Honda City’s are pretty cool in their own right but this custom tuner went above and beyond and made a bonafide 6-wheeler.
Only recently are people in the United States discovering the joys of older Japanese cars from the 90’s thanks to that 25-year import law and one of those cars is the Honda City, a subcompact that’s almost Kei-sized. With so many variants of the City, tuning them isn’t even on our radar at the moment so when I came across this Honda City Turbo II custom six-wheeler earlier this week (Oct. 16,2018) I almost did a spit-take. Thanks to a RT from Twitter user @twrism informing me of the existence of this rare car, I had to do a little research.
A side note, even though it’s not a Kei-car, that hasn’t stopped me or any other Honda City fans from lumping it into the Kei car category.
６輪車のシティw これは目立つww RT @ASOBLOCK: アソブロックのオフィシャルカー。 世にも珍しい… 6輪車のホンダ シティです！！ 大注目のイエロー！ 岐阜・長野・三重を既に1,500キロ疾走しています。 pic.twitter.com/OWPHIlBh
— rism (@twrism) December 21, 2011
First of all, this is no ordinary City, it’s the widebody turbocharged variant, the City Turbo II. Like many special variants, presumably not many of these hot hatches were made. Under the hood is a turbocharged and intercooled 1.2L engine good for 110 HP and 118 lb-ft. That doesn’t sound like much but in something that weighs under 1,500 pounds, less than a regular Civic of the time, that was more than enough.
Not so keen eyes will notice that the rear of this City Turbo II has been chopped, lengthened, and an extra set of wheels affixed. The rear retains its original tail lights, but, instead of a rear passenger compartment, it’s opened up exposing a tiny bed.
Here’s a video of the real life six-wheeler putting around.
As the video title suggests, this rare breed is in Japan. Unfortunately, it’s the ONLY video I could find at the moment of this six-wheeler in action. Nonetheless, it’s a pretty good one at that. I’ve left a comment on the YouTube video asking for more information. I’ll surely update y’all with more info as it comes in.
As to the why this thing exists, it’s pretty clear that this City isn’t going off-road so the extra carrying load capacity and traction probably aren’t going to be utilized to the fullest.
Nonetheless, its execution, as almost everything Japanese, is excellent making it one of the most unique subcompacts in the world.
Source: Twitter
