The Honda Quint is a subcompact car manufactured by Honda Motor Co. Ltd. of Japan. It was introduced in February 1980 in Japan as an upscale Honda Civic five-door liftback, and joined the Honda Prelude, Honda Ballade, and Honda Vigor at the then newly established Japanese dealership sales channel called Honda Verno. The Quint was made available to export markets including Europe and Southeast Asia in 1981. Its export name was Honda Quintet. The word "quintet" describes a musical group with five members. Due to the fact that both the four-door Ballade sedan, and the five-door hatchback Quintet were both high luxury content vehicles derived from the Honda Civic, the Ballade represented a type of music, and the Quintet represented a musical group. The Quint was updated in 1985, and was renamed the Honda Concerto that was sold at the newly established Honda Clio luxury dealership sales channel, and also served as the basic platform to the Honda Quint Integra. Beginning in 1983, this model was also sold in Australia as the Rover Quintet.
The car came with a 1,602 cc four-cylinder engine which develops 80 PS (59 kW) and 126.5 N·m (93.3 lb·ft) of torque. This engine was coupled with a five-speed manual transmission or an optional three-speed semi-automatic. Speed sensitive power steering and fully independent suspension with MacPherson struts and front and rear anti-roll bars were also featured. Japanese specified versions claim 90 PS (66 kW) JIS.
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