The Takasu Proving Ground is located in the rich natural enviroment in Hokkaido, providing the ideal setting for testing in a harsh winter environment. The 6.8 km highspeed circular course redefines the limits of circular course functionality, since it includes many multipurpose features such as sharp turns and sloping stretches to facilitate intense testing of body, suspension and engine performance. The 6.2 km winding course with a maximum height differential of 57.5 meters incorporates seventeen different turns, ranging from 9 meters to 160 meters in radius. Together with its surface variations and gaps, this course enables development without compromise.
Embodying the global enviroment, these test fields are the real hometown of Honda products.
Snowblower Test |
Winding Course (S-curve) |
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Circle Course (Winter) |
Motorcycle Testing on Winding Course |
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High-speed Circular Course (Banked) |
Winding Course (Uphill) |
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EU Suburb Course |
EU Suburb Course and Circular Course
EU Suburb Course
Honda’s EU suburb course, completed in 2003, reproduces typical driving environments in Great Britain and Germany. This facility enables Honda technicians to evaluate customer satisfaction under all kinds of driving conditions, including dry and wet roads, and snow.
Circular Course
The circular course was completed in 2001. All year-round, this carefully managed road surface, circular and superbly level, reproduces dry, wet and snowy driving conditions. This course is perfectly suited to testing today’s rapidly advancing array of vehicle-control technologies, including ABS, TCS, VSA and 4WD.
