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CASE STUDY: MOTORCYCLE BRANDS MAKING CARS AS WELL

While motorcycles and cars make logical companions, some brands started with something completely different

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Honda FR-V

6 seats, 336/1 350 litres

6 airbags, ABS, EBD, stability control

R6 270

July 2007

0–100 km/h: 11,18 seconds Top speed: 190 km/h Power: 103 kW Torque: 173 N.m Fuel consumption: 9,96 L/100 km

Soichiro Honda’s love of engineering was cultivated by helping his father to repair bicycles, and then cars. He moved on to manufacturing piston rings and then

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