Hotter than a Civic Type R? Honda’s latest hero priced for Australia
Despite its diminutive size, the Honda Super-One has been more popular than the Civic Type R, and now it has a price.
Honda Australia is bringing its first EV to Australian showrooms, with the Super-One set to take on Chinese rivals with its quirky, kei car-like design.
Priced from $36,900 drive-away, it becomes one of the brand’s most affordable models, excluding the entry-level HR-V SUV, while bringing a design inspired by the Honda City II to a local audience.
Pre-orders for the Honda Super-One are now open, though Honda Australia says more than 6500 expressions of interest were filed in the lead-up to its price announcement.
This, the brand claims, is more than it received for the current FL5-generation Civic Type R, which has been a difficult car for customers to get their hands on, owing to a relative lack of supply against demand.
Honda Australia says just 130 examples of the Super-One will come to local roads between October 1 and the end of 2026, but claims “greater supply lands in early 2027”.
The EV is front-wheel drive, with its electric motor producing 47kW and 162Nm in its normal drive mode, though its ‘Boost’ mode increases power to 70kW.
Despite not having a petrol engine, the Super-One has a simulated seven-speed transmission and an ‘Active Sound Control’ system, piping through synthesised engine noises through the cabin – technology which has helped legitimise higher-end performance EVs.
Its small 29.6kWh battery can be charged from 15 to 80 per cent in 30 minutes at up to 50kW, and has a claimed WLTP lab-tested driving range of 206km. This figure could’ve been smaller if not for the Super-One’s relatively light 1093kg kerb weight.
Measuring just 3580mm long, 1575mm wide and 1615mm tall on a 2520mm wheelbase, the Super-One has a tiny footprint, making it ideal for city streets rather than the Civic Type R’s mountain runs.
For an additional $500, buyers can opt for the ‘special edition’ two-tone Violet Boost paintwork with a black roof.
“Honda Super-One is our first BEV in Australia and is not only truly unique it’s also bursting at the seams with character and content,” said Honda Australia Director of Automotive, Robert Thorp.
“It is distinctive, stylish, affordable, and most of all, fun, seamlessly translating Honda’s joy to drive, joy to own philosophy into the BEV era.”
It’ll join Honda’s existing lineup of models in the Prelude, HR-V, ZR-V, CR-V and Civic, all of which are available as hybrids.
