during the 2000 bike show season, honda presented a prototype sport tourer called the x-wing, featuring a 1,500 cc v6 engine, single-sided front and rear suspension and an automatic transmission. speculation in the press that the x-wing was the st1100's replacement was partially confirmed when honda introduced an all-new st1300 pan european in europe and australia for the 2002 model year. for the u.s. market, the new bike would be imported in limited numbers (about 2,200 per year) starting in 2003 as the st1300. "motor cycle news" reported in 2009 that honda would replace the st1300 with a new touring bike powered by a v4 engine mounted transversely, similar to the honda vfr1200f layout. in 2011, honda announced that development of the next generation pan european motorcycle was on hold.