Honda Super-N Prototype previews UK-bound EV

A boost mode, virtual gears, classic kei car design - and destined for a city near you

By Matt Bird / Wednesday, 29 October 2025 / Loading comments

Those who can remember as far back as the Goodwood Festival of Speed might remember seeing a small Honda EV scoot up the hill. That was the Super EV Concept, wrapped purple and previewing a future tiny EV. Perhaps not the most thrilling vehicle seen over the weekend, and you wouldn’t have been alone in thinking that would have been its sole UK outing, but now the Super EV has assumed a new importance: not only has it become the very similar Super-N, but it’s going to be sold here next year…

Yes, really. Just debuted at the Tokyo show, Honda says the Super-N will be sold in ‘select global markets, including Great Britain, from 2026.’ Which sounds like great news to us, looking as it does like something straight out of the Gran Turismo Sunday Cup with its ducts and bumpers, plus the recent boom in small, fun EVs. The Honda N Series of kei cars is already sold in Japan - here’s what happens when fun is the priority.

So there’s a boost mode for additional power (Honda hasn’t said exactly how much yet), ‘multi-gear shift’ tech that sounds like what features in the Prelude, plus Active Sound Control that hopefully makes it buzz along in merry fashion. All those things should make the Super-N a good giggle around city streets. ‘Dedicated interior displays and coordinated lighting sequences’ aim to spice up the interior.

With Honda having already dabbled in the small electric car market here with the e, it’ll be interesting to see how the Super-N is marketed and received. The e was undoubtedly stylish and great to drive, but expensive for the performance and range on offer; even just a few years after that car, the market has changed along with expectations.

Cars like the Renault 5 and Hyundai Inster didn’t exist when the e was on sale; hopefully, the Super-N can deliver the right price and range to tempt buyers this time. Because we all want to see more retro Japanese kei cars around, don’t we?

Honda UK’s Head of Automobile, Rebecca Adamson, said: “The Super-N Prototype promises to offer a great entry point to Honda EV ownership when it arrives in our market next year… By bringing Honda’s trademark ‘fun-to-drive’ performance to a compact all-electric model, we believe this is a unique proposition and we are excited for people to experience it from 2026.” That’s two interesting new Hondas on PH in the same week - it could almost be 2003 again…