TOKYO -- Last month Honda Motor Co. said it will develop a V10 engine for the successor to its NSX sports car. Now it says a V8 is possible for some of its other vehicles.
"After we build a V10, why couldn't we make a V8?" says Takeo ***ui, Honda's president. "It's about time to start thinking of it."
***ui says Honda must offer something new to customers who now own V6 vehicles, such as the Ridgeline pickup and MDX SUV.
"If we won't offer them upscale versions above those models, that would be a problem," he says.
***ui expects a V8 engine to be one option to attract those customers. Among others, he says, could be a V-6 diesel. Without such new engines, he says, "We can't see more growth."
He expects Honda to decide whether it will produce a V8 in about three years, after the V10's debut.
Honda has long resisted a production V8, saying it can produce sufficiently powerful V6s.
"After we build a V10, why couldn't we make a V8?" says Takeo ***ui, Honda's president. "It's about time to start thinking of it."
***ui says Honda must offer something new to customers who now own V6 vehicles, such as the Ridgeline pickup and MDX SUV.
"If we won't offer them upscale versions above those models, that would be a problem," he says.
***ui expects a V8 engine to be one option to attract those customers. Among others, he says, could be a V-6 diesel. Without such new engines, he says, "We can't see more growth."
He expects Honda to decide whether it will produce a V8 in about three years, after the V10's debut.
Honda has long resisted a production V8, saying it can produce sufficiently powerful V6s.
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