1991 Honda Beat: Regular Car Reviews
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- We drive the Honda Beat and discover that it will ruin cars for you forever. This is the closest any vehicle has come to matching the feel of an Airal Atom.
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I lost it when he said “it’s a Honda Civic that got hit by a Mario kart lightning bolt” 😂😂😂
The Euro Ricer same😂😂😂
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When you're in a Beat all the other people on the road are playing Bowser
Yeah I was over cackling like Mark Hamill doing the Joker and shit.
@@pourgoi_6100 where does thatdudeinblue come in
Now do the suzuki cappuccino and you finished the ABC of Kei cars
My thoughts exactly :) Plus the Cappuccino drives the best anyway.
The cappu is a slot car Viper
Ghost963 *cough cough* Copen *cough cough*
*cries in Suzuki X-90*
I have a Cappo he could drive, but I live in Ohio :(
I just sold my Beat PP1, and can confirm that absolutely everything about this review is spot. on. A bonus bit of Beat experience: sitting in the passenger seat as you merge onto the highway, your face within arm’s reach of the wheels of a semi truck. I imagine that is the closest to Mad Max Fury Road that you can get in a street legal car!
"This car is cognitive psychology on 4 wheels."
Sounds about right.
Is that why he is asserting to everyone that he is a student driver?
Da G Not a student driver, just their first year with a drivers license.
Sometimes I'm not smart enough for this channel. What does that even mean?
Vestion the green and yellow arrow looking thing on the back of the car. It’s a “Wakaba” leaf, meant to be worn on the vehicle of a first year driver. Cars displaying this mean that the driver is new, thus inexperienced, and so other drivers may pay more attention to a high risk individual, and possibly even have more patience. If someone cuts you off, your first impressing is that they’re a reckless inconsiderate asshole. But if you knew that they’re driving around with a paper license because they’re THAT new, you may be a little bit more understanding. They’re not an asshole, for now, at least, they’re just ignorant.
In the US though, people into the JDM scene sometimes like to display this leaf, regardless of how many years they’ve been behind the wheel. When my brother turned 16, I got him one for his Acura, because I wanted to get him something for his car. I don’t think he ever displayed it.
@@UmmYeahOk ... how is that cognitive psychology though?
Put a wing on it and see how well it handles corners
I guarantee ｍａｘｉｍｕｍ ｅｕｒｏｂｅａｔ
Too much downforce i dont think it will even move
Cool vibrations, but it's from a Honda beat
Silly wee boy .....bless
Add vtec.
Its so light it’ll handle like a plane because it’ll just fly off.
That dash looks like something straight out of a contemporary Honda sportbike
ArthurAlcantara I was just going to comment that the dash looks like an old fireblade dash.
It basically is a fire blade but CAR
@@Chris-hq7nl You beat me to it.
I like how it is mounted *on* the steering column.
Hm
11:01 you know you drive a special car when it turns heads of an old lady walking her dog
for real man, i missed it till i read your comment..lol
Owning and driving a beat in the state of NJ? Braver than any marine.
Do elaborate (I'm Canadian)
@@Sentient6ix Everyone in Jersey drives with the pure distilled rage and hatred of Canada Gooses
@@Tater1911 that's a bold statement. Our goose has been known to straight up murder bald eagles in their fits of rage
@Iubaru Smpreza Where do you think the majority of Jersey drivers are originally from?
@@Tater1911 I'm from New Jersey and can't argue with your statement.
I've been waiting for this since the A U T O Z A M
Autozam was just Mazda's Kei brand. Most of them were Suzukis
BEEP
Time for the Capuccino, A B C
@@sanstheskeleton2023 I offered Mr. Regular my Cappuccino for review but he hasn't gotten back to me. o well.
@@AutoBat1 did he ask
GO LOOK IT UP
AT ONE POINT IN 2010 THERE WAS 590 HONDA BEATS TOGETHER IN JAPAN.
590 HONDA BEATS IN ONE RACE TRACK.
Took up maybe 2 corners.
Forget the maltese falcon; this is what dreams are made of.
569 and because like most honda events like this it was organized on the speedway part of mobility resort/twinring motegi there were only 2 corners to take up
This review is incredibly accurate. The Beat is a great backroad car that is tons of fun even though you aren't going very fast.
I've had a Beat and a Cappuccino, and they are both great but very different to drive. The Beat is better handling (though mine also had coilovers, where my Cappo does not), and the Beat sounds better...but the Cap has a hard top, more configurations, is much quicker in a straight line (still not fast), is a better highway cruiser and is more practical (with the roof up).
It's hard to say which I like better.
The revs and how close you are to the ground make it seem like you are going fast all the time. Anyways.. boost this thing to 100hp and it probably would be as fast as a modern economy car... But feel like a Corvette!
Where do you live? Just curious, I'd imagine you're not from America, since Beats and Cappuccinos would be a rarity over there.
@@SwapBlogRU I am in America, I've imported both cars myself.
The real problem is living in Dayton there aren't too many good twisty roads around until you get ~90 minutes south or south east. There are a few, roads with a good 7-8 consecutive bends, but they are few and far between.
So the Cappuccino works out a bit better for me.
I never knew either of these cars existed until today. Off to google cappucino lol
@@mickdavis2385 Autozam az-1
It looks like an NSX and an S2000 got mashed together.
Well it is an S660 (I am surprised he didn't mention this).
It looks cool
And then _shrunken significantly_
FineJuggler That was my first thought!
I can put this in the back of my pickup truck!
Ayy what a throwback
Not today's trucks, sadly
@@kevina2052 woooosh!!
@@kevina2052 Or maybe you missed the point.
Kevin A Yeah I think your definitely missing the point. 🤣.
I am a Honda Beat owner and today is my birthday.
Thank you for this wonderful birthday gift :D
Man, I sometimes think that this channel is just an elaborate and long time plan to turn it's audience into slow fast cars lovers
And damn, it sure as hell got me
I want this little three cilinder 60hp guy
Smol Gran Turismo boi
COFFEE BREAK
*FAIL*
OH YEAH- YELLO PLAYS
@@YegoYTP ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
ohhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
The moon, beautiful
The sun, even more beautiful
I'M JUST A SMOL BEAN
BEAT DA BEAT GT2
Captain Spud but not that meat
2 fingers to get inside? An airplane liquor bottle-sized knob? It’s just like high school again!!
I saw this at the RCR car show back in July and this thing had more attention than almost anything else
Ok, last post! You forgot to mention that a road trip at 6000rpm average in one (I've done many) will still get you 50mpg average!
I only ever got ~40mpg...the Cappo gets almost 50 though.
@@Dolby109 I usually get 40mpg driving in the city... On the highway, I'm at over 50mpg cruising at 130-135kph to not touch the fuel cutoff.
@@traxnada Which gallon are you using for conversion?
@@Dolby109 US gallons
That's impressive. I get 55 with my Yamaha FZ6 and I'm not disappointed.
The greek proverb you quoted at 6.48 "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in" really hit me in the feels.
It kind of sounds like the Beat is a motorcycle.
can even lanesplit
Well, the motor is based on a 2-cylinder motorcycle engine with a third cylinder slapped on because _Why Not?_
I've seen a few Beats with bike engine swaps, so yeah.
I think this sounds better than most bikes. Somewhat reminiscent of an old Porsche flat 6.
sounds like a triumph
Every single GT player needs to drive one of these for once in our lives.
Gran Turismo is the reason why I want a Beat; it’s the same reason why some people want a 1st or 2nd Dodge Viper or Impreza Wagon. I just thought it was so silly that a puny slow car also happened to me mid engined, and could compete against MR2s and NSXs in mid engine competitions, with no chance of victory. But I love it anyway and I try. With a max tune and racing tires, I was able to win the endurance race at Grand Valley in GT5 with a Beat.
I actually like that body kit a lot
This is exactly how I feel about my 93 Geo Metro convertible. Small, light, simple, and fun at every speed. 3 cylinders growling away and smiling every where you go!
MTREC E07A engines were exclusively available on two kei-cars, Beat and Today (An econobox of the same era, but only on sport-oriented trim). E07A itself was seen on almost every Honda Kei-cars/trucks/vans at the time.
MTREC on Beat was making 64 PS according to Honda, which was hitting the kei-car voluntary restraint output limitation, and no other kei-car since then achieved similar output with NA engine. On Today it was detuned to 58 PS, but some people prefer the Today’s body since they are lighter and more rigid than Beat, so they use Beat engine and Today body to get ahead of other turbocharged kei-cars when racing against them..
From proud Beat owner in Japan. Thanks a lot Mr. Regular, you make me feel good about driving the Beat more than ever now!
The Today is more rigid and lighter? That's surprising, this one is supposed to be the sporty one lol.
@@reinbeers5322 When I first got the Beat, after driving it for a few hours I got carsick all the time. I think it’s because the windscreen is wobbling just a tiiiiny bit. Not on a Miata though!
That’s how having no solid roof means to a 30 yo kei car I guess😂
@@tetu310 Fair enough, guess the roof really gives the whole car strength. The Beat would probably benefit from a solid hardtop.
Honda Beat. For the guy who wants a del sol but remembers he respects himself
Hey guy. Del sols are amazing
Please do a Cappuccino!
Hi cmilk
I didn't know you watched these haha
How does this car from '91 look so modern?
I get so many people saying the same thing, surprised it's so old. I think it's the body kit.
It's called "timeless"
It doesn't.. at all. It looks dated but its that 90s JDM goodness.
Honda.
one of these would be sweet with a litre bike engine
So it can do 0-60 faster than 13 seconds
Well, it is small enough to not need reverse. Alternatively it's light enough to open the door, stick a leg out and shuffle it reverse.
@@CasualGearheads there are manufacturers that make a reverse gear gearbox inline
Yes! a CBR1100XX Super Blackbird with a reverse gear
How many people put Hayabusa motors in these?
Oh hey there
bruh
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Pedro
Nearly got one of these back before I bought my MR2. There was not one but TWO of these on Craigslist at the same time here near Atlanta. Still want one though. Because I'm not tired of all the sneering brodozer bros and well- intentioned seniors walking over and saying, "Son, I'm just curious, but what is that car?"
I got asked "What is that thing?" so many times I printed it at the top of my info card.
Was in a similar position before I bought my ZZW30. But would still have one if given the chance.
I'm on my second Beat. The first I bought in Japan, and brought to the UK with me about 16 years ago. Sold it when I had kids but nothing since quite scratched that itch, so I bought another one some years back. Nearly nine years of driving them and each drive still feels special.
Btw your friend's car looks like a "C" model, which would be a 92, although these didn't come with an LSD (the later models did). The body kit and HID bulbs are aftermarket. These blue ones are quite rare (with 500 made) if original. Some things from the video - they all came with MTREC (there was no carbed model) and you can delete the rev limiter (I'm not brave enough to do that) which otherwise limits it to an indicated 88mph. A factoid for anyone still reading - the arrow on the back is a 'fresh leaf' which denotes a new driver - old drivers have an old dying leaf!
DID SOMEONE SAY K CAR?!?!?!?
*Lee Iacocca's ghost enters chat*
I don't hit thumbs up until I'm at full mast. Took 14 seconds this time.
You could just press the thumbs up with your finger instead, y'know.
@@maninredhelm ...game changer!
Ikr I fcuking love this shit. No, its not sex, its love.
The Beat got to 60 mph just before that.
You need to unzip the back window just after unlatching the top - lay the open window down on parcel shelf, then continue lowering the top. When putting top back up, zip up window just before latching top into place. This method is in the Owners Manual, and keeps rear window from getting creased.
My daily is an NA Miata (93), And I am dead set convinced that it is the best car in the world because of its light weight, low GC, and tiny engine. It is an auto so that 1.6 liter inline 4 has very little options for gears at high speed, and even with the torque converter locked in overdrive, it turns around 3000 rpm at highway speeds. That noise, combined with the wind, is all consuming, almost drowning out the radio. I would never drive it more than 10 seconds at 5,500 rpm, much less CRUISE there. That little inline 3 is also sitting right behind you, whirring away for hours.
Bravo to anyone who road trips in this car.
Literally just saw this exact car on a back road in NJ
This is the video that sold me on these cars. won a bid for one and is on the boat now.
As a Honda Beat owner here in the UK, I can say hands down I've never had so much fun in any other car, performance or not. Super cheap to run, stupidly reliable, redline with ITB trumpets and HKS exhaust is insane and EVERYBODY looks 😂
Nice but never be a HRS S800 ...bless
* *breathes* *
*I*
*_NEED_*
*IT!*
11:14 _🎶 'Cuz it's a Bitter-beat, Symphony, that's life..🎶_
"It's a 1991 Civic that got hit by a mario kart lighting bolt" lmaoo
“Maybe life is the afterlife” ahhhhh Mr. Regular starting my week off with some good existentialism
How am I 32 years old and this is the first time I've heard this idea. Everyone starts out good in heaven
I think the Roman missed a trick: in the intro he could have done a version of Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine's 'Dr. Beat' : 'Ho ho ho ho Honda Beat!'
Continues to patiently wait for the early 2030s so I can import a Smart Roadster Brabus.
I used to own a Smart Roadster. It's like a kei car you can fit a 6 foot tall adult into. Part of me wishes I never sold it but I'm too old and decrepit to climb in and out of something that low any more. Mine wasn't the Brabus but once it had a 110bhp tune on it that didn't matter. It's the only car I've owned where you can shoot the needle right off the end of the speedometer.
Mister The Geoff From what I hear, they are the most fun you’ll ever have in a slow sports car. I saw one in Italy in 2007 and wanted it ever since.
@@91_C4_FL Gearbox is a nightmare but other than that you're right, basically they drive like somebody shrank a MX-5/Miata.
unless you manage to swap in a manual gearbox, don't bother
@@18snitram You get used to the weird semi-manual box but yeah it's the weakest part of the car. Getting a good remap helps because if you can get the boost to come on earlier you're not having to downshift so often.
that oil filter looked like such a convenient spot to change and bride seats lol hell yea
I need the metric system.
@@AyAy008 we could have changed back in the 1800s, but companies didn't want to retool their equipment for the metric system. Now it's too expensive to change.
@@dexterhochstetler3727 most machines are built with metric fasteners now, which is absolutely hilarious to me
It's like 800 Kg and makes 47 KW with a top speed of 140 kmh.
Ty @@jakubzidek but i was saying it as a rule for all rcr videos
you're all forgetting about Australia and The United Kingdom
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I daily a Honda beat... It's simultaneously the most exciting and scary thing I've ever done
I sat in this car during the summer RCR meet, and I can confirm the hype is very real.
Stfu go back to playing pokemon.
That Uncle Joey impression though
I want a regular car review of this car’s owner.
“I GO TO THAILAND EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THE HOOKERS ARE CHEAP”
And they are also probably 1/4th his age.
The answers to the questions part had me weakkk
Fr I don't even know what the question for the Starbucks one would even be hahahahah
When I go back to Japan, I hope to find a Honda S660, the modern version of this. It's a real shame I'm too tall to drive these, they seem so fun! Glad you finally got to review this one.
Congradulations Regularcars, this video is what introduced me to the Honda Beat and now after 3 months, I bought one for 8000$ with 70,000 miles.... AND IT IS BLOODY AMAZING
I always tug my nugs when I hear "multi port fuel injection"
Dear RegularCars,
What you're doing on this channel can only be described as postmodern poetry.
Sincerely, a fan.
This would be a total motorized cofin if you put a supercharger in it.
I got to meet Tony Airlines at the Car Meet. When he brought that Honda Beat he let me sit in it.... except I couldn't even fit in it. 😂😂😂😂😂
"Bride is to Recaro what Rolex is to Timex"
This is so wrong. This is only true in the sense that Bride is the most common knockoff. Recaro is the finest.
The seats in this car are replicas too
but muh JDM
Yup, Recaros are preferred by most. I love the look of Brides but too narrow.
@@cadekrok2862 how do you tell a real Bride seat from a knockoff one?
Bride and Recaro is the same company. The Bride brand is owned by Recaro Germany.
The 90s Kei Sports Car Trio are like 3 loud 2nd graders running around with naruto hands around some professional runners.
They're not fast by any means but they're fun to have around.
20 years from now a young kid is gonna think
He’s cool
He’s cool today 👍🏾
“It’s a ‘91 Civic that got hit by a Mario Kart lightning bolt”
BRUH!😂😂😂😂😂😂
I’m getting one of these at the end of this year.. legit.
Checking the oil monthly?
Must be the best damn Honda in the world for oil consumption, I'm sold.
Every Honda I've seen wants you to top it up every week if you are lucky.
The week I buy gran turismo sport is the week you made this video *ain't that ironic*
This video is about 40% of why I own a Beat. And the statements made in this video, I can verify, are 100% true. It is absolute perfection and utter silliness.
Dude, $1.99 for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy? That's a bargain!
I hope people enjoy these videos as much as I do. I’m dying of cancer but these videos have kept me laughing my ass off.
Oh hey my dad had one .
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Except for it wasn't a Honda
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It was a belt
Same engine series as the Acty you did! Acty has the carb though. That MTREC gets like 30 more hp from the stock E07A. Love it!
Honda Beat: the Official car of "I don't need a jack to Change the Tires! All I need is a cinderblock to kick under it once I've lifted it by hand."
Also, the official car of: "Who needs an enclosed trailer to ferry it between car shows? Just get a Suburban and some 2x6 to use as loading ramps."
A car so small that the only anime graphics you're allowed to put on it are Chibi style.
In the 1960's Curtis Mathes built TV/Stereo system combinations bigger than that car!
It was this video that introduced me to the Beat. I sought, I found, I bought. This review is 100% true.
When I see this car, I have a sudden urge to listen to Hollywood Heights by Mitch Murder, and I don't know why.
I’ve had the privilege of driving one of these absolute buckets of pure joy and it did. It did change my life and nothing will ever be the same.
Aaaaaagggghhhh
All this video will do is raise the price of Beats, just as I almost had the money to buy it as my first car
Sad lad hours.
OK you get a like for the line:
"Come on Joe Rogan,
I'm not saying fish can rap.
I'm just saying 'Look it up!'"
Cheers. You deserve the like for that.
Slap a k20c in that thing and it would be an actual spaceship
The first ever K-swap Beat was completed not too long ago....haven't seen much on it after the initial burnout video...but it seems it can be done.
It's my car... I don't post much about it lol but I will
Loki Levethian k20c type r beat?
306HP is enough for swift death in a beat.
This is not a "Bittersweet Symphony", this song is about a Honda Beat and why like Richard Ashcroft you will stand out doing your thing because it makes you feel alive. The urban hymns are strong with here...
Looks like it's from the early 2000s
SLAM IT INTO GEAR! + 4:24 'oo Daddy' im crying😂
4:58 that clutch is BEAT 🤦🏾♂️😂😂😂
No, that's how they all sound on a full-throttle change-up. New clutch or otherwise.
Dude you drive an ugly ass mustang, stfu. You're the one who is BEAT.
I don't get why is it beat?
Roman should have been at the AMA's last night with that outro. Honestly can't believe it took you 5 years to get to that song, but it was worth the wait.
To me, the original Kei car is the classic mini. And somehow, it is still "better" in some way. An early generation classic mini weights around 620 kgs so it is lighter. It has Moulton cones suspension, so you have variable spring rate if you want to take passengers. And yes you can fit 4 persons in there if you are courageous. The engine is one of the most modified engine of all time and you can make 90 bhp out of it with a very tiny budget (with the 1275 as a base). With a suitable FD you can cruise at 140-150 km/h and you can top around 175, which is enough to satisfy your strange addiction to danger.
I would turbo the shit out of this, upgrade the brakes, suspension and put a widebody kit.
I want one with the Hayabusa engine
A Cappuccino with a Hayabusa swap would be better.
It's been done. Doesn't work well at all. You'd run into major cooling & transmission problems.
@@YegoYTP Smarter to build it or swap for a similar generation 4. Unless you have wheelbarrows full of money.
i want one with a s1000rr m engine
Hayabusa is not worth... Mine has a kswap
This is one of the few reviews where I really want the car. The thing looks so zippy and fun. If I'm being entirely honest, while I understand the integral part the engine plays to the car and it does sound great, I'd probably swap in a high revving modern motorcycle engine. That way it can be driven reliably and keeps its red line characteristics. Thanks for the review, loved it. I'll be looking into these hoping a good price comes along.
"Airal" Atom. gg
But a gorgeous little go-kart isn't it.
10:55 if it could handle canadian snow, you'd have sold me with that line.
Please tell me you listened to “We Got The Beat” during the whole drive?
"$8000" oh man this car DOUBLE JUMPED in price since 2020
RCR on Joe Rogan when?
That Bittersweet Symphony outro though...
omg thank-you. I was has having an aneurysm trying to remember the name
That guy is saying he's a beginner driver.
With the green and yellow sticker ^^
@@onivlasbrony7432 Yes, that shield in Japan means beginner driver.
Love Roman doing Bittersweet Symphony lol
What the-, no views and 25 likes!, YT is drunk...again......
That " Big Bad Voodoo Daddy" CD. WE DONT DESERVE TONY!!!!!!! 4:13
even better in 4:24 behind the shifter SLAM IT INTO GEAR 'oo Daddy'
Fuck apexing the traffic island, drifting without crossing the lines of your turning lane at 30mph is the best giggle you can get!
This guy was giving out rides at the RCR Pennsylvania car meet in July. That thing was ridiculously fun to ride in
Oh my god, I remember that moment in Starfox so many years ago....and I understand. Is this the Ninja 250 of cars?
Redline - The Car. You sir, are a man of exquisite taste