Given how distinctive it is and the short run it’s having, I reckon these will end up as collector’s items.
Good point. If I were a car collector, I would definitely keep an eye open for one to add to the collection. Even as a non-collector, every time I see the interior photos I think, “wow, what a great little car.”
At $25k in the US this would have been amazing. It reminded me of the Nissan Pike cars from the 90s. As it is, it just showed that Honda doesn’t understand EVs or EV buyers.
I am sad to see the Honda e’s demise before it could really be appreciated. I understand it was never priced to sell, so it is a failure. But I nevertheless really liked the design (both exterior and interior), and the motif (small city car).
I hope that this isn’t taken as a signal arguing against those two attributes (its size and design). I believe it would have done well had the costs been lower, and the resulting price had reflected that.
I would be all over something like this as a second car if it were $25K or thereabouts.
Lol.
At least they were smart enough to not even try selling that overpriced toy in the USA.