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The Honda e is one of the most desirable electric cars of 2020… And Mat’s finally got his hands on one!
However, while it might have initially caught our eye with its looks, is it more style over substance? Or is the Honda e a serious contender to stand out in the ever-growing market of small electric cars?
Well with a range of only 137 miles it’s unlikely to be able to compete with some of the bigger, more expensive EVs, but how does it work as a little city runaround? We’ve set a series of 10 challenges through the centre of London to see just how Honda’s new EV can cope when put to the test through one of the busiest cities in Europe! Will it pass with flying colours? Stick with Mat to find out!
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:08 Challenge 1 - Battery
02:25 Challenge 2 - Power
04:20 Challenge 3 - Design
06:32 Challenge 4 - Engineering
08:25 Challenge 5 - Price
11:30 Challenge 6 - Turning Circle
13:24 Challenge 7 - Driving
15:29 Challenge 8 - Interior Space
17:52 Challenge 9 - Infotainment
20:17 Challenge 10 - Range
22:48 Five Annoying Features
24:02 Five Good Features
25:47 Verdict
Honda e Specifications
Battery: 36kWh
Power: 136hp
Doors: 5
Range: 137 miles
0 - 60mph: 9 seconds
RRP: From £29,660
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Is the Honda e THE #1 electric car? VOTE below!
VOTE: YES, it's the best!
VOTE: Not a chance!
That place is reserved for the Tesla model 3
Yes
Indian 🇮🇳 DC Avanti or Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 Vega EVX.what is the best .? 👍🔥 th-cam.com/video/Y8xvO7LhkEQ/w-d-xo.html
Fun fact: The camera used to film from inside the car was older then the landmarks Matt was driving around to.
Probably iPhone 3G 😂 but still a great video
Ha ha 🚂🚃🚃
we brought a lav mic but couldnt bring a decent camera
It's a HERO 4 (FOUR)! :D
@@LazyRASHO Actually I thought it ws the 3 !!! Probably the worst vid quality I've seen from Matt. Not good.
Just plug your car's charger into the 3-pin socket inside the car. Infinite power!
Genius
Impressed
big brain
and a really long extension cable
Brilliant! I just tow a petrol powered generator and plug it in my Tesla while driving and I never have to charge!
The Honda E feels like what the Nissan Leaf wanted to be. A perfect city cruiser that pushes you into the future while being familiar. I actually like it!
I just realized it's over $30,000. I thought it would be like $15-18k. Nevermind lol.
This is a small nippy fun car I guess ,but the Leaf 40kwh is a 5 seater with a better acceleration than a 240 hp golf gti up to 80 km
@@GoHerping Lol, and so little range. This is why I invested in Tesla.
The Nissan is 4.50m long while the Honda is 3.90m long. That makes the NIssan a proper 5-seater with a decent boot space and range. All categories where the Honda fails hard.
@@Atombender Sub 4 metre cars aren't 'proper 5 seater cars'? Lmao then most people living in cities don't need 'proper 5 seater cars'
This car actually looks sick for some reason. It feels like it has so much styling potential like the old school VW GTI's
It's design is based from a first generation civic
@@shinkishimoto7607 yeah, reminds me of the 1970s civic
Video quality: 2160p
Matt quallity: 20p
LOL was just noticing that
Yeah...why cant they invest a bit more on the camera equipments
Γεια σου, Δημητρη. Ωραια φωτογραφια :)
I’d love to see Matt vs Yainni just running
Make this happen @carwow
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Hmmm
Brake test
They will be when the battery goes flat
2000: _Vtec kicked in yo!_
2020: _Voltage kicked in yo!_
Lmao
Voltech
@@m.shahmi839 Isn't that a thing already?
@@apocalypse487 really? didnt know that
are we just gonna ignore the fact that this is an electric RWD hatchback? Rear Wheel Drive. You could theoretically drift this thing
Not ignored by me!
Its also a 2020 city car designed for people in cheap suits to turn up to offices in. I would be amazed if the electronics allowed anything more than a very mild slip before cutting the fun completely.
I agree though that RWD, indy rear suspension and decent torque with a short wheelbase sounds a laugh if it was set up properly.
@@siraff4461 Get some hackers to come at it and I'm sure they could disable the traction control pretty quickly.
@@CockatooDude I sincerely hope so. The old pull the fuse trick doesn't usually work anymore.
@@siraff4461 Not really lol. Hackers can do some crazy stuff with automotive computers though. For example, one security researcher found a vulnerability in Teslas 3 years ago that allowed him to access the central computer all of the company's cars communicate with (nicknamed "Mothership") and elevate his user privileges to the point where he could basically control any Tesla he wanted, all he needed was the VIN.
Interior designer: - How many screens do you want?
CEO Answer: - Yes.
That pish is getting boring.
*laughs in tesla*
@@yes8032 it has less screens
2050 car brochure:
We have updated the mirror to 4k
2050 Carwow
We have updated our interior cameras to 1080.
@@MrGaryGlimmer lol
yeah i see that coming
MrGaryGlimmer 2050 Carwow：
We finally get a brokren 4K RED from MKBHD（using 32K camra at that time）
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This is so interesting 👌👌
1 of the best car/product review videos I’ve seen. I liked how he described the journey while explaining the car’s features and its advantages/drawbacks. Please make more similar car review videos in other cities. This format is Awesome! 👌🏼👏🏼
I love the Honda e, by far my favourite EV, but for £30k and 100 miles of usable range, it's a hard no. If the range was comparable to that of a model 3, they would sell like hotcakes.
It's enough range for me, lol
It's a small city car, what do you expect about range? Model 3 is in different segment after all. Small batteries charge faster than large battery. It produces less waste too.
@@tidaltidaltidalyeah but the battery would need replacing quicker and some hatchbacks like the born can hit 280 miles. If this did 180 to 200 miles it would be more than enough.
@@tidaltidaltidal yeah but its way too expensive
One humble man, managed to defeat a whole TopGear.
Ummmm...... NO , NOT REALLY
@@ssg5795 It's not like anyone takes Topgear seriously. I hope at least.
Especially with current top gear will make a challenge involving electric cars
Does matt own carwow, or is he an employee?
@@MrProthall Chris Harris. Only thing carrying TopGear
I love how you compensated for emissions saved by the Honda e by using A45 AMG as the camera car 😂😂😂
Yeah that car was pretty nice for a camera car!!
Normally they use boring, boring Range Rovers
Just about sums up the hypocrisy with all this EV crap.
I really liked the approach you took to this video Matt. Was an interesting departure from the usual format of your reviews. Good stuff here!
5:06 The grey one look really great. That's the best color for it.
No I think the white in my opinion
Love how you offset your 0 carbon emissions by following it around with the a45 😂
The queen wasn't in, if the queen is in the Royal Standard is flying otherwise it's the union jack.
We know...we all know.
Queen and herpedo family are going down.
Actually its the Union Flag!
The whole thing is riddled with errors
@@ashishpatel350 like to see you try. The entire Military is sworn to the queen. So Mr Patel, are you more powerful than the entire British Forces? xD
The Queen is in residence when the Royal Standard is flown, not the Union Jack
@Ross Bourne Same with me :D
He's from the Midlands he won't know that the Royal Standard is flown when the Queen's in residence. She's in Windsor during the Pandemic, doh!
Correct. And it's only a Union Jack when flown on the jack staff of Royal Navy ships. On any other flag pole, it's just the Union flag.
@@CS88754 You are of course correct, but she wasn't when the video was made. I'll do anything not to be wrong!! ;-)
Didn't know they still preformed.
"Power station getting redeveloped as a shopping centre."
Most British thing I've heard in a while.
Haha where's Ken Block to drive around Battersea in his Fiesta?
@Ross Bourne no they don't need football fans rioting in that area
Battersey Power Station is heritage listed and is the largest brick building in the world. Can't demolish it so it's got to be repurposed.
at the beginning of a likely multiyear long pandemic where people have to stay home...
I think its an Apple office as well. Looks like a lot going on anyway
Thats actually why i like this car its practically a dream of mine
Having a retro car with modern tech
It is nice though that Mat actually criticized the car when it is clearly flawed. Almost every review I see of this car is just telling us how cute and great it is, without just flat out saying that is is not worth the price for the range, the poor infotainment and the fact that is is just way too impractical. This is generally the case with EV-only channels. Those tend to praise almost every car they review.
But it’s electric boring and not saving the environment if that’s your thing
Neel Javia right about we’ll you started it. Electric cars use lithium iron batteries dug out from Canada, therefore is a resource that we’re running out of therefore not saving the environment. Also by the time those batteries are in the car and travelled across the world and the body parts have come from China purpose of the car is pointless.
@Neel Javia if u thnk abt it, not much is really value for money more of how interesting it is to you...some pple say spending 40grand on a car is alot but casually spend 200/300dollars twice/three times a day on a set of tires to drift with a racing vehicle purchased separately with 10k worth of mods on top...so value for money is often jus an excuse fr somethn that isnt interesting enough to u
Me too mate
12:49 imagine you are sitting at your front desk, doing your job and you see some guy driving in circles
I feel like Mat is looking at this car the wrong way. He seems to want it to be as big as modern hatchbacks with loads of space. But it’s a small city commuter car, not a cruiser built for road trips. It’s called the Urban EV after all!
That would be fine if it wasn't nearly £30k. The VW up! electric and its Seat/Skoda siblings don't get hate for their size and lack of range because they are priced much lower (sub £20k in some trims).
This is also pretty close on the size of the Zoe/Corsa/etc but nowhere near as spacious.
Its closest competitor would be the Mini-E which is more spacious, faster, has a larger range and is almost guaranteed to be more fun - all while being thousands cheaper.
Some of us want a luxurious, fun, comfortable small car. Small doesn't need to mean cheap
@@cdpendrill So where is the luxury and comfort here then? Or is a picture of a fish bowl enough to pass?
I felt so much comfort and assurance when Matt said it was scary driving in London
Who else is addicted to carwow?
Me 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Me
You clearly haven't tried heroin.
Guys please. I need the Boyz. My mum told me if I get to 1k by the end of the month then I’m getting my “dream setup” so please help. I really need your help. I have to use my phone to edit at the moment and I’m trying to grow. Please help me on my journey. Please don’t hate on me I just really need some help 🙏💙
Life of Palos is, he mentions how much he loves them near the end of all his videos.
“The London Eye goes round, so time to see how well this little Honda goes round a corner!”
Thank me later, Mat!
I was thinking the London eye is round and so are the front headlights of the car. They're both circular/round. Crap comparison I know 😂
I’ve never been to London and Mat gave me a tour of all the places I’d want to see in London if I visited , and he managed to do a review of the car he used!!
It’s really the only EV I’d consider buying. I love the “not retro” design!
Seriously it looks beautiful unlike some ugly edgy cars
It really looks like the early Honda.
Retro futurist
If it just had a bigger battery. Imagine it with a 50kWh battery and 100kw fast charging. Honda could sell loads of them.
@@IschChef or it would be too expensive, so noone would buy one.
0:26 Mat, why are you recording on a web cam again?
I was wondering why youtube is showing me 144p while i set it to 4k
I'm guessing that it's from low light in the early morning with a GoPro. They're not actually very good.
Agreed, very poor quality resolution.
looks identical to my MacBook camera 💀
@@SullenSecret its cant be gopro
This video had my three most favorite things : cars, history and geography
I loved this car, test drove it and had a lot of fun, liked being in it, liked the seatbelts, like the look. LOVE the turning circle. But the rear view mirror, boot space, the heated seats switch (I accidentally knocked it on and never knew how to turn it off until about 10 minutes after and it was about 27 degrees out) and most importantly, the range have really hurt it's chances of me buying it over the e208. Shame.
Take a drive in the Mini-E or even a Zoe before you make up your mind. The Mini really drives well. The Zoe feels much like a Clio but that makes it comfy for day to day use.
I absolutely love the interior design.
It's like honda built this car for driving in london
It’s like you think London is the worlds only city...
@@lonerider5315 yeah japanese streets also
@@lonerider5315 Londoners often think the UK revolves around them
S M but it does lol
@@SM-ft2jv they're other places in the UK? tell me more....
You call this traffic chaos?
Egypt: Laughs in the worst traffic on earth
India: BRUH
@@aakashsahani2991 darn I was too late.
This is 6am though
You clearly haven't driven in Algiers, the road are crazy and the drivers are even more insane!
Cone to India man!
the way you used landmarks as transitions to different talking points about the car.. really smooth i rate that
Thank God we have Mat in this World to amuse us
I want more collabs with car throttle
Mat went from reviewing exclusive buggati to a grocery getter
How is this a grocery getter when it costs almost the same price as a Audi A6?
@@Mika-85 just because its expensive that does not mean it's not a grocery getter
I wouldn't even be able to pack all the groceries for the family in one run on this getter.
@Sjors ik but I want him to revive old legendary cars like a Toyota ae86
I've been in all those landmarks when I've played Assassin's Creed Syndicate. :-D
Revisit them in that new Dog game
The segues in this video are absolutely outrageous. Love it!
"not a retro design", looks like a '70s Civic on both the inside and outside. I like it though, if it wasn't as expensive as it was (and charging was more convenient) I'd have one.
Totally agree it is quite a cool little car for cities
it's not retro design. retro design doesn't mean inspired by old design. they are not the same thing.
@@bubberlad Can you give me a link to what you say is retro design? I'm curious te see, because what they've essentially done is modernise the old design.
It's an awesome car, the battery capacity isn't up there sadly.
@@matthijsgerretse3217 you've hit the nail on the head here, it's a modernised new design language that takes a clot of cues from the civics of old, with no intention of retro imitation.
it's difficult to find true retro design in car design since the changing regulations make it hard to pull off, but something like a Nissan Figaro is much closer to retro design.
Looks like a toaster on wheels... And I love it for some reason lol
got a tour of London AND review of the car. fantastic. The car: looked very weird at first but by the end of this video it grew and began to look actually interesting
Thanks matt for being a London City Tour Guide where some of us cannot never visit... ♥️ From Sri Lanka.
When an A45s is your camera car 😂
I think you are the best London tour guide ever! I will do follow your video when I have friends coming to visit and will take them to see all these landmarks
This was actually a very elegant structure of review mate, well done!
has the lowest range ,worst storage space and is the most expensive among it's rivals
Honda: It has a cool aquarium in its infotainment system tho
The first electric car that doesn’t look hella ugly
Rafael Samardzic Porsche Taycan disagrees.
Rafael Samardzic Fiat 500E and Renault Zoe aren’t ugly.
Rafael Samardzic Most ICE cars look ugly. The latest BMWs with massive grills just look like a caricature of what they used to be.
m.th-cam.com/video/Dt1SAGlnlJI/w-d-xo.html
This is so interesting 👌👌
As a person who has had their license for about one year in germany, watching you driving around in london gives me so much anxiety...
why?
Why mate why
Any large city can be daunting to drive through if you're a beginner. Mostly because you're not used to the driving dynamics of the traffic. Just take it easy and if you're not sure where you need to go next stop on the side to look it up or ask someone.
This is a calm compared to where I live
I should make video driving in malta 😂😂😂
Honda: "We have problems with battery life."
Also Honda: "Hey, let's add this fancy aquarium thingy."
This car is like the true love of one's life.... You know it will not be perfect and have flaws... but you still love it to bits.
Nobody:
Honda: Would you like to attach a car to your screens?
BMW Driver: "You shall not have a cooler car than me!"
BMW drivers will always be in a rat race to change his car every couple of years. With the Japanese you don’t have to.
Loved it when you connect building purposes to car specs
Man oh man this is a very well thought out review. Congrats, it's fabulous!!
Loved this tour lol. Great idea to review the car this way. Good job guys
Who else did not know the reason for driving on the left and link to the knights! Wow, informative on cars and educational. Who needs schools when you’ve got Carwow 🤷🏽♂️
It predates knights and medevil times. Some say goes back to Roman/Greek times. Same reason though riding horses with the sword hand on one side.
@@BrutalFates And also why it's traditional for the groom to be on the bride's right at a wedding - so he can draw his sword to defend her if necessary.
Sounds like you still need a bit of schooling if you’re willing to take any haphazard piece of information on yt as fact
The Egocentric Predicament you’re foment it’s moot. He’s broadly right. PS that’s the Salient point Genius!!!.. “everyday is a school day” ... we can ALL learn something from someone 🤦🏽♂️.
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This is so interesting 👌👌
amazing idea with the landmarks, really gave the review a little bit of a nice twist :D
Seeing you associate points about the car to the different landmarks that you see is a really cool and refreshing take on car reviews. Absolutely loved it.
The Thames landmark connection: The dash aquarium.
2:23
Working out lately, Mathew Watson.💪💪
Manual cars: Driven with 3 pedals
Automatic cars: Driven with 2 pedals
Electric cars: Driven with 1 pedal
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I dunno but im not ready for the future :)
The next ones are without pedals. They drive by themselves. Just ask Mr Musk
Hi can you explain?
I don't have ev car, so thus ev car doesn't have brake pedal? So how the car stop?
@@astaloaf2113 did you even watch the video? MAt literally showed it. The car brakes on its own to get some energy out of the braking. You can use normal braking pedal but then the energy would be lost. Also i heard that there will be cars made only with brake pedal cuz the car will be accelerating on its own, but i think that car isnt made yet.
Autonomous Cars: Not Driven
asta loaf The car has two pedals. The idea is that the regenerative braking should reduce the amount of times that you actually need to press the brake pedal. You should only need to use the brakes in an emergency or if leaving your braking too late.
I’ve never wanted a car more than this little thing. Don’t know why I just think it’s cool. Thanks for the tour Mat very informative, i had no Betty was short for Elizabeth
I loved the theme of the video, and Mat is entertaining as ever.
It's such a funky and cool car (perfect for mat) 😂
It is a lovely little car, too bad they priced themselves out of the market.
I think people with enough money will buy it for its cuteness. Sort of a boutique car.
Hope they start making electric bikes too someday.
Almost seems as if they are self-sabotaging the success of this car. Like with the Prius and its design (I am confident if they had made it say like a Honda Civic they could have had a bigger market now).
@@devilgames2217 there are electric bikes in Bengaluru (Bangalore), India. Check it out. It's from a start-up.
No they haven’t. The residuals on this will be rock solid and most cars in the UK are sold on a lease / PCP so the monthly payment will be competitive
Really enjoyed this episode. Do it more often please!
I like the subtle screens. They're more true to life, easier in the eye and less distracting.
Excellent review and enjoyed the tourist and historical references
About the Thames, the car has an aquarium so maybe some sort of link to that?
Best thought out review.... EVER 😬. Nice one Matt.
The Alan Partridge part had me rolling on the floor.
Part car review, part history lessons. love this content
I really liked this review format, it was different and fitting
Would love too see an all EV drag race with all the equivalent competitors you mentioned in the video 👍
I know some people have opinions on electric cars and I used to be a massive detractor of the electric car for years then I took the Mini electric as my demo and I am really won over. So much fun to drive and I've got to say the Honda E looks fantastic
I saw a Honda E on my travels today, actually really liked how it looked, the pictures never did it for me, but in the flesh I was a fan. If I was after a electric city car, this would top the list. I do 500 miles of A Roads a week, rarely drive in town, I'm in a diesel at the moment, maybe a hybrid (330e or similar) next, not sure I'm ready to go full electric yet.
no need to, your profile is 100% perfect for a diesel.
Tesla!
Yesssss finally. Small car Made lot of a chaos. Thats so chaos in beautiful.
10 of the most tenuous links in motoring journalism history??
Well done Matt for being so depressing cheerful so early in the morning. :)
Ok Mat, I love this car and your dedication to get up early and go around London you should do this with more cars,when you went across the bridge the Honda actually came alive and it's eyes winking and looking at us have you also noticed as a little shape in the bottom corner to make it look like a tear duct, that's the Honda crying because i can't buy one if I could have thought one I would have one tomorrow. apparently has an Honda assistance so could you have asked for all the famous landmarks for the Honda Google Alexa thingy to give you a breakdown and description👍🤣 proved even in electric cars BMWs drivers are Cox, he was jealous because you look cooler than him 🤣
Even for a "City Car" the range is not enough IMO. Especially for the price. Because guess what. Sometimes you want to go further. And then you are basically forced to rent a car or go by public transport. And that(to me) defeats the purpose of having a car.
Camera quality gave me pins and needles
Just like the fuzzing on screen 📺
I thought there is something wrong with my screen - my new phone screen - thank god 😅
- its not the car itself but the camera that filmed it
Daniel H I never said it was the car
Camera quality is like your leg on the toilet
Thanks for the London tour, from Guadalajara, Mexico!
Highly entertaining, very informative 2 in 1 review of London traffic lights and landmarks. Ah, and this Honda, you might niticed.
The interior of this car is STUNNING. The exterior is cool and quirky too. Price is also very affordable compared to the competition. Honda absolutely nailed this one.
you didn't see the whole video did you
Mat: we love you, and your car reviews. Thanks!
This is the best tour of London I've ever had.
15:40 it's if the royal standard is flying that she's in, they fly the union jack just to not have an empty flag pole when she's out. and since coronavirus she's lived at windsor castle, and has now permanently moved there.
Saved me typing it
Was wondering if anyone else was going to say that :P
Hey Mat, the link to the Thames could have been the water-cooled battery in the Honda e! :)
"steering is very sharp, it's ACURA" I see what you did there 14:26
2 bedroom - doing well ! I've been living in a one bed for the past 10 years
This is one of Mat's best videos ever. I felt like he was my buddy
It actually looks a little futuristic!!
😂
This is like Mat's History class featuring a Honda e😆
Enjoyed watching the Video Review. Looks smart particularly In the Blue Paint Colour
This is the closest thing for me to travel to London lmao. Thanks Matt haha :D
22:25 like a true BMW owner
Can we just appreciate how mat took time to find similarities of the car with London landmarks. 👏
A Honda I actually like love the retro look I've seen one outside a dealership they look great
great review mate - the savoy was priceless