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Honda supercar proves we can still be hip and green
By BYRON MATHIOUDAKIS
HONDA has rolled out yet another
supercar concept, but one with a very
big twist.
Looking like a cross between a Lamborghini
Countach in silhouette, Clarence the crosseyed
lion front-on and a modern jet-fighter
from behind, the FC Sport design study is a
hydrogen-powered electric concept vehicle.
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It is based on the FCX Clarity sedan that
is available in very limited and controlled
numbers for lease in Japan and some parts of
the United States.
Do not get too excited, though, because this
is merely a show car that has been devised to
give us a glimpse of what Honda may conjure
up some time in the latter part of the next
decade.
Nevertheless, the FC Sport has been
designed to display the myriad new packaging
possibilities of fuel-cell technology within a
supercar framework.
Among its many features are a staggered
three-person seating arrangement (similar
to the McLaren F1 supercar), a low centre
of gravity and, of course, absolutely zero
emissions.
At the FC Sport Concept’s heart is the
Clarity’s ‘V Flow’ fuel cell technology –
carefully arranged in a modular format to
maximise packaging – to provide what Honda
calls “supercar levels of performance”.
Aiding this is a thorough low-weight regime
and systematically-honed aerodynamics. Most
of the car’s mass is centred between the front
and rear axles, creating “a balanced” weight
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