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If you are a petrolhead, then you have no excuse to not know about the “VTEC just kicked in, yo!” line. If you don’t, consider it as 4chan rambling for sudden-velocity situations and to describe souped up ricers.
This being autoevolution, let's move on to the VTEC side of the deal, the acronym that stands for Honda’s proprietary variable valve control technology. It’s funny how VTEC originated from the 1983 Honda CBR400 motorbike, then it was adopted for passenger cars starting with the double overhead camshaft B16-powered Integra XSi from 1989.
Since then, the Japanese manufacturer continuously improved on this engine technology, but also added variations such as AVTEC, i-VTEC and even i-VTEC Hybrid. The first time “turbo” was said in the same sentence as “VTEC” by a Honda official was back in 2013, with initial implementation of the VTEC Turbo label to arrive with the 2015 Honda Civic Type R hot hatchback everyone is looking forward to.
Slated to churn out more than 280 horsepower from 2 liters displacement, the VTEC Turbo and its carrier will debut in Europe this summer in front-wheel drive guise. An undisclosed number of other 4-cylinder VTEC Turbo engines will enter production later this year at the automaker’s Anna engine factory in Ohio, mills that "will deliver fun-to-drive performance while supporting fuel efficiency at a very high level."
The manufacturer also disclosed that a new battery-electric vehicle and a new plug-in hybrid model will join Honda’s US lineup by 2018, while the Honda FCV-based fuel-cell vehicle will be launched in 2016.
Since then, the Japanese manufacturer continuously improved on this engine technology, but also added variations such as AVTEC, i-VTEC and even i-VTEC Hybrid. The first time “turbo” was said in the same sentence as “VTEC” by a Honda official was back in 2013, with initial implementation of the VTEC Turbo label to arrive with the 2015 Honda Civic Type R hot hatchback everyone is looking forward to.
Slated to churn out more than 280 horsepower from 2 liters displacement, the VTEC Turbo and its carrier will debut in Europe this summer in front-wheel drive guise. An undisclosed number of other 4-cylinder VTEC Turbo engines will enter production later this year at the automaker’s Anna engine factory in Ohio, mills that "will deliver fun-to-drive performance while supporting fuel efficiency at a very high level."
The manufacturer also disclosed that a new battery-electric vehicle and a new plug-in hybrid model will join Honda’s US lineup by 2018, while the Honda FCV-based fuel-cell vehicle will be launched in 2016.
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