The (corporately styled as N-ONE) is a
retro-styled kei car
Kei car (or , kanji: , "light automobile", ), known variously outside Japan as Japanese city car or Japanese microcar, is the Japanese vehicle category for the smallest highway-legal passenger cars with restricted dimensions and engine capaci ...
produced by
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a producti ...
for the
Japanese market. It was previewed at the 2011
Tokyo Motor Show
The is a biennial auto show held in October–November at the Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan for cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles. Hosted by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), it is a recognized international show ...
and went on sale on 1 November 2012. Together with the
N-Box,
N-WGN and
N-Van, is part of the renewed N lineup of kei class city cars from Honda. The use of the letter "N" in the name was previously used for the late 1960s and 1970s
N360.
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First generation (JG1/2; 2012)
The N-One was introduced in 2012 as a newer addition to Honda's kei car lineup in Japan. It features styling reminiscent of the 1969–1972 N360 and incorporates Honda's
DOHC
An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine where the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier overhead valve engines (OHV), where the camshaft is located below the combustion cha ...
three-cylinder engine with a
continuously variable transmission
A continuously variable transmission (CVT) is an automatic transmission that can change seamlessly through a continuous range of gear ratios. This contrasts with other transmissions that provide a limited number of gear ratios in fixed steps. ...
, which was launched in 2011 with the N-Box. It is marketed as an upmarket vehicle in the kei class and incorporates standard features uncommon for its class.
File:Honda N-ONE G-L Pakage Rear.JPG, Rear view
File:Honda N-ONE Select (DBA-JG1).jpg, N-One Select (JG1)
File:Honda N-ONE Turbo Premium Tourer L Pakage 0018.JPG, N-One Turbo Premium Tourer (JG1)
File:Honda N-ONE Turbo Premium Tourer L Pakage 0023.JPG, N-One Turbo Premium Tourer (JG1)
File:Honda N-ONE RS (DBA-JG1) front.jpg, N-One RS (JG1)
File:Honda N-ONE RS (DBA-JG1) rear.jpg, N-One RS (JG1)
File:Osaka Motor Show 2015 (185) - Honda N-ONE Modulo X (DBA-JG1).JPG, N-One Modulo X (JG1)
File:Honda N-ONE Modulo X (JG1) interior.JPG, N-One Modulo X interior (JG1)
Second generation (JG3/4; 2020)
The second-generation N-One went on sale in November 2020.
File:Honda N-ONE Original 2WD (6BA-JG3) rear.jpg, Rear view
File:Honda N-ONE Premium Tourer (6BA-JG3) front.jpg, 2021 N-One Premium Tourer (JG3)
File:Honda N-ONE Premium Tourer (6BA-JG3) rear.jpg, 2021 N-One Premium Tourer (JG3)
File:Honda N-ONE RS 6MT (6BA-JG3) front.jpg, 2020 N-One RS (JG3)
File:Honda N-ONE RS 6MT (6BA-JG3) rear.jpg, 2020 N-One RS (JG3)
Awards
Honda N-One won "K Car of the year award" at Japan Car of the Year 2021-2022
References
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N-One
Cars introduced in 2012
2020s cars
Kei cars
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Front-wheel-drive vehicles
All-wheel-drive vehicles
Vehicles with CVT transmission
Retro-style automobiles