Honda Concept M introduced at 2013 Auto Shanghai

An MPV for Chinese market

Honda has officially revealed in Shanghai today the Concept M, following an announcement made about two weeks ago.

It represents a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) developed specifically for the local Chinese market. It was designed by the Automobile R&D Center of Honda R&D in Japan and gives us a clue about an upcoming model which will be launched in China soon.

Honda promises to bring a "new-value vehicle that offers the attributes of a passenger car while adding new value through the realization of a comfortable and spacious cabin". It has one of the busiest designs ever seen on an MPV, especially when looking at the front and rear fascias.

Since this is just a concept, we expect the production version to look significantly toned down, but not necessarily in a good way judging by the looks of the Crider which is essentially a production version of the quite appealing Concept C.

Source;
http://www.worldcarfans.com/113042056786/honda-concept-m-introduced-at-2013-auto-shanghai-video

Temple of VTEC; 2014 Honda Odyssey Minor Model Change Information

2013 Honda Odyssey

Well, it's that time again, the current Odyssey has been out since 2011, they will keep the vehicle around for 5yrs and do a full redesign/update.  However, halfway through the life cycle of the vehicle they will do a minor model change.  Looks like www.vtec.net got the jump on things for updates, now keep in mind the colours are for the US market for now, the Canadian market always gets a more limited selection.

"The Odyssey will be receiving its mid-cycle model updates for the 2014 year and we're hearing that it will receive some interesting updates. The factory will be accepting orders from dealers beginning next month, and we're told that timing-wise this points to an onsale date of mid to late Summer.

We can confirm (from the order sheet that we saw) that 6-speed automatic transmissions will be standard across the board for the 2014 Odyssey. As for the other updates, you can probably pretty much guess the list of what's coming, but we've specifically heard about the following items:

• Earth Dreams engine (we expect that to mean the 3/6-cyl VCM + VTEC setup employed by the 2013 Accord).
• Lane Watch (mirror-cam)
• Lane Departure Warning
• Multi view backup camera
• (POSSIBLE) LED headlights/taillights for Touring Elite Model
• Adaptive cruise control

There could be more stuff coming as well, but these are some of the key items that we've heard.

UPDATE: We just received this listing of available colors:
LX
OBSIDIAN BLUE PEARL/GRAY
MODERN STEEL METALLIC/GRAY
DARK CHERRY PEARL/BEIGE
ALABASTER SILVER METALLIC/TRUFFLE
ALABASTER SILVER METALLIC/GRAY
WHITE DIAMOND PEARL/BEIGE

EX
CRYSTAL BLACK PEARL/TRUFFLE
CELESTIAL BLUE METALLIC/GRAY
SMOKY TOPAZ METALLIC/TRUFFLE
OBSIDIAN BLUE PEARL/GRAY
CRYSTAL BLACK PEARL/GRAY
MODERN STEEL METALLIC/GRAY
DARK CHERRY PEARL/BEIGE
ALABASTER SILVER METALLIC/TRUFFLE
ALABASTER SILVER METALLIC/GRAY
WHITE DIAMOND PEARL/BEIGE

EXL/ NAV/RES
CRYSTAL BLACK PEARL/TRUFFLE
CELESTIAL BLUE METALLIC/GRAY
SMOKY TOPAZ METALLIC/TRUFFLE
OBSIDIAN BLUE PEARL/GRAY
CRYSTAL BLACK PEARL/GRAY
MODERN STEEL METALLIC/GRAY
DARK CHERRY PEARL/BEIGE
ALABASTER SILVER METALLIC/TRUFFLE
ALABASTER SILVER METALLIC/GRAY
WHITE DIAMOND PEARL/TRUFFLE
WHITE DIAMOND PEARL/BEIGE

TOURING/ TOURING ELITE
CRYSTAL BLACK PEARL/TRUFFLE
CELESTIAL BLUE METALLIC/GRAY
SMOKY TOPAZ METALLIC/TRUFFLE
OBSIDIAN BLUE PEARL/GRAY
CRYSTAL BLACK PEARL/GRAY
MODERN STEEL METALLIC/GRAY
DARK CHERRY PEARL/BEIGE
ALABASTER SILVER METALLIC/TRUFFLE
ALABASTER SILVER METALLIC/GRAY
WHITE DIAMOND PEARL/TRUFFLE
WHITE DIAMOND PEARL/BEIGE


Last month, the Odyssey trailed Dodge, Toyota, and Chrysler in monthly sales, so it's probably a good time for the MMC to be rolling out soon."
 
Source;
http://www.vtec.net/news/news-item?news_item_id=1136176