Neil Dowling
Contributing Journalist
8 Feb 2012
2 min read

The startling boast from one of the world's last remaining independentĀ mass-market car companies comes as it prepares to unveil a new 1.6-litreĀ turbo-diesel engine in Europe.

Part of Honda's Earth Dreams Technology, the engine - to be introducedĀ in the new Civic later this year - shows fuel economy has overtakenĀ acceleration as the mark of the new-age car.

"It will be the lightest engine in its class, delivering sub 100g/kmĀ CO2 levels and a class-leading balance of fuel economy andĀ performance,'' Honda says.

The 88kW/300Nm 1.6-litre diesel - expected to claim about 3.5 L/100km toĀ put it on par with cars including the Renault Clio diesel - will beĀ shown at the Geneva motor show in March. More engine variants willĀ unfurl over the next three years.

Honda will also display at Geneva its NSX Concept, EV-STER and aĀ prototype of the European CR-V.Ā - The Honda NSX is confirmed to return to production - after theĀ nameplate finished in Australia in 1997 - within three years.Ā 

Honda has confirmed the NSX Concept will go on display at next month'sĀ Geneva motor show after its debut at Detroit in January.

This concept car is being evolved to become a production car and go onĀ sale within three years, Honda says.Ā It has a mid-mounted V6 hybrid engine and Honda's all-wheel driveĀ system.

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Neil Dowling
Contributing Journalist
GoAutoMedia Cars have been the corner stone to Neil’s passion, beginning at pre-school age, through school but then pushed sideways while he studied accounting. It was rekindled when he started contributing to magazines including Bushdriver and then when he started a motoring section in Perth’s The Western Mail. He was then appointed as a finance writer for the evening Daily News, supplemented by writing its motoring column. He moved to The Sunday Times as finance editor and after a nine-year term, finally drove back into motoring when in 1998 he was asked to rebrand and restyle the newspaper’s motoring section, expanding it over 12 years from a two-page section to a 36-page lift-out. In 2010 he was selected to join News Ltd’s national motoring group Carsguide and covered national and international events, launches, news conferences and Car of the Year awards until November 2014 when he moved into freelancing, working forĀ GoAuto, The West Australian, Western 4WDriver magazine, Bauer Media and as an online content writer for one of Australia’s biggest car groups. He has involved himself in all aspects including motorsport where he has competed in everything from motocross to motorkhanas and rallies including Targa West and the ARC Forest Rally. He loves all facets of the car industry, from design, manufacture, testing, marketing and even business structures and believes cars are one of the few high-volume consumables to combine a very high degree of engineering enlivened with an even higher degree of emotion from its consumers.
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