Honda N360

Honda N360/N600
1969 Honda N360 sedan
Overview
Manufacturer	Honda
Also called	Honda LN360 Honda N400 Honda LN400[1] Honda Scamp[2] Honda N600 Fu Gui (ROC)[3]
Production	1967–1972
Assembly	Suzuka Plant, Suzuka, Mie, Japan Johor Bahru, Malaysia (Capital Motor)[4] Taipei, Taiwan (Sanyang)[5]
Body and chassis
Class	Kei car/city car
Body style	2-door sedan 3-door wagon ("Van")
Layout	FF layout[6]
Related	Honda Life Honda TN360 Honda Vamos Honda Z360/Z600
Powertrain
Engine	354 cc N360E air-cooled I2 402 cc N400E air-cooled I2 598 cc N600E air-cooled I2
Transmission	Four-speed manual constant mesh, dog-clutch engagement[7] three-speed automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,000 mm (78.7 in)
Length	2,995 mm (117.9 in)
Width	1,295 mm (51 in)[7]
Height	1,346 mm (53 in)[7]
Curb weight	508 kg (1,119 lb)[7]
Chronology
Successor	Honda Life (N360) Honda Civic (N600)

The Honda N360 is a small front-engine, front-wheel drive, two-door, four-passenger car manufactured and marketed by Honda from March 1967 through 1970 in Japan's highly regulated kei class — as both a two-door sedan and three-door wagon.

After a January 1970 facelift, the N360 became the NIII360 and continued in production until June 1972.^[8] A larger-engined variant, the N600, was marketed through 1973. All models used a straight forward two-box design that complied with kei dimensional regulations — though vehicles with the 401 cc and 598 cc engines exceeded the kei engine displacement limits and were largely intended for markets outside Japan.

The N360 featured front wheel drive and an air-cooled, four-stroke, 354 cc, 31 PS (23 kW; 31 hp) two-cylinder engine. While ultimately derived from Honda's motorcycle engines, the N360E engine has a 360-degree crankshaft angle ("parallel twin") unlike the 180-degree "vertical twin" setup typically used on Honda's two-cylinder motorcycle engines.^[9] This same engine was used in the Honda Vamos, where it was coupled with a beam axle/leaf spring rear suspension.

The simple N360 name, along with its variants, used the "N" prefix, which stood for norimono and translated from Japanese to English as vehicle (or car) — distinguishing the cars from the company's motorcycle offerings.

In 2012, Honda introduced the Honda N-One, an homage inspired by the 1967–1973 N sedans.