Hello everyone, I’m Sho, a Honda Clarity owner from Japan.
The other day, a truly bizarre “Honda Clarity owners meet” was held at a Honda specialty shop in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan (the home of Honda’s R&D center), and I’d like to share what it was like.
The event was organized by Mr. Shimizu, who served as the development leader of the Clarity series and has appeared in many media features. We were able to hear a lot of behind-the-scenes stories from the development process.
He also mentioned that it was his first time seeing so many Claritys gathered in one place, which really surprised him.He said there were more cars than they had prepared for the media test drive, lol
It’s said that around 20,000–30,000 Clarity PHEVs were sold in the United States, but in Japan, only about 450 units were sold. So having as many as 16 cars gathered this time was nothing short of a miracle. All of the colors officially sold in Japan were present. (As a fun fact, green was never offered in the Japanese market.)
The other day, a truly bizarre “Honda Clarity owners meet” was held at a Honda specialty shop in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan (the home of Honda’s R&D center), and I’d like to share what it was like.
The event was organized by Mr. Shimizu, who served as the development leader of the Clarity series and has appeared in many media features. We were able to hear a lot of behind-the-scenes stories from the development process.
He also mentioned that it was his first time seeing so many Claritys gathered in one place, which really surprised him.He said there were more cars than they had prepared for the media test drive, lol
It’s said that around 20,000–30,000 Clarity PHEVs were sold in the United States, but in Japan, only about 450 units were sold. So having as many as 16 cars gathered this time was nothing short of a miracle. All of the colors officially sold in Japan were present. (As a fun fact, green was never offered in the Japanese market.)
