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Take a look at the Skydeck gallery.
After its unveil this week in Tokyo, we thought we’d give you a bit more information about Honda’s Skydeck, the crazy-doored concept sharing a stand with the nearly-production CR-Z.
The only problem is that there isn’t really much more information. The Skydeck is described as a hybrid MPV demonstrating how Honda’s petrol-electric technology can be squeezed into different shaped cars.
In the Skydeck, the battery pack sits within the central ‘transmission tunnel’, lowering the centre of gravity and freeing up interior space.
Honda has also done its best to incorporate every weird door configuration known to man: the front doors are scissor arrangements that hinge forward, Lambo-style, while the rears drop down and slide to the back of the Skydeck. We’re a bit disappointed they didn’t manage to fit at least one gullwing in there somewhere...
Beyond that, we know not very much. It has been speculated that the Skydeck previews a replacement for the FR-V, most probably because it is similarly six-seated, albeit in three rows of two rather than two rows of three.
But Honda is keen to stress that the Skydeck is nothing more than a design study, with no plans for production. A pity, or are those doors just too damn kerrazy for you?
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PetrolheadViper commented on this article
at 06:23 pm on 23 October 2009
Another mpv on the market. Do we really need this.
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 07:23 pm on 23 October 2009
Well I'd like there to be a big Japanese MPV - considering what they can squeeze into Kei cars, imagine how much stuff this could swallow! The problem with the current MPV market is that all people make these days are small 7-seaters and inflated hatchbacks like Grand Scenics and stuff. The biggest - now the Espace has passed - is the Ford Galaxy, which is trying to be a long, tall estate, and still isn't quite big enough. What some families need is room for 6/7 people AND their holiday luggage, not a 5-plus-2 with seats in the boot. All these people have now is a Hyundai i800.
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nekio commented on this article
at 07:54 pm on 23 October 2009
There is no rear opening hatch ? Because that would be your gullwing. :P
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BennyBoy0501 commented on this article
at 09:22 pm on 23 October 2009
Wow...how much do I not want one of those... Look at the wheels on that thing! They're the colour of melted fake grass. You buy that, and you'll live out the rest of your days with your man-parts dangling from the rear-view mirror like a pair of fuzzy dice. I never want to look at that thing again.
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Afaque commented on this article
at 11:12 pm on 23 October 2009
Yup, the rear hatch would be the gullwing there!!
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