Concerto 1.5i Hatchback

1st gen (MA) · 1988–1994FWD

Five-door Concerto hatchback for Europe, sold from 1988 to 1994, with a 1.5 litre four-cylinder petrol engine making 90 PS, driven through a manual gearbox to the front wheels. It was the smaller of the two European hatchback engines. Honda developed the Concerto together with Austin Rover, which sold a version as the Rover 200.

89 hpPower

1988-1994Year

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Concerto 1.5i Hatchback, every angle

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Engineering passport

Specifications

Powertrain

Engineering details

Displacement1.5 L

Cylinders4

FuelPetrol

TransmissionManual

DrivetrainFWD

Power89 hp

STORY

Honda announced the Concerto on 15 June 1988 and put the four-door sedan on sale on 16 June through its Clio dealers in Japan, with the four-wheel-drive sedan and a five-door following on 1 July. Honda's release noted that the five-door was developed jointly with Austin Rover from the outset. The Rover 200 launched in 1989 was built alongside the Concerto at Rover's Longbridge plant, and the later Rover 400 shared its core structure, with a rear glasshouse unique to Rover. Japanese production ended in 1992. A badge-engineered Rover 218 SLD with a Peugeot 1.8 diesel, the Concerto TD, was sold from 1994 to 1996.

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