Honda brings tiny Super-N EV to the UK, betting on character rather than range
Honda’s Super-N will go on sale in the UK in July 2026, priced from £18,995 — roughly €22,000. This is no long-range EV. It is a 3.6-metre, 1,097 kg city car that tries to do what the Honda e once attempted, expensively and ultimately unsuccessfully: give a small electric car some genuine personality.
The Super-N is not quite a kei car, but a Europeanised take on one
According to Honda’s official figures, the Super-N is based on the lightweight platform used by Japan’s N-series kei cars, but the European version is wider, sportier and more planted. It measures 3,599 mm long, 1,573 mm wide and 1,608 mm tall, so it should feel properly compact in town. Even so, it seats four and, thanks to Honda’s Magic Seats in the rear, offers up to 967 litres of load space.
For Honda, this is a clever move. After the Honda e bowed out, Honda’s European EV line-up was left looking thin. The Super-N is not trying to be another all-purpose family car. It is a compact, more affordable electric city car with a clearer sense of character. The Honda e used a 35.5 kWh battery and offered up to 220 km of WLTP range. The Super-N’s battery is smaller, but the car is significantly lighter and sits in a very different price bracket.
Boost mode makes the little Honda interesting
In its normal driving mode, the front-axle electric motor produces 47 kW. Press the Boost button and output temporarily rises to 70 kW, cutting the 0–100 km/h time from 14.5 seconds to 10 seconds. Top speed is 134 km/h, while maximum torque stands at 162 Nm. Those are not sports-car figures, but in a car weighing just 1,097 kg, they should be enough to make the Super-N feel alert in town and playful on a twisty road.
Honda adds a bit of theatre, too. Boost mode links the extra power to a simulated seven-speed gearshift, steering-wheel paddles, Active Sound Control and dedicated display graphics. In principle, it is similar to the approach Hyundai used in the Ioniq 5 N — only Honda is applying the idea to a much smaller and cheaper car.
The battery is small and unashamedly urban
The 29.6 kWh lithium-ion battery gives the Super-N a WLTP combined range of 128 miles, or 206 km. In the city cycle, Honda claims 199 miles, or 320 km, which says far more about how this car is meant to be used. Honda lists energy consumption at 14.8 kWh/100 km, peak DC charging at 50 kW and a charge to 80 percent in around 30 minutes.
That immediately reveals the first problem: its range trails several key rivals. The Dacia Spring offers up to 225 km, the Hyundai Inster Long Range reaches 355 km, and the Renault Twingo E-Tech Electric is targeting up to 263 km and a price below €20,000. The Super-N will not win the spec-sheet battle. It has to win from behind the wheel.
Mainland Europe remains the open question
For the production model, Honda currently lists Japan, selected Asian markets and the UK, where the car will be sold as the Super-N. Mainland Europe has not yet been confirmed as a sales region.
