Whilst we are unable to attend this year’s Tokyo Car Salon in person (unhappy deal with emoji), models like Honda are continue to releasing automobiles practically. Past 7 days we observed two lovable tiny principle cars and trucks from the firm: an N-One cellular cafe and an off-road–ready Match hatchback. Now we get our very first official search at one more N-One principle that Honda prepped for Tokyo.
This is the Honda N-One K-Climb principle, and as its name suggests, this pint-sized van was explicitly built for hill climb occasions. Based mostly on the sporty N-One RS, the K-Climb principle produces a mighty 63 horsepower (48 kilowatts) and just seventy seven pound-feet (104 newton-meters) by way of a .6-liter motor, paired to a six-speed handbook transmission.
Whilst the motor hasn’t improved, hopped-up underpinnings make the K-Climb principle even extra agile. Honda extended the wheelbase of the N-One slightly and fitted even bigger, stickier tires. And to accommodate that more width, a set of carbon fiber fender flares adorn just about every wheel. You can find also a carbon fiber hood, as perfectly as a carbon fiber front bumper, grille, and rear splitter – all in an effort and hard work to reduce pounds. Honda hasn’t claimed how considerably the K-Climb principle weighs, but the foundation RS design presently strategies the scales at featherlight 2,000 lbs . (907 kilograms).
The K-Climb pictured listed here is just the prototype, sporting a yellow exterior with carbon fiber accents, and a few overall performance-oriented stickers. But Honda states this isn’t really the vehicle’s final search. The firm encourages you to vote on a few prospective liveries on its web-site: blue with a gold stripe and numbering, white with sharp yellow accents and a black roof, or a multicolored pink and eco-friendly search that we are most fond of. One of all those seems will debut at a afterwards day.
It is really unclear if the N-One K-Climb is just a principle, or if Honda will essentially offer you a minimal run of these amazing tiny vans in Japan. All the firm states at this time is that they will maintain us “educated of the progress procedure.”