Honda del sol: Fact or Fiction

[Redlyne_mr2]

I was sitting down with some friends tonight talking about cars when the honda del sol came into discussion. A friend of mine was saying that the honda del sol in all other continents other than North America had the same targa roof however the roof could be removed automatically. He told me that at a push of a button the rear trunk would open and electric arms would come out and take the targa roof off and bring it into the trunk. Is this true? If it is I can't believe I never knew about it. Does anyone have pics of vids thanks

[nismodrifter]

yeah its true...I'll find an animation and post it here in a sec

edit: there was actually a thread about this on beyond a long time back...heres a link to a VIDEO of what it does
http://www.honda.co.jp/HDTV/MotionGa...r_x/index.html

[l/l/rX]

...isnt that an add on you have to do yourself? they come stock where you have to do it manually. i thought the whole automatic thing was some sort of an add on.???

[Skylinelover]

That looks consept (sp) That is probally only with like 1 or 2 and if you want it it is an extra 30 grand.

[Redlyne_mr2]

Originally posted by Skylinelover
That looks consept (sp) That is probally only with like 1 or 2 and if you want it it is an extra 30 grand.

Why would you make such a false assumption when it is known that that's how the non-north american del sols came?

Btw thanks alot for the link nismo...that setup is awesome even if it does take a minute and a half to remove the targa

[saiyajin]

whoa that looks sweet hah

[nismodrifter]

it is NOT a concept...it is found in jap/euro del sols

[SI-vic]

seems slow to take off but DEFINITLY pimp!

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by nismodrifter
it is NOT a concept...it is found in jap/euro del sols

Neat-o link Nismo....man JDM land gets everything huh??

[hyperwhite]

whoa! thats crazy man. i wonder how much a conversion would cost $$$

[Ridelikeme]

wow...that is amazing, and it only takes around 30 seconds, that is actually almost cooler than the hard top convertibles like the sc430 and whichever mercedes have them... bmw is fallen a step behind on this convertible technology, they should have used it on the 6 series

[Seanith]

holy shit thats sweet!

[shadowz]

Yea the Del Sol (CRX) Has an auto roof, I believe theres a couple guys in Ont with that motorized roof

[Lennon]

Wow, that really is slow as hell, cool, but slow.

[topher91]

Its really cool but the mechanism takes up half the trunk space, small as it already is and also adds about 200lbs I heard. Look on Cardomain.com they have tons of people with it.

[dam_guy]

just wanted to add

[topher91]

Oh yea.....The correct term they use for it is "Trans-Top" , I couldn't remember it earlier.

[finboy]

meh, i'd still take an aerocabin over that

[habsfan]

thats awesome! especially considering the fact that technology is on a small honda from the mid 90s

[Chester]

I always thought that was an add-on you had to do yourself