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Touge Battle Between Honda S660 and Suzuki Alto Turbo RS Proves 64 HP Is Fun

Somehow, YouTube needs to figure out a way to notify us when awesome Japanese videos come out because the language barrier is a tough one. Up next, we're going to show you a Touge Battle between two brand-new kei car champions, Honda's S660 Modulo and the Suzuki Alto Turbo RS.
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Not only do these videos showcase two cool little machines that we wish we could buy but they also feature a cute race queen dressed as a leopard that nods politely to everything Drift King Tsuchiya and a few other racing drivers say.

Somehow, girls in revealing skirts make everything better, not that we didn't know this already. Speaking of making everything better, the S660 potency is improved by a blue pill from in-house tuner Modulo. They've crafted plenty of cosmetic and hardware enhancements that range from LED headlights to lightweight alloy wheels with sticky rubber.

Considering how small this sportscar is, we are amazed that some of these available options are so expensive. For example, the lights are the equivalent of $1,000. But the land of Godzilla doesn't judge things by their size. Both contenders belong to the kei car class, which means they are even shorter than the Fiat 500 and can pack only a 660cc engine with 64 horsepower.

In most other ways, the contenders are totally different. The S660 is designed like a true sportscar, having the engine behind the driver, a removable roof and a low body. Meanwhile, the Alto Turbo RS is the Japanese equivalent of a hot hatch, being based on a regular family car yet taking advantage of Suzuki's racing experience.

In the slalom test, the Alto Turbo RS exhibits "not too much body roll," but it's 1 second slower than the S660. However, it's only when they perform a track battle that the Honda reveals itself to be a baby NSX with excellent on-the-limit handling, a rear-biased weight distribution and a manual gearbox.

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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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