Here's A Rare Chance To Own An Awesome Honda Beat
On paper, the concept of a Kei sports car seems a bit daft. Why bother trying to make something sporty for a segment of the Japanese market which restricts you to 660cc and 63bhp? And yet, these dinky little roadsters and coupes are hugely tempting, and few fill us with quite so much lust as the mid-engined Honda Beat.
Yes, it’s far from fast, but the idea of thrashing its tiny three-pot up to the buzzy 10,000rpm redline while exploiting the diminutive mid-engine chassis is a very tempting prospect. As a bonus, it looks pretty cool too - in its own cutesy way - and would you just look at those tiger print seats!
The issue with these is that they were never officially sold in the UK, which means if you want one, you’ll have only the very few that were imported to choose from. What’s more, prices do seem to be on the rise.
However, there are still reasonably priced Beats available, such as this 1991 example, currently owned by CTzen and CT friend Ollie Evans. The advert is one of those rarely seen, reassuringly long and detailed affairs, and the car - which has 61,000 miles on the clock - looks to be in good nick. It’s up for £3500.
Tempted?
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
Oh wow. those Honda Beats are selling well here in Indonesia. By 2016 Honda has sold 10 million of those.
Evolution.. Even here in Philippines it’s a thing. Asia at least.
I really like this, and the Capuccino, and the Autozam.
Too bad they wouldn’t even work as rollerskates for me..(1.96m/6’.5”).
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when you i get told where to collect my prize from?
I wish i could own this car…. if only we could import this car to Israel….
If you are in France and said in french “ I drive a beat” you will look like a complete idiot
Suzuki Cappucino is better in my opinion.
Sometimes I wanna cry due to the fact that I won’t be able to buy the cars that are on the top of my wish list.
guy see is a car
car guy see is everything
otaku see is cure beat
The want is strong, but personally I prefer the cappuccino. Would also love a az-1 if I could find one in the UK! Edit: Also if I could find the money ;)