, ▁a ▁lower ed ▁ste ering ▁ratio ▁and ▁a ▁ste ering ▁dam per , ▁intended ▁to ▁reduce ▁the ▁unus ually ▁strong ▁self - cent ring ▁prop ens ity ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁feature ▁of ▁the ▁pre - production ▁cars ▁originally ▁presented ▁to ▁journal ists . ▁The ▁cars ▁as ▁sold ▁also ▁incorpor ated ▁an ▁updated ▁g ear - box ▁and ▁final ▁drive ▁r ati os ▁along ▁with ▁re - s ized ▁whe els . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁The ▁H 1 3 0 0 ▁provided ▁the ▁shock ▁needed ▁to ▁change ▁H onda ' s ▁operating ▁structure . ▁Under ▁the ▁new ▁system , ▁H onda ▁introduced ▁the ▁water - co o led ▁Life ▁and ▁C iv ic ▁models ▁as ▁its ▁new ▁mini ▁autom obile ▁and ▁small ▁passenger ▁cars . ▁The ▁C iv ic , ▁which ▁was ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁a ▁CV CC ▁engine ▁in ▁full ▁comp liance ▁with ▁the ▁Japanese ▁government ' s ▁Air ▁Pol l ution ▁Control ▁Act , ▁drew ▁the ▁world ' s ▁attention ▁to ▁H onda ' s ▁engineering ▁approach . ▁ ▁Those ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁H 1 3 0 0 ▁project ▁agreed ▁un anim ously . ▁The ▁pain ▁indeed ▁contributed ▁much ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁H onda ' s ▁subsequent , ▁successful ▁future ▁autom obile ▁models . ▁ ▁H onda ▁ 1 4 5 ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁the ▁ 1 3 0 0 ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁the ▁techn ically ▁interesting ▁H onda ▁ 1 4 5 , ▁again ▁offered ▁as ▁a ▁sedan ▁or ▁a ▁coup é . ▁The