Honda TodayThe Honda Today (Japanese: ホンダ・トゥデイ) is a kei car produced by Japanese automaker Honda beginning in 1985. It was replaced by the Honda Life in 1998. The Today represented Honda's reentry into kei car production. Honda had abandoned kei passenger cars in 1975, choosing only to keep manufacturing the Honda Acty kei truck and the related Honda Street microvan in that segment.
Honda N360The Honda N360 is a small car manufactured and marketed by Honda from March 1967 to 1972. Built as both a two-door sedan and three-door wagon, the N360 has a front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout and seats four passengers. After a January 1970 facelift, the N360 became the NIII 360 and continued in production until June 1972. A larger-engined variant, the N600, was marketed through 1973.
Sedan (automobile)A sedan (American English), or saloon (British English), is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with separate compartments for an engine, passengers, and cargo. Variations of the sedan style include the close-coupled sedan, club sedan, convertible sedan, fastback sedan, hardtop sedan, notchback sedan, and sedanet. The sedan name derives from the 17th-century litter known as a "sedan chair", a one-person enclosed box with windows carried by porters.
Dongfeng HondaDongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 东风本田汽车有限公司; pinyin: Dōngfēng Běntián Qìchē Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a Chinese automobile manufacturing joint venture headquartered in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It was established in July 2003 as a joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Group and Honda Motor Company.
HondaHonda Motor Co., Ltd., commonly known as Honda, is a Japanese multinationalconglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered at the Toranomon Alcea Tower in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a production of 500 million as of May 2025.
MicrovanKei-class van A Daihatsu Hijet (ninth generation) A microvan is a van or minivan that falls within the Japanese kei car classification or similar categories, and is smaller than a mini MPV. These vehicles are designed for narrow roads and tight urban spaces. Popular Mechanics magazine described an example of a microvan, the Subaru Sambar, as a one-box four-passenger design with a water-cooled 544 cc two-cylinder engine in the rear.
Kei carKei car, short for kei-jidōsha (軽自動車pronounced "light automobile"), is a class of ultra-compact cars unique to the Japanese domestic market, and is the smallest category of expressway-legal motor vehicles in Japan. Other than passenger cars, Japanese automakers also make microvans and kei trucks within this legal category. The kei category was created by the Japanese government in 1949, to stimulate both car ownership and growth of Japan's car industry.
Honda FitThe Honda Fit (Japanese: ホンダ・フィット, Hepburn: Honda Fitto) or Honda Jazz is a small car manufactured and marketed by Honda since 2001 over four generations. With a five-door hatchback body style, it is considered a supermini in the United Kingdom, a subcompact car in the United States, and a light car in Australia. Marketed worldwide and manufactured at ten plants in eight countries, sales reached almost 5 million by mid-2013.RebadgingSelling the same car under a different brand name Opel Corsa BChevrolet CorsaRenault 12Dacia 1300Two examples of rebadging in Opel (above) and Renault vehicles. The Corsa has also been rebadged under other marques of General Motors such as Vauxhall or Holden.
GAC HondaGAC Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. is a Chinese automobile manufacturing joint venture company based in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. Co-owned by Honda and GAC Group (Guangqi), GAC Honda operates two plants that, as of 2011, produces Honda-branded models and one car sold under the China-only Everus brand. GAC Honda's products incorporate Japanese-made parts.
Kei truckA kei truck, kei-class truck, or Japanese mini truck, known in Japan as a keitora (軽トラ 'light truck'), is a style of pickup truck built to satisfy the Japanese keijidōsha (軽自動車 'light vehicle') statutory class of light vehicles. Limited to certain size restrictions—currently no more than 3.4 m (11.2 ft) long and 1.48 m (4.9 ft) wide—they are produced by a wide range of Japanese automakers and are available in rear-wheel or four-wheel drive.
A-segmentThe A-segment is the first category in the passenger car classification system defined by the European Commission. It is used for city cars, the smallest category of passenger cars defined. A-segment sales represented approximately 4.2% of the European market in 2024. It is approximately equivalent to the kei car class in Japan. DefinitionAs of 2021, the A-segment category size spans from approximately 2.7 metres (110 in) to 3.7 metres (150 in).*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.