing, the new WTCC Racer my Chair’ program with a $5000 grant. shares some Aryton Senna insights. home of NASA’s Mission to the Moon. and Marquez’s ‘WOW’ start to the MotoGP season. 45 FAN FEATURE 47 BEST CRITIC COMPETITION What have our fans got to show us this Six real people test drove the all-new Honda “This year we will be dialling up the fun element of our products by season? A pink Jazz, the ‘legend’ Prelude and more. Odyssey for a week - read the winner’s review. introducing exciting new models both globally and here in Australia” - Director, Stephen Collins Editor: Stuart Sykes; Executive Editor: Jarrod Tuck; Digital Director: Corinne Wilson; Design & Production: Megan McDermott. For general enquiries regarding Honda motor vehicle products or services, contact Honda Australia on 1800 804 954. 01 PRODUCT A CLASS ABOVE: TAKE A TRIP TO THE CITY Think ‘City’ and what comes to mind? No space… over-crowding… hard to get around… discomfort… not the kind of place you want to be? If that’s the case, Honda has an alternative City for you… and it went on sale in Australia in April. With 2.2 million units sold in 55 countries around the world, this City can lay fair claim to being a place where Honda people definitely want to be. The new-for-2014 Honda City makes a determined attack on the light segment of our car-buying lives. In fact its combination of design, comfort and efficiency makes the latest-generation City a car that ends up being… a class above. city.honda.com.au Photography: 2014 City VTi-L in Brilliant Blue shown. 02 READY FOR SPACE TRAVEL? No. We’re not planning to send Think ’50 millimetres’ and you you beyond the confines of would probably think, ‘Well, planet Earth – not yet, anyway. that’s not much’. You’d be right What we are alluding to is the – except when that means the ‘third space’ that comes with additional space which the the new City. longer wheelbase of the new City puts between the front It’s the space between your and rear wheels. place of work and your place of residence. Those are two With subtle additional touches places where other demands like moving the dash forward, come rushing in to invade your it allows Honda to offer City personal space and time. travellers interior space that exceeds its class – and that But the ‘third space’ is the one means extra knee-room in a you occupy, in all probability, longer cabin as well as a boot for an hour or two, perhaps that boast the most space in its even more, each day of your segment. It’s especially life – the car that transports noticeable in the roomier rear you between those two other cabin, but all round the feeling places. is of much more room to move in a car that comfortably So why wouldn’t you seek out accommodates five adults. a car that offers an alternative to crowding – the sort of place The City itself, taken overall, is where you can make a only 45mm longer than the personal statement? previous generation of the After all… model but the impression it gives is of a much bigger SIZE MATTERS… package than before. … especially when it comes to so-called smaller cars. Honda’s genius for packing a lot into a little was never better shown than in the latest City. Photography: 2014 City VTi full dash interior shot. 03 * Figures quoted are for the City VTi automatic transmission and are based on ADR81/02 test results. POWER MATTERS TOO convenience of your car. And with City, there’s plenty of Display Audio means that all power as well. the connectivity you could want is right there at your fingertips, 5.7L/100kms 88kW The 1.5-litre i-VTEC four- allowing you to keep your eyes (AUTO) COMBINED FUEL* MAX POWER @ 6600RPM cylinder engine packs an 88kW on the road and your mind on punch at 6600 rpm. It’s also the job a torquey unit – how about 145Nm at 4600 revs? – In a more general sense, the meaning there is low-down pull Multi Information Display lends to get you up and the impression of a ‘floating’ 145Nm running faster. cockpit that enhances the ‘premium’ feel and ambiance TORQUE @ 4600RPM The engine is mated to the of the car: the look inside is 132g/kms new Continuously Variable as cool as the looks outside CO 2 EMISSIONS* Transmission with Honda’s and the display features could Earth Dreams Technology, hardly be more advanced. giving it instant responsiveness and eyebrow-raising fuel efficiency. CONNECTING YOUR CAR Elsewhere in this issue we feature Honda’s Display Audio – and City comes complete with this next-generation technology for keeping you connected with the outside world while enjoying the comfort and Photography: (left) instrument panel; (bottom left) media connectivity ports; (right) City VTi-L with optional Sports Pack. 04 CABIN CLASS What’s more, the City VTi-L is also available with the optional It’s often a derogatory term. Sports Pack which includes With City it sums up the classy Modulo front and rear under surrounds. Improved seat spoilers, side skirts and a rear comfort and impressive spoiler wing as well as a Honda roominess live up to the car’s designed sports grille. external appearance with its wide, low stance and the See what we mean by sleekness of the lines. A Class Above? City may be a compact sedan, City offers a degree of but once inside that description sophistication above the goes, you might say, right out so-called small-car segment, the window. It’s another Honda a dash of verve that brings paradox: a cosy sense of the car alive, a sense of space well-being in the City combines that’s way beyond where it with the comfort you expect in should be and, not least of all, a car above its class. a stylish appearance that’s easy on the eye. That secure feeling is backed up by the raft of safety features It comes in part from the clearly that come as standard. etched lines along the side that Antilock Braking System, lend motion to the car even Electronic Brake Distribution, when it’s stationary. It comes, Traction Control and Vehicle too, from the ‘solid wing face’ Safety Assist work in harmony that lends immediate presence to make your ‘City driving’ safer to the car. It comes, most of than we usually imagine – all, from an overall look and especially when you add in a feel that says ‘premium’ and multi-angle reversing embraces this new City firmly camera for all those within the Honda worldwide awkward city spots. family of cars. city.honda.com.au Photography: (left) rear tail lights of the City VTi-L in Brilliant Blue; (right) front seats City VTi-L. 05 NEWS THE WORLD OF HONDA 04 WHAT’S MAKING NEWS FOR HONDA AROUND THE GLOBE? 06 Photography: (left) Civic Type R at the 2014 Geneva Motorshow; Photography (clockwise): (right) Civic Type R style shots - front, wheel, rear and spoiler. Walking Assist Device with Bodyweight Support System; CIVIC TYPE R - Stride Management Assist Device (2012); BLURRING Walking Assist Device in use. (2008) THE EDGES Honda has always maintained that racing is in the company’s DNA. While it prepares to return to the pinnacle of motorsport, Formula 1, as partner to McLaren from 2015 on, Honda is also demonstrating its race-bred pedigree in other areas. So much so that the Civic Type R Concept car recently unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show is being hailed as ‘a racing car for the road’ and the most extreme example of this popular vehicle yet conceived. “Type R represents Honda’s racing spirit,” said the new car’s chief stylist Masaru Hasegawa. “It is built with a passion for motorsport.” A racing car is, in many respects, the ultimate marriage of form and function – watch the civic type r and the Civic Type R Concept reflects that concept revealed: combination in dramatic style with a front http://youtu.be/QQyiXqVlA8A spoiler to add down-force, vertical side wings and a new rear spoiler with the tail lights integrated into the rear wing itself. The car’s lines are due in part to extensive testing at one of the world’s most famous race tracks, the Nürburgring in Germany, and will give a serious clue to the looks of the new car due for European release in 2015.