Honda Beat
Registered from 1992 to 1998.
About this model
The Honda Beat is a kei car produced by the Japanese company Honda from May 1991 until February 1996. It is a two-seater roadster with a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. It was the last car to be approved by Soichiro Honda, before he died in 1991. In total around 33,600 were made, with roughly two-thirds of these built in the first year of production. The design of the car originated from Pininfarina, who then sold the design plan to Honda. The Honda Beat was one of many cars designed to take advantage of Japan's tax-efficient kei car class.
From the Wikipedia article Honda Beat, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 1992 0.7 petrol. 2 of 15 tests failed.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility | 100% | 2 |
| Brakes | 50% | 1 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 50% of its failures
- Visibility — 100% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen