Paris Motor Show – Honda will unveil a very advanced concept at the 2018 Paris Motor Show – HONDA occasions

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Honda will unveil a highly advanced concept at the 2018 Paris Motorcycle Show

Paris Motor Show - Honda will unveil a very advanced concept at the 2018 Paris Motor Show - HONDA occasions

Site reviews the troops present at the Mondial de la Moto de Paris 2018, scheduled for Porte de Versailles from October 4 to 10. Honda will exhibit almost all of its motorcycles and scooters on a large stand, one of the stars of which will be a new and "particularly successful" concept that will be unveiled exclusively at the French show. ! Explanations.

Site: Will Honda be officially present at the 2018 Paris Motorcycle Show, which this year has the particularity of being coupled with the Mondial de l’Automobile? In what form and with what means ?

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Bruno Skotnicki, amotorcycle press officer Honda France: Honda will be present in Hall 3 (reserved for the motorcycle part, editor’s note) in a completely official manner on a stand with an area of ​​more than 500 m2. Around thirty machines will be exhibited there, i.e. almost the entire range with the exception of off-road motorcycles..

MNC: Do you plan to reveal "real" novelties there, knowing that the French meeting collides with Intermot from October 3 to 7 in Cologne (Germany) and that the very popular EICMA will open its doors in Milan (Italy ) barely a month later (November 6-11) ?

B. S .: A concept will be presented in Paris during our press conference on October 3 at 1:30 p.m. This concept is particularly successful … and it will only be present in Paris! However, nothing new will be presented in Cologne..

MNC: What events do you plan to attract Parisian visitors? ? 

B. S. : A contest will be activated from this Tuesday, September 25 on our Facebook page to win tickets to the Mondial de Paris.  

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Signing sessions will also be organized on Saturday 6 October with two brand ambassadors, Sebastien Charpentier and Jean-Michel Bayle. Then, Sunday October 7, with two of the three drivers of the F.C.C TSR Honda France endurance team,: Freddy Foray and Mike di Meglio.

The opinion of the Journal moto du Net

Honda, like BMW and Suzuki, is one of the manufacturers directly concerned by the reunification of the "auto" and "motorcycle" worlds at the 2018 Paris Motor Show, which poses additional constraints to be worthily represented in the game " car "and" two-wheelers "of the Exhibition Center…

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To make matters worse, the Parisian event "new formula" collides head-on with the Cologne motorcycle show (Germany) which starts the day before! So many parameters which raised fears of possible compromises on the part of manufacturers with "double hats", potentially tempted to put the package on their car production in Paris to the detriment of their motorcycle range…

But unlike who will be content to exhibit motorcycles near its new cars, Honda takes the problem head-on to satisfy its two categories of customers: a stand in Hall 2 for its cars and another in hall 3 for its motorcycles and scooters.

Another proof of the importance given to French bikers: the world giant reserves for the Paris Mondial the presentation of a concept "particularly successful", according to information obtained by MNC. What to encourage to go to the stand of the Japanese manufacturer, whose surface of "more than 500 m2" compares with the 600 m2 of .

Paris Motor Show - Honda will unveil a very advanced concept at the 2018 Paris Motor Show - HONDA occasions

Since the French subsidiary revealed to the Journal moto du Net the presence of this mysterious concept, our curiosity is seriously piqued because Honda has taken the habit of presenting concepts before introducing its "real" novelties, in order to collect feedback direct to validate the serial version. 

Thus the, the and the were first presented in the form of very advanced prototypes in Milan (Italy), one or two years before joining the range. A Honda concept therefore really lets glimpse the underside of a possible production model, where others turn out to be only "tease" shows !

What paths will Honda follow in 2019 ?

The Honda range has been seriously updated over the past two years (,, and the entire NC750 range, from now on), which limits the slots that can be exploited by new 2019 products. The can also be ruled out as far as it is is already offered one, coupled with a new version (below). 

Paris Motor Show - Honda will unveil a very advanced concept at the 2018 Paris Motor Show - HONDA occasions

On the other hand, the road bike segment has been left out for some time now: the and, for example, have a hard time facing often more modern competitors … Likewise, fans are desperately waiting for a new capable model. to take up the torch. Meanwhile, the (soon) and others are getting the lion’s share !

In addition, the CB500 series has not undergone major developments since 2016: Honda will not let the opportunity to maintain the enviable success of, and of the, thanks to technical and aesthetic modifications pass much longer….

Finally, the custom range, to date only articulated around it, would benefit from expanding with larger displacement motorcycles to constitute a real alternative to Harley-Davidson: a single motorcycle to satisfy bikers in Japanese sauce, that is. is a bit short for a generalist manufacturer like Honda.

The concept in Paris, the novelties in Milan !

As for the famous very advanced concept that Honda will unveil in France, MNC leans for a new interpretation of the "Neo Sports Cafe" style implemented last year on the, and. Remember that behind this name hides the exploitation of the vintage wave by Honda, which combines modern and classic aspects on these three roadsters.  

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Building on the success of this initiative, Honda could continue on this path but in another category: we are thinking in particular of a scrambler – very popular at the moment – or a cafe racer type motorcycle, a genre also very popular on which the ci above, revealed last year in Milan.

Unless Honda takes everyone by surprise with a brand new roadster with sporting pretensions, with a displacement of between 750 and 900 cc, responsible for damning the pawn in, and others? A motorcycle more "hairy" than the but less intimidating than the? In short: a Hornet 800 or 900 !

To find out, see you at the Paris Motor Show next week and especially at the EICMA in Milan in early November, where Honda will unveil all of its 2019 novelties. !

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