For a few months in 2003, Honda sold a Vamos Hobio "Travel Dog Package" — water-repellent, deodorant-treated upholstery and pet mats, built specifically for dog owners.
Median 112 hp across 95 similar cars
Lead trim: 656 cc E07Z · up to 63 hp
Honda Vamos / Vamos Hobio1999–2018
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FactFor a few months in 2003, Honda sold a Vamos Hobio "Travel Dog Package" — water-repellent, deodorant-treated upholstery and pet mats, built specifically for dog owners.
The Vamos name returned in June 1999 as a more luxurious, personal-use trim level of the third-generation Acty microvan, joined in April 2003 by the Vamos Hobio, a "recreational" version with a roof 105 mm taller, the Acty van's bigger tailgate and low taillights, floor and wall hooks, waterproof trim and a trapezoidal grille. Both used the 656 cc E07Z three-cylinder (with an optional turbo limited to 64 PS), a rear-drive layout with optional Full Time 4WD using a viscous coupling, and a redesigned rear end with vertical taillights and a smaller gate. From May to October 2003 Honda took orders for a Vamos Hobio "Travel Dog Package". It competed with the Suzuki Every, Subaru Sambar and Daihatsu Atrai, and was succeeded by the N-Van and N-Box.
Collectors Spotted in the Honda Vamos Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Honda Vamos yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 656 cc E07Z | 1999–2018 | 0.7 L Inline-3 | 51 hp | 46 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 656 cc E07Z turbo (64 PS) | 1999–2018 | 0.7 L Inline-3 | 63 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
For a few months in 2003, Honda sold a Vamos Hobio "Travel Dog Package" — water-repellent, deodorant-treated upholstery and pet mats, built specifically for dog owners.
Honda's tiny kei buggy carried its spare tire bolted to the nose — combined with its air-cooled engine's note, it left some observers thinking they were looking at a shrunken VW Microbus.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
Chevy pitched the Astro as the anti-minivan, telling buyers life was too big for one, while it rode on a rear-wheel-drive truck frame.
The IIHS rated the Astro Poor in a 1996 crash test, yet 2001–2004 Astros later had the lowest driver death rate of any US passenger vehicle.
The boxy, unglamorous Astro quietly posted one of the best real-world safety records in America: IIHS found 2001-2004 models had the fewest driver deaths per million vehicles of any passenger vehicle on US roads.
The third-generation Tourneo Connect, released in Europe in October 2021, is a rebadged fourth-generation Volkswagen Caddy, assembled by Volkswagen in Poland.
Ford beat the 25% "chicken tax" by importing the Transit Connect as a passenger van — rear windows and seats included, then stripped out and recycled once it landed in the US.
Ford spent years in federal court over the second-gen Transit Connect: in June 2019 the US won its appeal, and judges ruled the van was cargo-only — ending Ford's workaround for the 'chicken tax.'
GM sold a rebadged Nissan NV200 as the Chevy City Express for four years, then killed it in 2018, citing weak sales and the fact that its parts weren't even compatible with GM's own parts catalog.
Its name is a pun: "S-Cargo" means "Small Cargo" but sounds just like escargot — French for snail, the shape the whole van was built to resemble.