Orders for Honda's Freed top 10,000 in 2 weeks

Sunday 15th June, 06:46 AM JST

TOKYO —

Honda Motor Corp said Saturday that cumulative orders for the Freed, its new 1,500-c.c. minivan, reached 10,000 units two weeks after its release on May 30.

The brisk initial sales are 2.5-fold more than the model’s monthly sales target of 4,000 units. Honda said the Freed has won popularity thanks to its large interior, compact body size, and the high-quality designs of both its interior and exterior.

JCN

11 Comments

KobeKid at 11:39 PM JST - 15th June

Honda said the Freed has won popularity thanks to its large interior, compact body size, and the high-quality designs of both its interior and exterior.

what about the most pressing question these days.... mpg? or should I say kpl?
Sarge at 11:54 PM JST - 15th June

I just checked it out. Cool looking minivan.
rajakumar at 12:37 AM JST - 16th June

June 2008, Honda Freed, freed for market.

June 2008, Satoshi Nakamura, iranian hostage also, freed to get back home.

Do you believe in coincidence of the words, Freed ?
Altria at 02:01 PM JST - 16th June

Raj: maybe they swapped him for a fleet of minivans.
osmanme at 07:35 PM JST - 16th June

cool...the Freed does 46mpg, or 16.4 kilometres per litre (74.5 km/g).
plasticmonkey at 09:25 PM JST - 16th June

large interior, compact body size

so it's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside
usaexpat at 11:40 PM JST - 16th June

That's impressive fuel economy. I've been happy with my wife's Mini which get about 36mpg
rajakumar at 03:23 AM JST - 17th June

Altria- good sense of humour, got me, cracking up.
knucklerap at 06:21 AM JST - 17th June

cool...the Freed does 46mpg, or 16.4 kilometres per litre (74.5 km/g).

My calculations show about 40 mpg.

I checked out the car. It has no spare tire, but comes with a spray can which inflates the tire. Good idea.

I also checked out the Sienta. It gets 18 km/liter. The rear seats go under the middle seats. In the Freed, the rear seats fold up so they're still kind of in the way.

I didn't like the Sienta looks so much at first, but I'm trying due to its fuel economy advantage.

Which car is better looking: the Sienta or the Freed?
knucklerap at 06:23 AM JST - 17th June

Forget to mention: the Sienta price was 1,681,000 yen versus about 2,100,000 for the Freed.

I think it's because Freed is "new" (Sienta has been around since 2003, I think) and you know how much that means to some people.
chardk1 at 12:31 PM JST - 20th June

Forget to mention: the Sienta price was 1,681,000 yen versus about 2,100,000 for the Freed. I think it's because Freed is "new" (Sienta has been around since 2003, I think) and you know how much that means to some people.

According to the Toyota and Honda websites the base models of the Sienta and Freed are only about 10,000 yen apart in price, so I'm not really sure where you got the above information.

Honda is marketing the Freed as more competition for the Isis and Lafesta than against the Sienta or Cube3. The Freed is slightly bigger than the Sienta and claims to offer a practical third row.