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This Yellow Pearl Honda Beat has a 656 cc three-cylinder with 63 hp and 44 lb-ft. Power from the tiny engine is sent to the rear wheels through a five-speed manual. While the three-cylinder lacks power, it revs through to a screaming 8,500 rpm. If you live in the US and want to own a fun and lightweight sports car that won’t break the bank, the Mazda MX-5 is almost always the answer. If the correct answer bores you, though, then something like this Honda Beat might be right up your alley. Read: This Honda Kei Van Needs A Lifetime And All Five Gears Just To Hit 60 MPH Honda launched it in 1991, alongside Japan’s other pint-sized sports cars of the era, the Suzuki Cappuccino and Mazda’s gullwing-door AutoZam AZ-1 . The Beat borrowed its layout from upstairs with an engine behind the seats and drive to the rear wheels. A baby NSX, in other words, squeezed into kei car rules. It stayed in production until early 1996, by which point Honda ha...

The slick, hard pack surface of the Afyon Motor Sport Center saw two tough Qualifying Races today with sunshine and some medium strength winds drying the circuit out rapidly towards the end of the Saturday programme at the MXGP of Türkiye! The MXGP Qualifying Race was kept close at the top for the entire race, but Jeffrey Herlings finally put a stunning pass on his Honda HRC Petronas teammate Tom Vialle to take the win away on the penultimate lap, while the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP machine of Tim Gajser was also close to the top in taking third place. The win puts “The Bullet” even closer to being able to clinch the World Championship in tomorrow’s opening MXGP race! In MX2, Guillem Farres made a much earlier pass for the lead, and brought it home from there for his second Qualifying Race win for the Triumph Racing Factory Team, building his points advantage slightly over Sacha Coenen, who finished second for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. Liam Everts continued his good run...