# Honda N-Box

The Honda N-Box (Japanese: ホンダ・N-BOX, Honda Enubokkusu) (corporately styled as N-BOX) is a kei car produced by Honda for the Japanese market. Together with the N-WGN, N-One and N-Van, it is part of the renewed N lineup of kei class city cars from Honda. The "N" prefix was previously used for the late 1960s and 1970s N360; originally it stood for norimono which loosely translates to vehicle. For the new N lineup, the "N" represented New, Next, Nippon, and Norimono.
As of December 2019, the N-Box has been the best-selling car in Japan for 28 consecutive months. As of 2019, 1.7 million units had been sold since its introduction.

## First generation (JF1/2; 2011)

The first-generation N-Box was unveiled on 27 October 2011 and launched in Japan on 30 November 2011. The millionth N-Box (including the Slash and N-Box+) was sold in December 2016.
On 5 July 2012, the N-Box+ was released. This model, based on the N Concept 3, has a slanted loading floor at the rear and can be fitted with a fold-out ramp - enabling heavy objects to be rolled up and into the cargo area. The seating arrangement was also made more flexible, allowing a variety of different configurations.
* Rear view
* N-Box Custom
* N-Box Custom rear view
* N-Box+
* N-Box+ Custom
* N-Box+ interior

### N-Box Slash (JF1/2; 2014)

The N-Box Slash was a lower roof version of the N-Box released in December 2014. Unlike the regular N-Box, the Slash model had hinged rear doors. It remained on sale for over two more years alongside the second generation N-Box, until the beginning of 2020.
* Rear view
* Interior

## Second generation (JF3/4; 2017)

The second-generation N-Box was unveiled on 25 May 2017 and launched in Japan on 31 August 2017 via a livestream on YouTube. It went on sale on 1 September 2017.

### Safety

It is equipped with Honda Sensing technology which includes pre-collision assist with pedestrian detection, lane departure warning with lane keeping assist, ultrasonic mis-acceleration mitigation system and road sign assist.

### Utility

The N-Box's seats can slide front to back, recline, and tip up and down separately or both to accommodate passengers, long and tall cargo and its slope can be used as an under-storage compartment and ramp for PWD wheelchairs.
By removing the seat's headrest, its refresh mode can be used as a bed.

### 2021 facelift

The second-generation N-Box received a facelift in late December 2020.
* Rear view
* Honda N-Box Custom G L Turbo
* Honda N-Box Custom
* Honda N-Box L (facelift)
* Honda N-Box L (facelift)
* Honda N-Box Custom L Turbo (facelift)
* Interior

## Third generation (JF5/6; 2023)

The third-generation N-Box was unveiled on 3 August 2023.
* N-Box Fashion Style rear view
* N-Box Custom front view
* N-Box Custom Turbo Coordinate Style rear view
* N-Box Joy front view
* N-Box Joy rear view
* Interior

## Awards

* 2017–2018 Car of the Year from Japan Automotive Hall of Fame
* 2018 Technology of the Year Award from Automotive Researchers' and Journalists' Conference of Japan for weight reduction technology.

## Sales

In December 2011, Honda set a monthly sales target at 12,000 units for the N-Box series. When the N-Box switch from the first to second generation, Honda increased the target to 15,000 units, the N-Box series exceed above the target selling in 6-digit number figures.
| Year | Japan |
| 2011 | 2,860 |
| 2012 | 194,407 |
| 2013 | 207,844 |
| 2014 | 164,875 |
| 2015 | 156,857 |
| 2016 | 169,944 |
| 2017 | 207,999 |
| 2018 | 207,999 |
| 2019 | 247,770 |
| 2020 | 195,688 |
| 2021 | 188,939 |
| 2022 | 202,197 |
| 2023 | 231,385 |