In theory, the Honda e:Ny1 looks like a solid crossover for Europe and its denser development. It looks about the size of a Honda HR-WORLD, so it shouldn’t be too big for parking. It runs on electricity, so you can drive it in areas where internal combustion engine cars are not allowed. And while styling is a new direction for Honda, it’s familiar enough to be recognizable.
The specs aren’t game-changing, but they’re still solid. It’s front-wheel drive, makes 201 hp and 228 lb-ft of torque, has a 68.8 kWh battery that will give it a 256-mile range and can be charged from 10 to 80 percent for about 45 minutes. And if you like a big screen, it has a 15.6-inch vertical touchscreen.
But my god. That name. Why? Why does Honda have to use a confusing mess of letters and numbers with random capitalization And dot? We can work with hyphens even though I don’t want to. But the colon doesn’t belong in the car name. How do you even pronounce names? Ee en why one? Who’s that? Whoever? I’m sure it represents something, but I can’t be bothered to go find that information and I doubt anyone else would.
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I used to think the Toyota bZ4X had the dumbest car name of all time. It’s like something Elon Musk would name one of his (What are we up to now? 80?) children. And I hate that I know it supposedly stands for Beyond Zero all-wheel-drive crossover. Or maybe it doesn’t. It’s so hard to care about names like this. Especially when there’s no real pattern to how things are capitalized.
It’s also hard to type because no one can remember what’s capitalized and what isn’t. It’s a problem that only affects journalists and copywriters, but it’s a problem that affects me personally, and since I’m already complaining, I might as well share all of my complaints.
But I was wrong. The bZ4X doesn’t have the worst car name. It’s now the Honda e:Ny1. On the positive side, it’s doubtful that the e:Ny1 is going to come to the U.S., so at least I probably won’t ever have to review it.
