Description[]
The Honda N600 is an enlarged version of the Honda N360, a small, front-wheel drive city car made to be compliant with Japan's kei car regulations. The N600 was targeted at export markets where their motorways demanded higher top speeds. The N600 is also notable as being the first Honda car to be assembled outside of Japan, along with the Honda TN360 pickup truck. Production ended in 1972.
This casting depicts a highly modified N600 intended for racing. This casting was designed by Ryu Asada with assistance from Tim Mings of Merciless Mings, a restoration shop specializing in Honda's N and Z cars; this may have stemmed back from an inside joke where Mings "cyberbullied him" by posting a comment hounding the Hot Wheels Design Team for an N600 model every time a new casting was shown on the website Japanese Nostalgia Car. This was one of Ryu's last projects before his death.
Versions[]
The Custom '70 Honda N600 has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:
| Col # | Year | Series | Color | Tampo | Base Color / Type |
Window Color | Interior Color | Wheel Type | Toy # | Country | Notes / Variations |
Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 187/250 | 2021 | HW J‑Imports 7/10 |
Cream Yellow | Front grille and headlights details, Honda badging, Hot Wheels license plate and taillights on rear | Chrome / Plastic |
Tinted (Smoke) | Red | Micro5SP | GRX33 | Malaysia | New Model Base codes: P09, P11, P12 |
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| 187/250 | 2021 | HW J‑Imports 7/10 |
Teal | Front grille and headlights details, Honda badging, Hot Wheels license plate and taillights on rear | Chrome / Plastic |
Tinted (Smoke) | Black | Black Micro5SP | GTB82 | Malaysia | New Model New loop logo on base Base codes: P30, P35, P36, P37 |
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| 141/250 | 2022 | Compact Kings 4/5 |
White | Detailed headlights and taillights, "RYU" on rear | Chrome / Plastic |
Smoke tint | Black | Gray Micro5SP | HCT75 | Malaysia | Base code(s): R04, R07 | 
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| 141/250 | 2022 | Compact Kings 4/5 |
Red | Detailed headlights and taillights, "RYU" on rear | Chrome / Plastic |
Smoke tint | Black | Micro5SP | HJP32 | Malaysia | Best Buy Exclusive Base code(s): R34 |
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| 2024 | Green and Gold 5/6 |
Metalflake teal | "56", Hot Wheels logo, Honda, yellow and black stripes on sides | Orange chrome / Plastic |
Smoke tint | Black | Orange chromeMicro5SP | HVW99 | Malaysia | Base code(s): S29, S51 | 
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2021 card[]
From the back of the 2021 card:
Born: 1970, Taipei, Taiwan
Designer: Honda
The small, two door, N600 sedan had all alloy 600cc engine giving it a top speed of 81 mph. The N600 holds a distinctive place in the history of the Honda Motor Company as it became the first Honda automobile to be officially exported to the United States.
Gallery[]
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