The 1300 Coupe was introduced in 1969 as one of Hondas’ first full size car. Also considered as (Coupe 7 or Coupe 9) This unique car that has a top speed of 185 km/h (115 mph). This was achieved with a (SOHC) single overhead cam engine with 4 Keihin carburetors, it’s transverse four-cylinder engine was air cooled and ran at 7200rpm to make 100hp from 1298cc’s of motor.
It has a 4-speed manual transmission with a silent chain driven by all Syncros gearbox. The front was held up by MacPherson struts, while the rear used a swing axle; a more modern style attached to leaf springs.
The 1300 was replaced by the 1973 Honda 143 Coupe powered by a 1433cc engine, now water cooled and quickly outdone by the introduction of the Civic a year earlier (1972)
