- The Honda Factor might return
- A Honda patent submitting reveals an Factor-like car with a camper attachment
- A patent submitting would not assure the Factor returns, however the drawing provides an concept what it might appear to be if it did
The quirky Honda Factor crossover might make a comeback, if a current patent submitting is something to go by.
First noticed by Automotive and Driver, a current patent utility filed by Honda with the United States Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) reveals what seems an terrible lot like a brand new model of the Factor, which was discontinued after the 2011 mannequin yr.
Honda camper patent picture
The patent utility was filed in 2022 and printed on June 27. It is for a camper attachment that latches onto the again and high of a car, with extensions that develop the out there enclosed area onto the bottom. The car used as an example this function seems decidedly Factor-like.
Illustrations of the camper attachment present a boxy crossover with a smaller rear door that seems to be rear-hinged just like the again doorways on an extended-cab pickup truck. Rear-hinged doorways had been one of many distinctive options of the Factor, which was launched in 2003 and was not redesigned earlier than manufacturing ended. The door glass, which arches upward into the facet of the roof, additionally looks like a callback to the Factor.
Honda camper patent picture
A brand new Honda Factor—whether or not in crossover or pickup kind—is removed from a certain factor.
Automakers do not produce the whole lot they patent, and patent photos typically embody automobiles that are not meant to resemble manufacturing fashions. However trying on the present array of small crossovers and crossover-like automobiles—together with boxy designs just like the Nissan Kicks and Kia Soul that replicate the Factor’s signature form—it looks like a contemporary model of Honda’s millennial crossover might do properly.
