Born Freed: Honda’s New Minivan
A month ago we told you about the upcoming Honda Freed minivan waiting in the wings to unleash its spacious van-ness onto the world. It was finally let loose on May 30. Named by combining the words “free” and “do” (as in, to take action), the new compact van further slices the minivan segment into ever more imperceptible size differences.
Configurations can accommodate passengers numbering five, seven (with captain’s chairs in the second row) or eight (with a 60/40 split bench in the third row). Motive power comes from a 1.5L i-VTEC motor mated to a CVT.
Despite my rants, I actually like a lot of the over-the-top styling of many of the JDM people movers like the Elgrand or Alphard. Even Honda’s own Mobilio. But the Freed looks too much like a computer mouse.
[Honda]