@tomgnyc same way how CARB did the "bidding" of corporate interests by being sued and gutted for mandating 5% of any brand's new car sales being ZEV by 2005
Speaking as someone that’s had a lot of seat time in a 2nd gen N-box, it proves the U.S. domestic auto market’s offering is done for. Everything a 9th gen civic does, this does better. Practicality and fuel economy are top tier, and power is enough 90% of the time. I’d rock one of these in the U.S. any day. Especially if you’re in a place like Boston, or rural Hawaii. But somewhere like Dallas or Houston might not be so ideal.
The cars that are like one step above keis, "mini MPVs", are so nice. Tons of space, genuinely comfortable, super nice to drive on the highway, all the creature comforts, 50+ mpg and only 150" long, which is still like over a foot longer than a kei but smaller than a Mirage. All the things people say make keis bad for the Western market about engine power and comfort which are already half truths wouldn't apply at all. We rented a Suzuki Solio in Japan and I still dream about it and it's only $14k new for that damn car. USDM is such ass.
I'd kill for one here in Pittsburgh. Anyone who says the US has wide roads , I can show you tons of roads here that are two way, physically not big enough for two cars, and loaded with blind turns
My dept has a little Ford Transit Connect. Sluggish, with a gas pedal that seems attached to the throttle by telegraph. But it's a big multipurpose shape (a box) that handles a lot like a car. I like it. It may represent the lower limit of what will fly with US buyers, and it's, like, two of these kei cars, and Ford is discontinuing it, citing "decreased demand for the compact van segment." Indeed, sales peaked at 52k units in 2015 and have declined by about 65% through 2023. It's a shame. I live in a very small city crammed with comically overgrown urban assault trucks. Drivers are just throwing money and effort down a bottomless pit of inefficiency at this point.
@@nicoliedolpot7213the price for a kei truck vs a f150 of the same year, the f150 tends to be cheaper and the sister vehicle the expedition is even cheaper with the ability to tow 4 or 5 kei trucks
Japan resident here. Driving a kei car anywhere but the dense city, where the maneuverability is awesome, generally sucks. Unless it's a keitora in the inaka. Having said that, the NBox interior is awesome, like a Fit/Jazz on steroids
Surely we need to be doing a wiper count for the Australia vids hahaha, cant wait to see if he drives a euro car with the blinkers on the wrong side (left not right)
My HRV has the same flip up rear seats, as do most Honda SUV’s now. Honda calls them Magic Seats. They’re really handy. I’ve used them for hauling tall plants before.
This has succeeded in making me want a kei van even more now. Too bad the ones we can get here in the States are absurdly priced because of the overlanding crowd and such. I'm looking at you, Mitsubishi Delica.
I had an '84 CRX HF. With a burned out clutch. That used more oil than fuel. I laughed at the hill climb bit as every pull from a stop in that car was a hill climb.
Honestly, I could make it work pretty well. I already outright own my vehicle now, and use an electric bike to commute to work and run errands around town. I go 20 minutes up the road to Aldi for grocery shopping and use my vehicle now. This little thing would be perfect for me! Then my vehicle wouod only be used for longer trips and last even longer.
Fake gears as default?! I have a euro spec Honda Fit (Jazz), and it has that as an option turned on from the steering wheel, and it always resets to default cvt.
Ahh, the rickshaw's yuppie brother. Don't tell him he's also adorable. As for utility, this is more a European old town car. Not that you will find many here, since there is local competition.
Subaru CVTs do that stupid fake shifting too. You can trick it though and skip it if you let off the gas just before it tries to do it and then give accelerator after like a half second.
Yay for fake 7 speeds. I've gotten to know mine well, definitely not a stick, but for someone with knee issues and a disc in my back that decided to leave the chat gives me some semblance of fun
I wish truely small cars were still a thing for western city dwellers instead of all the city "SUV"s that are on the market
You can thank the epa for that
@@infernoking7504EPA doing the bidding of the automakers.
And trams
@tomgnyc same way how CARB did the "bidding" of corporate interests by being sued and gutted for mandating 5% of any brand's new car sales being ZEV by 2005
The american mind simply cannot comprehend having enough.
As a black man, i cannot drive the N box
We can rebadge it as a "cracker box" !
Maybe they will rename it AfAm Box one day.
Horrible day turned great because i can watch RCR while the world burns around me.
Ohh look warm dry scenery in an RCR Video..... wait is that gum trees. Oh gawd that's here. Hope you guys had fun down under.
RCR Australia coming out swinging for the fences!
Bringin the fun Down Under.
10:09 3x faster confirmed
11:36 australian youtuber almost mentioned
oh man it would rock to have rcr and dankpods geek out about cars together
Speaking as someone that’s had a lot of seat time in a 2nd gen N-box, it proves the U.S. domestic auto market’s offering is done for. Everything a 9th gen civic does, this does better. Practicality and fuel economy are top tier, and power is enough 90% of the time.
I’d rock one of these in the U.S. any day. Especially if you’re in a place like Boston, or rural Hawaii. But somewhere like Dallas or Houston might not be so ideal.
This body style, tall box with sliding doors, on an civic/corolla chassis would be extremely practical
The cars that are like one step above keis, "mini MPVs", are so nice. Tons of space, genuinely comfortable, super nice to drive on the highway, all the creature comforts, 50+ mpg and only 150" long, which is still like over a foot longer than a kei but smaller than a Mirage. All the things people say make keis bad for the Western market about engine power and comfort which are already half truths wouldn't apply at all. We rented a Suzuki Solio in Japan and I still dream about it and it's only $14k new for that damn car. USDM is such ass.
I'd kill for one here in Pittsburgh. Anyone who says the US has wide roads , I can show you tons of roads here that are two way, physically not big enough for two cars, and loaded with blind turns
You can also locally import Kei cars and hybrids!
Was good having you.
My dept has a little Ford Transit Connect. Sluggish, with a gas pedal that seems attached to the throttle by telegraph. But it's a big multipurpose shape (a box) that handles a lot like a car. I like it. It may represent the lower limit of what will fly with US buyers, and it's, like, two of these kei cars, and Ford is discontinuing it, citing "decreased demand for the compact van segment." Indeed, sales peaked at 52k units in 2015 and have declined by about 65% through 2023. It's a shame. I live in a very small city crammed with comically overgrown urban assault trucks. Drivers are just throwing money and effort down a bottomless pit of inefficiency at this point.
noisepuppet! fancy seeing you here! was just showing my workmate some of your turds earlier. hope all is well mate
Texas is saying f that. It is working to allow Kei cars to be driven on roads without having to use antique cars.
the kei trucks having the same bed size as a new full size f150 really says a lot about truck design these days
@@nicoliedolpot7213the price for a kei truck vs a f150 of the same year, the f150 tends to be cheaper and the sister vehicle the expedition is even cheaper with the ability to tow 4 or 5 kei trucks
A w for Texas. Pleasant surprise.
Goal: make my xB last until 2036
"Scrape the road like cold butter on untoasted bread"
Gah. That phrase actually made me grimace.
Ditch the CVT, tighten up that suspension and swap in a CBR1000RR drivetrain. Make it a flying brick.
cvt is a feature not a bug
We'll have to agree to disagree. Manual transmissions are my preference
@@carlosandleonI think people just don’t understand how to drive with them. “Automatic” =/= “thoughtless” ya know?
Japan resident here. Driving a kei car anywhere but the dense city, where the maneuverability is awesome, generally sucks. Unless it's a keitora in the inaka. Having said that, the NBox interior is awesome, like a Fit/Jazz on steroids
The owner looks like the Car Wizard's Australian cousin
That's a motorcycle engine.
And that's not a bad thing.
nearly 100Nm of torque from a 660cc is pretty neat. 600 supersports barely hit 55, although they aren't turbo'd.
Oh yeah, I forgot you were in Australia. It was about time you went down under.
And then went to Australia.
Falcon wagon as a camera car ❤
Yeah buddy!
Australia - let's go
THE METRIC SYSTEM IS YOUR FRIEND
EMBRACE IT
My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!
Was a great vehicle to witness, props to the owner for driving down from Sydney too!
WHY WE LOVE THIS KIND OF SMALL CARS ?
BECAUSE ARE SMART DESIGNS 👌🏻✨️
BECAUSE ITS STILL WE NEED 🗿👍🏻✨️💎✨️
I'm so feckin dirty that I missed you guys tripping down here.
The best import alternative to this for US enthusiast is the Yaris Verso, because it's an Echo paired to the practicallity of a kei car
Looking forward to the XE Falcon review, did any of the door handles work?
this actualy makes me happy about the future of electric cars in a way. once they break the rules on shape it’ll be great
I love the N-Box! 🤤
n word box?!
It will become one when it's sitting on bricks in the middle of Detroit
Sitting on bricks in a metered street side parking space
Mr RCR doesn't need another existential crisis
But can it be K swapped?
Surely we need to be doing a wiper count for the Australia vids hahaha, cant wait to see if he drives a euro car with the blinkers on the wrong side (left not right)
My HRV has the same flip up rear seats, as do most Honda SUV’s now. Honda calls them Magic Seats. They’re really handy. I’ve used them for hauling tall plants before.
Just come to Japan already
This is sold here in Singapore but as a van so regular people that don't own a business can't purchase one
Love the name, big N energy
Now let's see Kia's lil boxy lad
N-Box Best Box! Though I'd also like the Honda N-One, or the rival Suzuki Spacia.
This has succeeded in making me want a kei van even more now. Too bad the ones we can get here in the States are absurdly priced because of the overlanding crowd and such. I'm looking at you, Mitsubishi Delica.
You had me at "cromulent".
I had an '84 CRX HF. With a burned out clutch. That used more oil than fuel.
I laughed at the hill climb bit as every pull from a stop in that car was a hill climb.
Getting a JDM car with a CVT and fake gears is like going to Japan and just eating at American fast food places.
Great to see another kei car on the channel. *inflates you making you big and round*
Canadian here. I want one, and we don't have the same import restrictions here as you do in the US... I WANT A LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE BOX
I'd love one of these, especially for my commute. I'd have to top the tank off once every 2 months, and it would cost $30~ a tank.
As an Australian owner of a Suzuki Every Wagon, I was hoping you guys would review a Kei
WoopWoop! =3 Boxxy.
the furries are already here! =3
Honestly, I could make it work pretty well. I already outright own my vehicle now, and use an electric bike to commute to work and run errands around town. I go 20 minutes up the road to Aldi for grocery shopping and use my vehicle now. This little thing would be perfect for me! Then my vehicle wouod only be used for longer trips and last even longer.
Space in Japan, in general, is at a premium, so cars like this work very well over there.
Do a review of that yellow Falcon wagon! Great vehicles too, made in Vic.
Anyone else think this car looks neat? Like a micro-minivan.
You can take it to the maxi-mini-mall!
What a perfectly cromulent video. 🎉
4:48 Whoa
Didn't expect to see one of those in Ozzieland😮
I LOVED THIS THING
10:21 交通安全 寒川神社 'Drive safely - Samukawa Shrine' that's cool, did it came with the vehicle?
RCR in Australia, this is going to be good. Hopefully there will be an AU falcon video coming up.
Found about this car the other day, its fate
a guy calling his channel "regular car reviews" appreciates the name "cars from japan" ...yep, that checks out xD
Finally!! Something that looks better than a cybertruck.. 😂 in all seriousness ill take this shoe box over an oversized refrigerator. 😊
Behold! The Perfect Car!
There's one of those near me. Lady driver. She doesn't have any issues with parking.
CVT only.... Sad Face :(. But the Uber driver in me got excited over the MPG. This shows that high MPG vehicles are possible. Our cars are TOO BIG.
Fake gears as default?! I have a euro spec Honda Fit (Jazz), and it has that as an option turned on from the steering wheel, and it always resets to default cvt.
This vehicle will probably be the perfect Kei car to drive around the city in the States, but not a highway, because, you know, "small".
every US based Import website will have traffic skyrocket today, and Honda Acty Vans prices as well.
The little fella
Ahh, the rickshaw's yuppie brother. Don't tell him he's also adorable.
As for utility, this is more a European old town car. Not that you will find many here, since there is local competition.
Subaru CVTs do that stupid fake shifting too. You can trick it though and skip it if you let off the gas just before it tries to do it and then give accelerator after like a half second.
Yay for fake 7 speeds. I've gotten to know mine well, definitely not a stick, but for someone with knee issues and a disc in my back that decided to leave the chat gives me some semblance of fun
FINALLY A KEI CAR
Hoping you guys got to get a go in a GR Yaris.
Yesss, it's Australia time!
Welcome to Oz!
that guy looks like the aussie car wizard
The N-One RS is much more fun for not much more money. For practicality, get the N-Van.
Look a piece of candy. We got a cromulent.
Suzuki Carry has entered the chat.
Official car of van-life girls who also deliver for Amazon.
you don't have to wait that long, just import one under the Show & Display rule and you are good.
More than 500 were made, won't work.
2036: Combusible fuel is highly illegal, but you know a guy.
Only in California, which will be nonexistent by then anyway.
So basically the geo metro still exists in different form... noice
That's pretty dope
Saw the whole thing.
LETS GOOOOO RCR AUSTRALIA WOOOOOOOO
Lol fresh ass video 😂
Would be a great NYC car or any of the older Eastern cities for that matter.
I like these boxy kei cars.
Honda NBox - There is a clown car joke in here somewhere.
Hondas version of the nissan cube
I daily a aveo5. That n box scoots 😂 i also had a acty kei truck its faster than my aveo 😂
5:29 you sure you converted from km/l to US MPG and not UK MPG?
for foreign markets these should get twice the displacement
It’s a “Red Comet Custom” but doesn’t have any Zeon insignias?
Jelking😂
Lol I like the license plate. THC 801 or THICC BOI
I almost bought one of these. But was worried about repair and parts prices
I didn't know Australia has American sized citizens.
Honda NBox - The official airport shuttlebus for the clown convention.
Canadians only have to wait 15 years to import KEI cars.
An American in an Aussie - I mean, an American in Australia...
Saw one driving in the Freeway in Sydney, I now want one if the wife is willing..
thicc boi plates lol