There is one in Melb
Printable View
There is one in Melb
I'm curious to know why Honda Australia did not sell the more powerful 162kw JDM version in Australia?
Some idiot I was arguing with said it was because of emissions... but I reckon he is full of shit.
cost to produce jdm spec car would = greater cost in Australia to sell, octane ratings of fuel and emissions.
As mentioned before, the JDM spec uses the same K20A engine but with different cams and higher compression. I was under the impression that the JDM spec type R would comply with the Australian emissions standards seeing that it uses the same engine? I was under the impression that the lack of high octane fuel was the only reason the Oz spec was detuned.
im not going to argue with it about it, i posted the reasons i believed that the car wasn't released, engine may be similar but i doubt intake manifold and exhausts were the same which could contribute to emissions, i dont think Australians that strict on emissions so i doubt it would be a major reason.
The AUDM car sold for a tad over $40k when new... if you added the 17's, Brembo's, higher output engine, I would hazard a guess it would have sold for closer to $50k or more... and back in 2002-2004 you could buy a EVO 8 or STi for $50k. When you compare a N/A 2L FWD coupe to two of arguablly the best every produced 2L Turbo 4WD sedans, it wouldn't have sold very well.
spot on........I worked in honda b4....thats the reason and also cost to bring the car in....there is nth to do with emission......:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by the_quenda
no our small market is percieved to not be worth their effort I think
But that argument is flawed because the AUDM car runs on 98 octane also.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_quenda
but Japan has 100 ron fuel available at the pump, I understood that to be their PULP
yeah its their awesome fuel as well as the fact that we do have a very small market that isnt willing to pay big bucks for a front wheel drive.
our cars always get dutuned and cheaped out on, take wrx's, the jap spec comes with awesome twin scroll ball bearing turbos and all that sort of gear, australian distributors just have no balls, most great cars dont even come here (eg the focus RS, civic type r besides the brand new one)
this is what happens when accountants decide on how a car is released..
oh and by the way japan has some of the strictest emission laws in the world and put ours to shame, so that theory is complete rubbish