After weeks of various leaks the much awaited Honda N-One 2013Â has been officially presented to Tokyo. Imagined for the first time at the Tokyo Motor Show 2009 via the EV-N concept cute who had seduced instantly, it is a first for Honda in the sense that this particular manufacturer dares facing forward for the first time to revisit his past , namely the N360, the first car manufacturer popular in 1966.
Honda N-One 2013, a kei as his ancestor, the template takes the general silhouette and front evocative. It is in the neo-retro way that does not hide his Honda N360 communication that juxtaposes the newcomer. The name also incorporates the founding N (for norimono, vehicle) which designated the first major project of Soichiro Honda on four wheels after several formative years in small sports and utilities.
Specifications of Honda N-One 2013Â are those of kei cars: 3.395 mx 1.475 mx 1.630 m, as the engines, 3-cylinder 660 cm3 with or without turbo, 58 or 64 horses and CVT. Honda claims fuel consumption ranging from a little over 4l/100km 5l/100km according to the models, all very standard for modern kei.
What makes this offer unique is that besides a finish fairly clean but no frills in the standards segment, Honda offers a model called Premium, quite expensive for a kei (1.44 million yen to 1,530,000) but with a finish and the equipment that much closer to urban chic European games (Mini, 500, DS3, A1 …). Specific rims, rods and chrome door handles, leather steering wheel and veneers worked within, the effect is as successful as Honda has taken the gimmick hit the roof of a different color palette and range, not to mention Many customization options from the manufacturer or, very soon, there props that smell good vein.
The success of small European imported visibility and popularity if not gross, is a good indication of latent demand for this type of car, aside from the disappearance of the catalog Daihatsu Mira Gino (known as the Trevis Europe). And if the idea is the same, the European above are too big and too expensive to be direct competitors of the Honda N-One 2013Â has a corner on the market for itself …
Or … maybe not: this charming competing unexpected Honda N-One 2013 could actually come from abroad: the VW Up! Introduced in Japan last month, is selling like hot pretzels (3000 orders in 3 weeks) . Even if it does not directly answer kei regulations, it is similar to the performance and very aggressive price for an imported car and puts almost opposite versions “feature” of the Honda N-One 2013. Its exoticism labeled “Deutsche Qualität” is not without assets to attract customers that is a little unconventional Honda. Encouraged by these good figures, and the prospect of the arrival of the Golf VII, VW of Japan provides outright double its sales in 2013 and rise above 100,000 cars sold, unheard of for a non-Japanese brand.
Honda N-One 2013Â is in any case promised a great success. And who knows if it will not launch a wave neo-retro drawing on local heritage, rich in endearing and expensive cars in the heart of an aging population better disposed to the car, and most creditworthy, a disinterested youth.
Honda N-One 2013
Honda N-One 2013
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