gocubsgo55

What is this?

http://www.honda.co.jp/AIRWAVE/

Zapata

wagon with fully retractable sun roof....

stangg172004

sounds like a good idea, but i think GM thought of that already....

gavriil

This looks very interesting. Click on What's AIRWAVE and see the flash show.

BuddySol

I had made a thread in CarTalk...https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...hlight=airwave
...but yah, I found out the Airwave was based off the Fit/Jazz platform.

stangg172004

wow, i saw that flach thing, its just a big ass sun roof! where do they put it when its open? maybe its an inverted version of the G6's sunroof which stacks its self, it might stack inside in the trunk area...

titan

Huuugge roof.

F23A4

As the father of two in a family of four, I'd be interested in something like this. (so long as it at least has the current AV6 powertrain )

phile

If you watch the flash preview (very boring, BTW) the ending shot has a view of the front at an overhead angle. It resembles the Civic concept that was just unveiled, except it a grille instead of the lights running across from one end of a headlight to the other end. Even the hood bulge is similar.

Perhaps Honda intends to go after the tC's panoramic roof with the new Civic...

BuddySol

I believe it's not a retractable moonroof/sunroof...it's just a plain glass roof. It's a 5-seater wagon, around the size of a Civic.

charliemike

That's what I thought. I'm guessing that using electricity, you can make the glass clear or tinted by a switch or even better, a rheostat.

Pretty interesting but to be honest, glass cannot possibly be a strong as metal. I wouldn't want my passenger compartment exposed like that during a rollover if one happened.

CGTSX2004

iTrader: (1)

Update from TOV on the Airwave.

http://www.vtec.net/news/news-item?news_item_id=344616

This includes new interior pictures. It looks pretty nice, from what I can see.

titan

^ Very nice indeed. It's truly a station wagon with, but looks like an attractive minivan... I like the looks of it inside and out.

dom

I want one.

phile

The roof is retractable, and it looks huge. But I think you have to keep in mind the car's proportions. Supposedly this is based on the Fit, which is a subcompact (read: smaller than a Civic), so in the end, the moonroof may not be so big.

runnerX

any engine spec and tranny spec?

It is a nice family car. I want one to replace my CLS, so I can have a Boxster S (the wife) and Z4 (mine) at home.

MSZ

Just like most Japanese wagons, this one won't come to North America as well.

AcuraGT-3

Nice and different

heyitsme

For the Us I see no point, its about as attractive as if it had a chevy badge on it, if anything in the compact van size I'd say FRV.

BuddySol

I don't think it retracts at all. glass-roof/sky roof is what it is. Honda itself says "window glass is fixed in position."

BuddySol

Oh...and it sits in between the JDM 5-door Civic (low-end) and Civic Sedan (high end). You just need to look at the dimension specs. It may have been based on the sub-compact Fit, but it is considered a COMPACT wagon.

phile

You're right, it doesn't. I looked at some of the pics with the roof supposedly open, but upon closer inspection you can see slight reflections off of the glass.