Meaning of BEAT?

[jurek]

Does any oe know the mening of the beat name?
Is it?
to beat to death
the first beat of the war drum
throb, beat
to knock down,
eggbeater, whisk
to beat into shape

many thanks for any help
Confused.

[Paul w]

I think its a from a more modern definition than that,
more of a musical beat, or maybe the urban heartbeat?
Maybe it was just the Japanese trying to find a word that isn't a swear word in other languages! (as has happened with SEAT, VW and many others in the past!)

I'm guessing your not of british origin Jurek, what are you from mate?
(i may be wrong, sorry if i am!)



PW

[jurek]

Hi Paul
I am of Polish blood but born in Birmingham.

[tinytim]

It could just be coincidence but Honda seemed to go through a phase of naming there cars with a musical theme.
Prelude
Accord
Jazz
Concerto
Ballade

Perhaps the Beat was a follow on from that, although a few of my work colleagues seem to think an egg beater is more apt

[Paul w]

You know, i'd not even thought of that!

CRX.....erm creschendo?

PW

[tinytim]

I don't really know where the Civic falls in, it seems to be the exception. The s2000 and the NSX were both specialist sports coupes so not in the same grouping. So! unless anyone in the music scene can put Civic as a musical term it must remain the exception? (or perhaps an Engrish translation error)

[bref]

A good japanes site with roots explanation:

http://homepage1.nifty.com/j-project...name/honda.htm

"Beat" is really a swear word in French...It remember me my first english lesson at school. We were about 11 years old, when sex words are always funny...

[Wh1teLeopard]

Originally posted by tinytim
So! unless anyone in the music scene can put Civic as a musical term it must remain the exception? (or perhaps an Engrish translation error)

*whips out the music dictionairy*

I knew this would be useful for something other than my A-Levels

Civic - Not in here

Prelude - an introductory piece of music or a self-contained piano piece in one movement

Accord - Accordion? - a portable reed organ.

Jazz - a term used to describe a style of music that evolved in the Southern States of the USA at the turn of the century....

Concerto - originally a work for one or serveral voices with instrumental accompaniment

Ballade - a type of medieval french poetry.

Beat - a unit of rhythmic measure in music, indicated to a choir or orchestra by the movement of a conductor's baton. A form of 20th-century popular music with a steady and powerful rhythm.

[bref]

Accord is french for "Chord"

found also Aria (from the Fit Aria) : a vocal melody

Rafaga : spanish songs played with guitar

Quint or Quintet : group of 5 singer

[jurek]

Hi Bref
I followed your linke and the Japanese translation of �uŒÛ“®�v
is Old Road (japanese script does not work here)

The plot thickens

[ozsamurai]

Well, I've had fun reading the posts so let me put your minds at rest finally about the slew of odd Honda names. Soichiro Honda placed a copyright on a slew of names in the earlier years of 4 wheel division,prior to that he went with the statsu quo and gave them numbers, which were model designations of the blueprints used in Honda (patents). He used buzz words from his youth in post-war Japan after that.
civic pride
reach an accord with ....
Inspiration

His first big hit being the Civic, which he had chosen in a hope that the car would take after the VW Beetle, the 'people's car', which he directly translated to Civic from civilian. When serious development of a stream of models started they randomly chose names with a 'harmony theme', as post war Japanese cars were still an item of contention. During the 80's when Soichiro handed over the reigns of Honda unofficially naming of the models was handed over to HGT (Honda Gijutsu Tech) the R&D Facility and the chief model engineers mostly had carte blanc on the names. Thats where the exceptions came from, Ascot, Inova, Rafaga(you know what we call this one in the office 'the-rat-fu***er' etc. But, then in the late 80's when Honda struck a little financial stiff spot they cut some of the budget dollars by reviving the original names Soichiro had registered (royalties paid). So again you saw the latest development of a completely new model come out under an old name, (ie: Civic, sports, to hatch, to sedan, to grocery getter and back to sports). Now the economy is back on line the names are back in the hands of the twits at R&D. And since they are trying to make a concerted effort to bridge the gap between Acura and Honda (Acura is not sold in Japan but people want it) they have started making the MDX, CR-V, FR-V etc. to take a stab a Lexus/Merc fame. If it has letters the it must be exclusive right?

CR-V =Comfortable Runabout Vehicle (how daggy is that?)

Anyway the Beat name was sorry to say just.... left over..... it was used prior to the release of the 4 wheel version in a 50cc motor scooter that was pretty popular for a while. The new Vamos, originally debuted the late 60's as an amphibious looking duck hunter.

Sorry to let you down, but names mean nothing to Honda, but if they get a hit, your sure to see 7 totally unrelated variations of it hit the market.

Cheers

Oz

[bref]

Thanks for this piece of History

I just had a look at a copyright internet site. Regarding Honda, I found more than 250 names.

Most of them are from "Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha", it is funny to find that "Soichiro Honda" is copyrighted by its son Hirotoshi!

Also find that all prototypes names and some old names are copyrighted, like Spocket or CVCC.

Strangely I didn't find CRX, and big surprise, looking for Beat, I found "Micra Beat" copyrighted by Nissan!!!

[Paul w]

I want a honda spocket!!! Doesnt matter what it is, I want one!



In fact.....competition time...design the honda spocket!

Winner gets something out of my garage!

PW

[ozsamurai]

Be careful not to park your Beat in there then, I'll have a go a t that!! A Honda Sproket Design Competition.....


Oz

[Paul w]

spocket or sproket?

PW

[bref]

Sport+pocket for Spocket. Fun car anyway shown 5 years ago at the NAIAS. Finally they opted this year for an another kind of pick up, the Ridgeline, probably based on a Mobil home...

[Paul w]

I'd buy one!

PW

[Paul w]

pics

[Paul w]

another

[adrianp]

Hey, you can put the beat in the back...