The Honda Orthia is the Honda that answered a simple question — how much car can this badge carry? — with 91 PS from Petrol engine. It was built from 1996 to 2006, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard.
How it came about
The Honda Orthia (Japanese: ホンダ・オルティア, Honda Orutia) is a compact station wagon manufactured by Honda exclusively for the Japanese market between 1996 and 2002. Based on the sixth generation Civic chassis, it was introduced in February 1996 as what Honda called a "Sport Utility Wagon" and initially sold at both Honda Verno and Honda Primo dealerships. The name "orthia", a variation of the Greek word orithyia, comes from Artemis Orthia in Greek mythology. The Orthia was available with either front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive configurations. It is powered with either 1,834 cc B18B DOHC inline-four or 1,972 cc B20B DOHC inline-four engines. Orthias were made available during the 1996 launch from either Primo or Verno dealerships. 1996 Models feature a "V" or "P" badge on the trunk to denote between Verno and Primo. The Orthia Verno models also feature Amber/Red taillights and round type fog lights, while Primo models feature Clear/Red taillights and rectangular fog lights. The following trims were available at launch:
GX (Chassis code EL1. Available in a front-wheel drive configuration with manual or automatic transmission options and the 1.8L DOHC B18B engine). This trim is considered the base model, but despite this is features amenities such as automatic air conditioning, power automatic windows, and a power retracting antenna. 2.0GX (Chassis code EL2. Available in a front-wheel drive configuration with manual or automatic transmission options and the 2.0L DOHC B20B engine). 2.0GX 4WD(Chassis code EL3 available in a four-wheel drive configuration with an automatic tran
The hardware
The engine is Petrol engine; the output is 91 PS; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1170 –. That is roughly 78 horsepower per tonne: unhurried — enough for the job, not for the bragging. Drive goes through a 5-speed Manual transmission / manual / 4-speed Automatic transmission / automatic. The wheelbase is 2620 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
In the Honda line-up the Honda Orthia has a clear place: it replaced the Honda Civic (fourth generation)#Wagon / Honda Civic Shuttle (Orthia) / Honda Civic (fourth generation)#Japanese market / Honda Pro (Partner); it handed the line to the Honda Airwave/Partner / Honda Stream; the factory was Suzuka, Mie, Japan. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Daihatsu Pyzar, the Daihatsu Storia, the Chery A11. Its Honda stablemates include the Honda Envix and the Honda Crider.