Light vehicles are quite popular in Japan, small body but has a good space performance, making it more dexterous to shuttle through the city alleys, many Japanese brands have a variety of light car series for consumers to choose from, but unfortunately, this kind of light car is mainly targeted in the Japanese market to launch. Honda has a local Japanese fleet of light vehicles such as the N-Van, N-Box, N-Wgn and N-One, and will soon introduce the all-electric N-Van e:, which is expected to be officially launched in the near future.
According to the statistics of the Japan Mini Vehicle Association and the Japan Automobile Reseller Association, from April 2023 ~ March 2024, N-Box sold a total of 218,478 units, which is not only the brand's light vehicle sales champion, but also the most outstanding sales model among Honda's Japanese four-wheeled models for 3 consecutive years.
The original N-Box was launched at the end of 2011 and has since evolved into its third generation
Honda's first-generation N-Box series went on sale in December 2011, and in less than three years, it has reached a cumulative sales figure of 500,000 units in March 2014, and since 2014, the N-Box has also started to sell well, with cumulative sales reaching 1 million units in December 2016, and the second-generation N-Box officially debuted in September of the following year, reaching a cumulative sales of 1.5 million units in February 2019 and 2 million units in May 2021. As for the current 3rd generation N-Box, it will be launched in October 2023 and reach the sales milestone of 2.5 million units in the same year.
According to the data provided by Honda, the N-Box has been the brand's smoothest light car for 9 consecutive years from 2015 to 2023, and if it is included in the sales ranking of all four-wheeled models of the brand, the N-Box has been the hottest selling car of Honda in Japan for 3 consecutive years, it is worth noting that the N-Box has also been the best-selling car in 2017~2019, but unfortunately it ranked 2nd in this category in 2020, otherwise it is expected to become the first in sales for 7 consecutive years Since the birth of the N-Box, the highest annual sales volume fell at 24,707 units in 2019, but it did not reach 200,000 units for two consecutive years due to the epidemic, but sales have recovered to more than 200,000 units in the past two years after getting rid of the epidemic.
Although it is a light vehicle, the N-Box series also comes with a wide range of convenience features and assistance systems, including Honda Connect as standard on all models, and it is also the brand's first light vehicle to be equipped with Honda Connect, as well as Honda Sensing Safety Assist as standard. It is powered by a 660c.c. naturally aspirated engine with 58 hp and 65 Nm, while the turbo engine has 64 hp and 104 Nm and is equipped with a CVT transmission system, priced at 1,648,900 yen~2,362,800 yen.
In addition, Honda released a teaser of the all-electric N-Van e:: at the end of September 2023, which is expected to debut in the spring, which means that it is expected to be launched in the near future, the original factory said that it has a WLTC range of 210km or higher, DC fast charging supports a maximum power of 50kW, which can charge to 80% in about 30 minutes, and a 6kW AC slow charge, which will take about 5 hours to fully charge the battery, and the vehicle is also equipped with a V2L external power supply function, which supports a maximum of 1.5kW The N-Van e: is also equipped with Honda Connect, while the mid- and high-end models are equipped with Honda Sensing assistance as standard.