{"id":152750,"date":"2025-02-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorcycles.news\/?p=152750"},"modified":"2025-02-25T20:28:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:28:45","slug":"honda-v3-concept-progress-and-new-indications-of-a-production-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/honda-v3-concept-progress-and-new-indications-of-a-production-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda V3 Concept: progress and new indications of a production version?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks have now passed and the question is what has happened since then.\u00a0 One of the latest revelations is a teaser video that hints at the sound of the V3 engine &#8211; albeit only for attentive listeners.\u00a0 The video is very short and provides neither detailed information nor visual insights into the concept.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Trademark protection application for \u201cV3R\u201d has appeared in the UK<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to the acoustic preview, there is another indication of a possible production version: Honda has registered the trademark \u201cV3R\u201d in the UK.\u00a0 No images are included in the application, but the name matches Honda&#8217;s previous naming convention for motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p>The trademark registration is under the classification for \u201cvehicles\u201d, which includes cars, tricycles and motorcycles.\u00a0 This suggests that it could be a two-wheeled vehicle.\u00a0 However, it cannot be ruled out that it is an engine that could also be used in other vehicle categories such as quads or UTVs.<\/p>\n<p>It is also interesting to note that Honda has only registered a few new brand names in recent years.\u00a0 In addition to \u201cV3R\u201d, which was registered on February 18, 2025, there is \u201ce:Ny6\u201d, for example, which was registered in March 2022.\u00a0 The name is reminiscent of the Honda e electric vehicles, which shows that Honda is using its naming strategically.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>What future does the V3 concept have?<\/h3>\n<p>Whether the name \u201cV3R\u201d actually refers to a future motorcycle or an engine technology for different vehicle types remains to be seen.\u00a0 Honda has not yet provided any more precise details.\u00a0 The V3 project therefore remains exciting, and it remains to be seen when Honda will reveal more details.<\/p>\n<p>[amazon bestseller=&#8221;V3 Motorr\u00e4der&#8221; items=&#8221;3&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"New V3 Engine Concept | Honda Motorcycles\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iJEMQ6VzvfM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honda is continuing to work on its V3 engine concept, which was first presented at the EICMA 2024.\u00a0 Now there are new developments that indicate that the project has made further progress.\u00a0 According to Minoru Kato, Chief Officer of the Honda Motorcycle and Power Products Division, a drivable prototype already exists, which he has tested himself.\u00a0 This information was announced at the end of January during Honda&#8217;s annual outlook presentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":152919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":12,"footnotes":""},"categories":[718,711],"tags":[713,714,1060],"class_list":["post-152750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-motorcycles","category-news-en","tag-honda-en-2","tag-news-en","tag-rumors"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}