Honda’s Endearing Affordable City Car Is Getting a New Small Suzuki Rival

Here in the United States, the Honda Super-N (unfortunately) remains forbidden fruit. However, that’s not to say that the little electric kei car is a JDM-only item.

Quite the contrary, actually. As the segment has boomed in other parts of the world, Honda has also rolled out its diminutive compact to Europe and the UK. Australia is even slated to get it eventually, too.

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Now, word has it that Suzuki wants in on the action. After debuting a concept at the 2025 Tokyo Mobility Show, the automaker is reportedly now readying it for the UK market, too.

Suzuki’s kei expansion

The confirmation comes courtesy of Autocar, as the outlet spoke with UK boss David Kateley to discuss the company’s sales strategy for the British market going forward.

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Now, at this point, Suzuki isn’t talking exact specs or prices, but the discussion did indicate that it would be a production version of the Vision e-Sky urban EV. 

As a result, the forthcoming model will have five doors and sport a similarly narrow and boxy shape. Based on the Swift and eVitara, styling should be familiar too.

If it’s going to contest the likes of the Honda Super-N in the electric supermini segment, it’s reasonable to expect it to be comparable in its battery size. Suzuki claimed a range of 168 miles in the case of the concept, but Autocar also notes that in the realm of 130 miles and 29kWh would be pretty likely.

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In any case, it’s set to be tiny and cheap at somewhere around £20,000 or less. The Vision e-Sky measured just 3,395mm (133 inches) long and 1,475mm (58 inches) wide, putting it even smaller than its Honda-badged competition. Yet its ambitions to break out of Japan are even bigger, considering the strength of the nameplate relative to its rival.

An unlikely US import

So is Suzuki’s e-Sky likely to make it to America? Put short: it’s unlikely. Still, stranger things have happened.

The biggest thing keeping it from reaching our shores is that Suzuki stopped selling cars in the United States back in 2012 after declining sales. A return to the market with a small electric subcompact would be quite the about-face.

Suzuki

Moreover, Honda hasn’t even yet brought its Super-N across the pond. Assuming that someone is likely to break into the market with a new class of tiny commuter-friendly kei cars, it’d be more reasonable to bank on the big red.

However, don’t count it out entirely, as there are now tons of electric low-speed vehicles flooding the market. From real-life offerings like the Fiat Topolino to ambitious upstarts like the Amble One and Chip LUV, the micromobility segment continues to grow.

To that end, it’d make a lot more sense for a brand with vehicles occupying a similar niche (like Honda or Suzuki) to fight for regulation than it would be to retool something from the ground up. And, hey, seeing as kei cars are even popular with the current administration, there’s no telling what could happen.

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More to come

According to Autocar’s report, Suzuki is targeting a spring 2027 launch. Even if this particular vehicle doesn’t make its way to North America, hopefully, the growing segment at least inspires similar stateside offerings.

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Suzuki Vision e-Sky Concept

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