By Steve Laser
Honda updated the popular Vezel in Japan this year with freshened styling, new features, and new packages. For the first half of 2024, Honda says that Vezel ranked first in new SUV sales in Japan.* Customers seeking to personalize and enhance their rides can select from a wide variety of Honda Access Accessories.
The Vezel e:HEV X with the new Hunt Package is shown above fitted with Active Style themed accessories. Included is a Berlina Black front grille with black/chrome “H” logo, Glossy Copper Metallic lower front skirt, a body side landscape-type decal, and a roof-mounted system carrier (A-Collect product with an Inno Shadow roof box).
Sports Style themed accessories energize the visual appeal of the Vezel e:HEV Z (above). For 2024, Vezel continues to be offered with Honda’s e:HEV two-motor hybrid system, including a 1.5-liter DOHC i-VTEC 4-cylinder gas engine, electric Continuously Variable Transmission (e-CVT), and choice of front- or Real-Time AWD. (A base non-hybrid G trim is also available.)
This closeup front view highlights the customized appearance of the Vezel with Honda Access Sports Style accessories, including a Berlina Black grille, and front lower skirt with Berlina Black and chrome-plated garnish.
Another popular Vezel accessory is an exhaust pipe finisher, shown above with the Sports Style theme. Additional accessories include a lower side garnish, tailgate spoiler, rear lower skirt and garnish.
While a black Honda logo also looks great on the tailgate, the finishing touch is a matching black Vezel nameplate script from Honda Access.
Customers can opt for these attractive 18-inch MS-050 alloy wheels. The wheel construction is said to apply technology used in the Modulo X series, with optimized rigidity. Also available are separate wheel caps with chrome-plated and black-chrome motifs.
Popular Vezel interior accessories include several with LED lighting. There’s a side step garnish with an illuminated Vezel logo, center console illumination (above), footlights, and a lighting package that includes all three.
Custom interior panel graphics from Honda Access include the choice of different design themes. High-tech accessories include Premium Internavi with Honda CONNECT compatibility, drive recorder, front camera system, and rear camera Anshin Plus 4.
Honda Access also offers a variety of utility-themed accessories for the Vezel. Shown above is a plastic tray that protects the floor of the cargo area. Matching seatback trays help to protect second-row seatbacks in the upright and folded down positions, and are especially useful when carrying long items in the vehicle.
* Domestically produced SUVs (four-wheel drive vehicles, including wagons, vans, and trucks, including some 2WD vehicles, as classified by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association).
Note: Features, specifications and availability of accessories for Japan market models are subject to change without notice.
News sources and photos courtesy of Honda Access Co., Ltd, and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Photos are posted in this story for editorial use.
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