If you haven’t heard yet, Honda is cool again. Inform your friends, your family, and your dog; it’s happening and it’s real — and their latest out-of-the-box conceptual creation does nothing but solidify the fact.
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This rather incredible looking thing is called the Honda 2&4, christened as such due to its marriage of Honda’s technology and ethos from their combined bike and car divisions. While that might sound a little bit like awkward marketing mumbo jumbo, it’s actually quite accurate when you consider the tech underneath the 2&4’s lightweight exoskeleton.
It’s powered by Honda’s 999cc V4 power plant taken from their RC213V MotoGP motorcycle, which revs to an incomprehensible 14,000rpm. Factor in that the 2&4 tips the scales at a featherweight 405kg, and is a mere 3.04 metres long, and it’s clear to see that the Tic Tac on wheels should be capable of some incredible track antics.
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Almost as intriguing as its technology is the 2&4’s looks and layout. Apart from looking a little bit like a BAC Mono that spent a few too many minutes in the dryer, the 2&4 most notably denies its driver a traditional cockpit — instead forcing them to suck in nature’s bug-ridden fresh air by bolting the seat bespokely to the side of the car.
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The elephant in the room is the fact that such a vehicle, as it stands in all its Honda-rendered glory, would be highly unlikely to ever pass any safety regulations — especially any side-on impact tests, considering how exposed the driver is. But it’s still very cool to see a car manufacturer dream the occasional dream, and hopefully a few of the curious ideas and features from the 2&4 can make their way into a few production cars — though I doubt that the exposed driver’s seat will ever be one of them.