Honda will launch a new compact car

Honda Motor's cumulative sales in China in the first half of 2015 reached 460,900, a year-on-year increase of 30.4%, and achieved such excellent sales results. This is directly related to Honda's acceleration of the introduction of new models in China in recent years, in order to further improve its product range in China. To enhance the competitiveness of the brand, Honda is expected to introduce a new model. A few days ago, China Netcom obtained a patent application map for a new Honda small car from the State Intellectual Property Office. This vehicle is Honda’s earlier N-BOX SLASH launched in the Japanese market, and it is a compact car with high economical efficiency and practicality. The car is expected to introduce the domestic market. Judging from the Honda N-BOX SLASH's home car positioning, the car is expected to carry the 1.0T turbocharged engine previously developed by Honda for the Chinese market.

Honda had previously released three naturally aspirated direct-injection engines of 1.5L, 2.4L and 3.0L in the Chinese media conference and three turbocharged 1.0T, 1.5T and 2.0T engines developed for the Chinese market. Has been further improved. However, Honda's launch of supercharged engine models in the Chinese market was relatively late, which may be one of the reasons for its 2014 sales decline in China. The Honda compact car N-BOX SLASH is more home-oriented in terms of positioning. Considering fuel economy, the car is expected to carry a small-displacement 1.0T turbocharged engine.

Honda N-BOX SLASH was officially listed on the Japanese market on December 22, 2014. The fifth model of the new Honda N series was launched. In the Japanese market, there is a special automobile classification of K-Car, which is called “light auto”. This means that this type of vehicle has corresponding requirements in body size and displacement. If Honda N-BOX SLASH can be introduced into the domestic market, it will be possible to lead a trend. The new car has a retro style in appearance, and the Honda family-style single banner chrome grille is reflected in the N-BOX SLASH.

From the side of view, the Honda N-BOX SLASH uses a single door design, the rearview mirror with a turn signal makes the new car's sense of fashion has been improved, the new car sideways overall shape and the domestic market's micro-facets are somewhat similar, but the N-BOX SLASH in the body Smaller in size, ideal for a family of three. Looking from the rear, the new car adopts longitudinal taillights. The design of the high-position brake lights can improve the safety of the vehicle. In addition, N-BOX SLASH has ECON's intelligent green energy-saving auxiliary system and one-click activation system in terms of technology allocation from the perspective of selling models in the Japanese market.