SEMA 2011: Honda Introduces Si HFP, Supercharged Accord Prototype

[AF News Desk]

If you've been waiting for Honda to wow you with their upcoming offerings, your wait may be over.

The company used SEMA as the backdrop to introduce some new Civic offerings and a prototype Accord that sports a supercharger and 333hp – more than 60 additional horses in comparison to their standard V6 model.

The story from AutoWeek:

Originally Posted by By Jonathan Wong – AutoWeek, 11/1/11

Honda reveals hot Civics,
supercharged Accord coupe at SEMA

Following the launch of the new 2012 Civic, Honda used the SEMA show to announce news surrounding the ninth-generation model and to debut a prototype Accord sporting a supercharger.

For the regular road-going enthusiast is the Civic Si Coupe HFP (for Honda Factory Performance). The dealer-installed kit includes a HFP sport suspension which lowers ride height by 15 millimeters and adds stiffer springs, shocks and 18-inch HFP wheels with Yokohama AVID W4S tires.

The Civic Si Coupe HFP is also the first product on which HFP has collaborated with Honda's in-house racing arm, Honda Performance Development (HPD) to test and verify the package's performance improvements on the track compared with those of the stock Si. According to Honda, the relationship between the two will further strengthen on future products.

To dress up the outside, the HFP kit includes a front lip spoiler, side sills and a rear bumper underbody spoiler, while the interior gains LED ambient lighting. The entire package retails for $4,244 and carries a three-year/36,000-mile warranty when installed at the time of the new-car purchase.

For the track warriors, Honda had a race-prepped 2012 Civic Si coupe prepared by Compass360 Racing, which had its first shakedown run at the World Challenge season finale at Road Atlanta in September. In hopes of expanding its racing presence, HPD will offer the Civic coupe body-in-white for $3,500, which will save potential Civic Si racers from having to purchase a fully equipped stock vehicle and tear it apart. To date, Honda has sold close to 10 bodies, which can be fully built up through HPD's parts catalog that includes engines built by longtime Honda/Acura racers RealTime Racing out of Wisconsin.

Finally, Honda showed off an Accord coupe V6 concept outfitted with the HFP package with upgraded suspension, body kit and rims. The concept part of the equation comes from a HPD-tuned supercharger, intake and exhaust system. Estimated output figures according to Honda come in at 333 hp and 285 lb-ft of torque, which is up from the stock V6's output of 271 hp and 254 lb-ft of torque.

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These all sound like great additions to the Honda family, despite some hefty price tags for each (and I'm sure the Accord won't come cheap, either).

I especially liked how there was collaboration between Honda Factory Performance and Honda Performance Development in testing the abilities of the new Civic Si models, which they haven't done in the past.

Hopefully the extra attention to detail will render some good results for the company and its customers alike.

[Moppie]

Found some footage of the racing Civic: http://youtu.be/03Sc3SR1b9s


Looks like fun!

Now is HFP a US only thing?
Looks like it's the US arm of the company supporting the US market in an attempt to replicate what Mugen does in Japan, Europe and Oceania.