Honda unveiled the X-NV Concept at the 2019 Auto Shanghai, which previews an upcoming mass-production electric vehicle from Dongfeng Honda scheduled to go on sale in the second half of 2019.
If you think you’re looking at a restyled HR-V, you’re not wrong. However, the X-NV does get its own unique front and rear more akin to the China-only XR-V (the HR-V version sold by Dongfeng Honda), with a “tusk-like” look for the front bumper, joined by a large trim piece running through the middle of the lower apron.
Other notable cues at the front include blue accents on various parts of the bumper, including on the not-Honda logo placed within the single-louvre grille, which likely hides the car’s charging port.
Meanwhile, the XR-V-based rear is enough to convince you that this isn’t a HR-V, with the kinked taillights completely absent here. In their place are smaller clusters linked by a central trim piece on the reshaped tailgate, with reflectors tucked away in the corners.
Honda previously announced its mid-term vision for electrification in China, which is to introduce more than 20 electrified models to the market by 2025. Last year, the company, together with its other Chinese partner Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC), introduced the Everus VE-1.
Honda’s official release for the X-NV didn’t include any details about the car’s powertrain, but it should be similar to the VE-1, which features a 161 hp (120 kW) and 280 Nm electric motor paired with a 53.6 kWh battery.
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When the world are going for Game Changing EV, our Iriz EV here already Game Over even before Mass Production…
Haha! everyone stole EDITOR’s name
There is only one Ed in Paul Tan. :-)
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I’d go for a different name other than Editor tho ;)
Hafriz Shah
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But user registration is currently not allowed. How do we register? So fed up with trolls in here curi names
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Thanks for the heads up but I wouldn’t let idiot antics get up my skin. If they chose to hijack my nick, it is up for the readers to discern who is the true EDITOR and who are the fakes. It is obvious those who kept repeating the same Game Over nonsense isn’t me.
Cheers Hafriz.
P.S: Choosing not to register is also a way to identify oneself. Cheers Hafriz.
Thank you Hafriz Shah. Now nobody can steal my Game Changing name.
One is a B-Segment hatchback and the other is a Crossover SUV. How is this even comparable defies any common sense logic. And FYI, this X-NV is based on an aging HR-V platform. By the time it gets released for production it is outdated by Geometry A. So can I say this is Game Over even before Mass Production?
Hello, Vios with an old platform also can sell well. People want cars with good quality and comfort
Sure boh? Did Toyota announce there are 20k bookings for new Vios? This outdated crap car have not top the charts since 2nd generation which was 10 years ago.
Look good for next restyle hrv mesia.
good luck with that, Honda can’t even build a proper petrol car.
(Like) Honda HRV 2019 .
(Dislike) Proton X50
Hope they launch this here