Review Honda Freed

If you look carefully on the figures, compared to Honda CR-V the Freed is smaller both in length and width. The CR-V length and width is 4520mm and 1820mm respectively, while the Freed bows down at 4215mm and 1695mm. It does brings up the compact aspect of the car isn’t it? With the bigger CR-V seats 5 and the smaller Freed seats 7-8, does it make the Freed totally cramped on the inside? Well, let’s take the subtle design cue from the first Honda Freed teaser movie.

Honda used triangle and a box to indicate the base design of the car. Any 5th grader would know that box/square shapes offer the best optimal space in geometry. However, any industrial design graduate can identify that a box shaped car is not the best of design applied to a car.

It offers the best optimal space yes, but it sure is damn hard to make it look attractive… Unless they put a “retro” marketing gimmick on the promotion front. There’s also the problem with box design equals to bad fuel consumption as the coefficient drag from said design is phenomenally bad. So to answer those questions, Honda of Japan came up with the triangle box combo. The triangle symbolize the front of the car while the box symbolize the rest of the car shape. Therefore, this design philosophy holds several obvious meaning. The car will still be aerodynamic enough as not to hamper its coefficient drag and offers an optimal amount of cargo/passenger space.



Engine Specification
1,497 cc i-VTEC 16V

Max power (PS/rpm)
118 / 6,600

Max Torque (Kgm/rpm)
14.9 / 4,800

Suspension

Front : McPherson Strut with Stabilizer
Rear : H-Shape Torsion Beam

Dimension
Length X Width X Height (mm)
4215 x 1700 x 1735

Wheelbase (mm)
2740

Minimum Turning radius
5.2 meter

Fuel Tank Capacity
42 liter

Ground Clearance
165 mm

Tyre & Wheel
185/65 R15 Alloy

Safety Features
Brake System
ABS+EBD+BA

SRS Airbag
Dual Airbag (RS Type)
Neck Shock Mitigation Head Rest

Safety Belt
1st, 2nd, 3rd row

Pretensioner Belt With Double Load Limiter
RS Type

Key & Alarm System
Wave Key, Keyless Entry, Immobilizer

Exterior
Door Mirror
Electric Body Color

Rear Passenger Door
Manual Sliding (S)
Automatic Sliding (RS)

Interior
Seat Configuration
King & Queen Seat, 2+2+3, Fabric

Audio
Double Din AM/FM CD MP3/WMA/WAV + USB + AUX input + i-POD ready

Supporting
Warranty
3 years or 100,000 km
Emergency Assistance
24 Hours Road Assistance