Honda 0 SUV: hit or miss?

Greg Potts: “It could be the perfect EV for those who can’t stand the i4”

Forget about all the SUVs in their varying shapes and sizes – the 0 Saloon looks like it could be absolutely brilliant. It’s a giant Gandini-esque wedge with a modern day take on pop-up headlights.

I was at CES and had a sit inside the concept with its dramatic four-seat interior. There’s no rear window, but I’d happily take that if those rear lights make production. The huge glass roof means it’s light enough inside too.

If it can keep off the biscuits and drives as well as Honda is suggesting, it could be the perfect EV for those who can’t stand the face of the BMW i4 or the general meltiness of the Mercedes-Benz EQE. Just needs a better name.

Sam Burnett: “My issue is that it’s coming along 15 years too late”

Oh look, the car’s fine, it hits all the concept car bingo highlights and shows that Honda’s busily beavering away at something or other. I don’t even mind that the styling comes courtesy of a 1990s DustBuster vacuum cleaner. My issue is that it’s coming along 15 years too late.

The Urban EV and Sports EV concepts back in 2017 looked nice but were already running late eight years ago. And then Honda bottled the rollout with the lardy e city car. How hard can it be to knock out some forgettably average electric SUVs with a decent slug of range?

Honda doesn’t have the luxury of an extravagant philosophy, it just needs to make some cars we’ll actually buy.