Tested: 2026 Honda Super-N – Full review, price & features
Being a budget-friendly car brings the benefit that getting into the Super-N is nice and straightforward, because Honda hasn’t tried to do anything clever with the doorhandles. They’re simple, with a pleasingly mechanical feel. The cabin harbours plenty of surprises, though.
Kei cars are often little marvels of packaging, and the Super-N is no different. The cabin is narrow, but thanks to the big glasshouse it doesn’t feel claustrophobic. The seating position is relatively high and upright, but this feels entirely appropriate. It also leaves a good amount of space for the second row. As a result, two tall adults can just about sit behind each other, which is impressive for a car this small. The floor is fairly high and the rear headroom limited, but still…
While the rear seats don’t slide like in a Twingo or Hyundai Inster, they are still pretty clever. Like on the Jazz and HR-V (and many Hondas before them), the Super-N has Honda’s ‘magic seats’ with bases that flip up completely to make a tall pass-through space that can fit a bicycle. The backrest also folds down completely horizontally, which transforms this tiny hot hatch into a tiny van. With the seats up, boot space is predicably limited, but 162 litres is still respectable enough.
Up front, the Super-N is clearly a cheap car with plenty of hard plastic surfaces, but Honda has given it many thoughtful touches so you’re not reminded of this fact every step of the way. First, there’s the steering wheel, which is round, firm and upholstered in leather, as god intended. The other big one are the seats. They are completely different from those in the N-One base car and feel like properly bespoke sports buckets, with vheavy bolstering. The padding is soft and comfortable, though, and they’re set at an angle that still supports your thighs nicely. We also love the combination of white faux leather, black microsuede and blue fabric to put you in a racy mood.
The tall dashboard has quite a funky three-tier design with useful storage space on the middle tier and a cupholder to the right of the steering wheel. There’s a relatively big glovebox and more storage on the floor between the seats. Pleasingly, all the important controls, including the climate, heated seats and steering wheel, media volume, mirrors and drive modes, get chunky physical controls.
The digital side is fairly basic, as befits a basic car. The 7in driver display has simple and calm graphics, and it offers a number of lay-outs – although scrolling between them is a little cumbersome. The main infotainment screen as in all other modern Hondas, which means it looks a little dated and doesn’t offer very many functions. That said, activating the phone mirroring (wireless for all devices) and ignoring the native interface works quite well.
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