Not related to the advertised car but for the knowledge base.....



The pre-amp stage head unit is actually from Alpine.

Bose did the sound tuning (hence, the Bose sound system in the brochure) including the design of the speaker box, AMP, etc.

They were very reluctant to have the bass/treble control on the head unit over their sound tuning that they even requested to remove it.





Outside of Japan, the sticker at the bottom lid, the logo 'Alpine' was replaced with 'Honda' or 'Acura'.

All of them are made in Japan.



In the link, I can see that the audio head unit in question is a later spec European model.

I don't know the latest price in Japan for the European model but even for the JDM one,
the new one would cost more than GBP2,000 by the time delivered to UK despite the stronger GBP exchange rate.

If ordered through European Honda dealers, they are listing it at GBP4,300 - 7,300....

If all 3 x speaker boxes (inc. AMP and the speaker) were replaced at the same time, the cost would be....


For the A/C CCU, there are almost no markings on the dials/buttons on the display.

Probably replaced with the new one as Honda doesn't sell these dial/button separately, unlike the audio head unit.

Together with the circuit board, it will be well into GBP1,000+ from Japan.

If ordered through European dealers, probably around GBP2,500 - 3,000.


So, depending on from where they were sourced and exactly what were ordered, not surprised to see the GBP10K bill.


Kaz