HONDA E BECOMES FIRST JAPANESE VEHICLE TO WIN ‘GERMAN CAR OF THE YEAR’; ADDS TO GROWING TALLY OF GLOBAL ACCOLADES

• Honda e also tops ‘New Energy’ class of the prestigious German awards
• Latest win follows Europe-extensive success such as recognition from Pink Dot Style Award, Autocar magazine (British isles) and News Intercontinental (British isles)
• Honda’s compact EV also nominated for Motor vehicle of the Yr 2021 in Hungary and Denmark
• Awards endorse Honda’s determination to producing highly developed and lovely products, built devoid of compromise

 

Honda’s initially battery electric powered car for Europe, the Honda e, has been named ‘German Motor vehicle of the Yr 2021’ in the country’s prestigious once-a-year Motor vehicle of the Yr Awards, turning out to be the initially car from a Japanese brand to do so. The automobile also received in the ‘New Energy’ class.

 

This is the latest in a collection of prestigious accolades to be presented to the Honda e since its launch in Spring 2020, such as the best honour in the Pink Dot Style Awards.

 

The German Motor vehicle of the Yr awards are resolved by a jury of major German automobile journalists. The panel tests and critiques the latest cars and trucks, ranking them according to their usability, driving properties, current market relevance and degree of innovation. The winners of five classes – Compact, Top quality, Luxury, New Vitality and General performance – then go head-to-head to make a decision an over-all winner.

 

“For Honda e to be the initially Japanese automobile to be awarded German Motor vehicle of the Yr is a wonderful honour and one we are unbelievably happy to receive”, extra Katsuhisa Okuda, CO & President of Honda Motor Europe. “Customer and media reaction to the Honda e since it was initially unveiled has been overwhelmingly favourable. The Honda e is a ideal illustration of a solution with a distinctive design, that includes slicing-edge technological know-how and highly developed smart connectivity to keep house owners related with their day-to-day existence. We are incredibly grateful for this award.”

“Honda e signifies a new type of mobility where the automobile plays a central purpose in producing a “seamless connection” among many facets of existence.”  commented Tomofumi Ichinose, Honda e Big Venture Leader.

 

“Honda e was also formulated to be the best urban commuter in reaction to environmental concerns, particularly in metropolis areas. Improvement of Honda e was a significant problem, nonetheless at the exact time, it was pleasurable to envision a lovely and brighter long term in which Honda e plays its portion. Crew associates and I are delighted to get this award, a recognition that the vision this automobile signifies has value.”

 

This latest award for the Honda e follows noteworthy success and recognition from across Europe. In the British isles, the Honda e triumphed in Autocar’s ‘Britain’s Ideal Car’ Awards 2020 in the ‘Best Motor vehicle Tech’ class, and it was recently named ‘City / Tiny Motor vehicle of the Year’ in the News Intercontinental Motor Awards 2020.

 

In Germany, the Honda e has also extra a EuroCarBody 2020 award from Automotive Circle to its German Motor vehicle of the Yr title, just months soon after obtaining two prestigious Pink Dot awards for remarkable design, such as best ‘Best of the Ideal 2020’ honours. The Honda e has since been on display at the environment-renowned Pink Dot Style Museum in Essen, Germany.

 

In Belgium, Honda’s urban electric powered supermini has been nominated for an Autogid Journal award, in the ‘Electric Small’ class, and is also in the operating for ‘Hungarian Motor vehicle of the Year’, soon after becoming named the ‘Most Enjoyable Novelty/New Car’ by Vezess.hu previous 12 months. Somewhere else in Europe, the Honda e has been nominated in Spain’s Axel Springer Motor Awards in the ‘small cars’ class and in Italy it’s in the operating to be named Quattroruote’s ‘Car of the Year’. Meanwhile in Denmark, the automobile has been shortlisted for Denmark Motor vehicle of the Yr 2021.

 

The Honda e was released before this 12 months and is an significant product in Honda’s determination to electrify 100{0764260a27b4b31ca71a8adf79c3ae299a61e6f062052eee3f0df84ce9b30ade} of its European mainstream products by 2022. Environment new benchmarks for modern day automobile design and highly developed e-mobility, the Honda e has been built devoid of compromise with a concentration on performance and usability. It functions a seamless, smooth and contemporary physical appearance, with slicing-edge technological know-how and highly developed smart connectivity to keep house owners in sync with day-to-day existence.

 

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