Honda Today is a minivehicle produced by Japanese carmaker Honda starting in 1985. Replaced by Honda Life in 1998. The smallest car Honda produced at the time was Honda City, which is a supermini and has a larger engine than a car license permitted to i kei. The Today represents re-entry to kei car production. Honda had abandoned passenger cars in 1975, opting to produce Honda Acty kei trucks, and microvan Honda Street for the segment. Previously, Honda's smallest car was a Honda Civic, followed by a smaller Honda City in 1981.
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History
First generation
The first generation Today was introduced in September 1985 as a three-door hatchback, with a wheelbase of 2,330 mm (91.7 inches). It is intended to be listed as a light commercial vehicle, to meet Japanese tax requirements. Today was originally launched with three different model specifications, with the entry model being the 'F' model, followed by the 'M' model and the top of the 'G' range. Today is only intended for the Japanese domestic market. It was introduced at a newly established Japanese dealer called Honda Primo location along with Primo "headliner" sedan, Honda Civic. The look of a flat roof hatchback design is shared with the larger Honda City supermini, the Honda Civic subcompact, and the compact Honda Accord AeroDeck. Originally available with either a four-speed manual or three-speed automatic, it's powered by a water-cooled two-cylinder Honda EH series OHC 545Ã, cc engine - just like used in an Acty kei truck. In a market where a three-cylinder engine is the norm, this unit is outdated and replaced by four-cylinder four-valve E05A 547Ã, cc engine in February 1988. The rear axle is a torsion beam with a coil spring. Together with the new regulations in March 1990, the bumper was enlarged to give the car a length of 3,295 mm (129.7 inches), and the engine was enlarged to 656 cc. In April 1990, came a permanent version of four wheel drive with independent rear axle.
Today's second generation was introduced in 1993 and designed around passenger comfort, unlike the more utilitarian original model. The original commercial model, called "Today Pro" a few years, remained in production in parallel until 1998, when the car regulation was changed.
Second generation
In January 1993, a redesigned Honda Today was announced. The car does not have a hatchback; in its place is the trunk lid that opened down to form the rear door, like three doors Civic 1991 (Today's back window is not open). The interior is not symmetrical: the driver's seat is slightly larger than the front passenger seat. These features were decided after research showed that the targeted car audiences were mostly single young women who often drove alone, with little need for cargo space. Originally available only as two doors, in May 1993 a four-door version was added, named Today Associe.
Today 1993 is available with two engines, a standard 656 cc six-cylinder fuel injection engine, and a high output version of the same engine as the MTREC technology, borrowed from Honda Beat. Both engines are available with a five-speed manual or a three-speed automatic gearbox. All wheel drive (using realtime 4WD technology) is available with Q trim level.
For the early facelift in 1996, Honda removed the tailgate rear door, and replaced it with a traditional hatchback door. This requires some redesigns on the back, because the rear window is initially twisted to the side. A common characteristic with both generations is the use of only one windshield wiper arm for the windshield due to the small dimensions of the vehicle.
End
Considering the success of the Suzuki Wagon R, Honda decided to introduce a modern version of the Honda Life "StepVan" of the 1970s, and reintroduced the Honda Life model name in 1997. When the car regulation changed in October 1998, it required redesign, Life received redesign, while Today, which is a modern interpretation of Honda's first three-door hatchback, was stopped.
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Media appearance
Honda Today often appear in K? Suke Fujishima You're Under Arrest as the main transport for the main character. The vehicles featured are very personal minipato cars (police patrol cars) with modifications such as nitrous oxide, turbo and others, and with Motocompo folding bikes stored in the rear compartment.
Honda Today is also featured on Gran Turismo 4.
It appears next to many of his car's fellow in Kat's Run: Zen-Nippon K Senshuken Car for Super Famicom.
It also appears in Patlabor as Main Car for Character
The car usually has a slight modification to Miyuki Kobayakawa
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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