• Honda brings Japan’s Super-One EV to Europe as Super-N.
  • Tiny EV has simulated transmission shifts and sound effects.
  • Sub £20k price is low, but so is 94 hp output, 128-mile range.

Honda has decided that what the world really needs right now is a tiny electric city car with dreams if being a rowdy ’80s hot hatch. Meet the Super-N, a kei car escapee heading to the UK and mainland Europe this July with a sub £20,000 (about $26,900 or €22,900 at current rates) price and a very clear mission to prove you can have fun even with a two-digit power output.

The Super-N is Europe’s version of the Japanese Super-One, itself a pumped-up evolution of Honda’s JDM N Series cars, but with a heavy dose of nostalgia thrown in. It borrows its attitude from the legendary City Turbo II, which means chunky arches, aggressive bumpers, and enough visual drama to make other sub-£20k EVs like the Dacia Spring look downright dull.

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Under the short 3.59 m (141.3 inches) skin, a compact, front-mounted e-axle delivers between 63 hp (64 PS / 47 kW) and 94 hp (95 PS / 70 kW), with the higher figure unlocked in something called Boost Mode. That might not sound like much, but this is one of the lightest EVs around, so it should feel perkier than the numbers suggest.

Fake Gears And Sounds

Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N

Anyway, Boost Mode doesn’t just add power. It also brings a simulated seven-speed gearbox and fake engine noise, just like the acclaimed Hyundai Ioniq 5 N. The idea is to give drivers something closer to an old-school hot hatch experience, and convince ICE diehards that affordable EVs can be entertaining.

Range is very much city-focused. Honda quotes up to 199 miles (320 km) in urban driving, though that drops to 128 miles (206 km) combined. Still, that’s more than enough for daily duties, and this car isn’t pretending to be a motorway muncher anyway.

Sports Seats And Go-Faster Lighting

Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N

Inside, the Super-N gets playful with supportive seats, blue accents, and ambient lighting that switches to purple when you hit Boost Mode and start pushing the uprated chassis. Honda says the suspension has been specially tuned for UK and European roads, and the setup must be stiffer than what you get in the non-sporty, slab-sided N-One e: offered alongside the Super-One in Japan.

UK sales start in July, but fun as the Super-N looks, it won’t have things its own way. Renault’s stylish new Twingo also hits European roads this year, and will match the Honda’s sub-£20k price.

Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N
Honda’s Tiny £20k Super-N EV Lands In UK Like A Half-Scale Ioniq 5 N