Honda N-Box Custom - walk round & test drive | Japanese import kei car | JF1 [SOLD]

Showing you round a 2012 Honda N-Box Custom for sale at Andrew's Japanese Cars.
Get in touch via this link to arrange a viewing and test drive: andrewsjapanesecars.com/2012-...
Finished in beautiful premium gold purple metallic paint, this is a Honda N-Box Custom GL Package and was a grade 4 B car at auction in Japan. It has covered ~95,000 km, equating to about 59,000 miles.
The N Box has a 3 cylinder, 12 valve DOHC petrol engine with a timing chain. It is front wheel drive with CVT automatic transmission.
Equipment includes: electric windows all round, electric mirrors (adjust and fold), 90 degree front door opening (making it easy to get in and out), power steering, ABS, factory 14 inch alloy wheels, automatic climate control (with air conditioning), keyless entry / push button starting, HID headlights, reversing camera, 4 seats with 2 sets of ISOFIX mounts on the rear seats, twin power sliding doors.
The vehicle comes with 2 remote keys and original owner's manuals.
This is classed as a kei car in Japan. You can read more about kei cars here: andrewsjapanesecars.com/kei-c...
0:00 Introduction
2:05 Walk round
3:56 Driver's seat and equipment
10:58 Rear seats
12:17 Boot space & load carrying
13:29 Engine bay
15:27 Test drive
24:46 Closing comments
#honda #kei #nbox

[@richardsmith579]

I thought what a beautiful green it was, until I realised it was the grass reflected in the chrome. Anyway, it’s a wonderful car and I just wish they sold them here.

[@jomzgirlvlog]

i like Honda because my car here in Japan is Honda NBox

[@hellokittycakes5565]

I love these kei car I been saving the money 💰 too buy one it's my dream car 🚗❤❤❤❤

[@Andrewsjapanesecars]

Great to hear you're a fan of the NBox, hope you manage to get one soon!

[@stretchie]

I am trying to convince the Mrs that this is what we need as a second car, well, main car really. One of these as a daily driver with the kid seats in as all we do is go shops or take kids to nursery and it's all within a mile, then we already have a diesel estate which would be the going to work car or transfer the kid seats to that one for the big trips where we need to take a lot of stuff. Could I ask how much this went for? I have no idea if I'm looking at £5 or 15k, and that's a big part of the decision but I can't find any with real, recent uk prices as a guide. Thanks

[@Andrewsjapanesecars]

Hi, thanks for the question. Please could you send me a message here andrewsjapanesecars.com/ask-me-a-question/ and let you know the selling price for this one. BTW I've got another N-Box coming later in the year andrewsjapanesecars.com/2012-honda-n-box/ Happy to discuss importing one directly for you if you prefer. Thanks Andrew

[@stoissdk]

If I'm not mistaken KEI are almost exclusively sold domestically in Japan... and yet your imported Japanese car features buttons, controls and dials that are clearly labelled in English. How does that work for your average Japanese grandmother driving this car? :)

[@Andrewsjapanesecars]

My impression is that the majority of Japanese people are quite accustomed to dealing with things written in English.

[@tron520]

Can i ask why you buy the JF1s range and not the later JF2s or JF3s?

[@Andrewsjapanesecars]

The registration process is a little simpler for cars over 10 years old, but if you'd like a JF3 then I'd be happy to import one for you, please get in touch via this form if you'd like to discuss it further andrewsjapanesecars.com/japanese-import-cars-to-order/ BTW the JF2 is just a 4WD version of the JF1 - the 4WD would add a lot of (mostly) unnecessary weight.

[@tron520]

@@Andrewsjapanesecars Thank you for your reply Andrew, shows you need to go to the right people for the right information, thank you, very much appreciated 👍

[@rdmski1312]

Great Video thank you. I love this car. I asked me how many N-Box u can find in Europe. I dont know anyone who have one. But i think in GB you can find more japanese vehicles because of the right steering wheel. I dont think we have a N-Box on german streets. What i missed in you review is the question is it possible to move the backseats to get mehr trunk space . you said the sound system is nice but i cant see tweeter.

[@Andrewsjapanesecars]

Hello and thanks for your comment and questions. I'm glad you're a fan of the N-Box! I've never seen another one on the road in the UK but I know there are others here because of questions/comments I've received on my website. I don't know about numbers across Europe, but as you say the steering wheel being on the 'wrong' side for Europe probably wouldn't help. About the seats, the back of the rear seats has 2 positions, reclined and upright, but the rear seats cannot be slid forwards/backwards to adjust the trunk space. There weren't separate tweeters. It isn't a 'premium' sound system, but the sound quality was a lot better than I expected.

[@rdmski1312]

@@Andrewsjapanesecars hi and thanks for your answer. I just ordered 2017 nbox custom turbo from japan to gernany and looking forward to get it. Lot of people here have japanese sports cars and i know there are some owners of kei cars. But i never heard from a nbox owner in germany. May be iam the first one.

[@hl236]

What's the comfort like with two adults in the front?

[@Andrewsjapanesecars]

Very good! Inside it feels like a much more spacious vehicle than it's exterior appearance and dimensions would suggest. The seats are really comfortable and there is plenty of space between each other with 2 adults in the front.

[@kobasima3]

日本で2020年のNdoxカスタムTurboに乗ってます　楽しい車ですが燃料搭載量の少なさが不満です　積雪量が多いので4WD車で更に燃料タンクの容量が少なくなってしまいます😩

[@Andrewsjapanesecars]

That must be frustrating, especially as you probably use more fuel with the 4WD too. I had a look at the specs for this model and I can see the 2WD has a 35 litre tank but the 4WD only has 30 litres.

[@johnayres2303]

I wonder how easy it is to get spares in the UK, say a windscreen replacement.

[@Andrewsjapanesecars]

I offer support with spares for all the cars I sell. Some parts are available here and some need to be imported from Japan. I could import a windscreen if required. The shipping would be expensive but everything is available.

[@zurielsss]

Spare parts are readily available in Japan since it's very popular. But the importing costs will be expensive

[@zizotizi1268]

المشكل هو المقود الموجود على اليمين

[@Dunstire]

I was thinking that i'd love one of these until you mentioned the 3 Satanic letters,CVT.I just couldn't put up with a car that permanently sounds like the clutch has had it.It's a shame.For the kind of mainly local and solo driving i do,one of these would have been perfect for the occasional shopping trips etc

[@Andrewsjapanesecars]

Sorry to hear you're not a fan! Quite hard to avoid CVT in automatic Japanese import cars these days. Perhaps a manual transmission N Van would suit?