Honda e Hatchback Advance 35.5kWh auto 5d Owner Review

As a serial BMW i3 owner I was looking for something different, and the Honda E is certainly that! To begin with it is really cute to look at, it gets lots of looks and favourable comments, even in Central London it is a rare sight. Like most small electric cars it is great fun to drive; very nippy and easy to thread through trafic ... no wing mirrors to knock off!. It is also a pretty cool place to spend your time, lots of toys and features from that amazing LED dashboard, those video mirrors are great, especially in low light conditions ... it all just makes you feel special. On the critical side, compared to the i3 it is not quite as nice to drive. Although it has an innovative "one pedal" variable retardation system no amount of fiddling gets it quite as smooth as the BMW's stock system. It is less roomy, especially in the back and luggage area, and the range is also pretty poor (about the same as the 1st Gen i3) Of course the Honda is about 10k cheaper than the BMW ... which goes a long way to soothing these niggles. Overall if you want a fun car that will make you smile every time you go to get in, this is the car for you.