A Honda N-One kei car takes on BYD's Atto 1 for Mighty Car Mods
Marty and Moog put Australia's cheapest new car up against a Japanese import, and the comments are as busy with Moog's walk and the on-screen graphics as with the result.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 223,083 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (17,169).
Can a KEI CAR Beat CHEAPEST Chinese EV?
A new upload on Mighty Car Mods usually finishes its first day somewhere around 17,000 views. "Can a KEI CAR Beat CHEAPEST Chinese EV?" passed 130,000 in its first ten hours.
The question in the title is a practical one for Australian buyers on a tight budget. On one side is the BYD Atto 1, which the description calls the cheapest new car in the country, an electric hatch from the Chinese giant (sold at home as the Seagull). On the other is a Honda N-One, a petrol kei car imported from Japan, the kind of tiny, tax-friendly city car Japan builds to strict size and engine limits. The description promises a series of "gruelling tests" to settle which one is the better use of the money.
It is an unusual brief for a channel Marty and Moog started on Marty's mum's driveway in 2007, and better known for turbos and engine swaps. Their other uploads from the same days stay close to that: a run of Shorts on the Barra-swapped Monaro, and one about a set of wheels bought from the Nürburgring YouTuber Misha Charoudin.
The viewers noticed the change of subject. Several jokingly call Mighty Car Mods the world's biggest EV review channel. Others say the Honda's engine note sounds like a printer asking for a new cartridge, or that its face looks like Roberto, the criminal robot from Futurama. A popular thread says Moog walks almost exactly like the Techno Viking. A few viewers repeat a line from the video comparing one car's performance to a fridge falling down the stairs. Some complain about a cliffhanger. Many comments praise the graphics and set them beside the old Top Gear. Some N-One owners mention that Honda now makes an electric version of the car, and wonder why that one was not in the test.
The video is also running well ahead of the rest of the channel, which is having a quieter stretch than usual overall.
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What viewers say
moog walks almost exactly like techno viking :D
@k6computersSee it on YouTubeThe Honda sounds like a empty HP printer cartridge screaming to be changed
@3_x_plus_1See it on YouTubeLove the N One, I've been eager to see more content with it.
Off topic, I was on a flight earlier this week and wearing MCM merchandise - a fellow fan was seated behind me. He spotted the shirt and started a convo. We ended up enjoying a two hour chat about our projects (and life), we walked off the flight as fast friends.
Thanks again for building such a great community guys!@ginnaiSee it on YouTube
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The Honda's face reminds me of Roberto the criminal robot from Futurama.
@alniinSee it on YouTube3 minutes in and I'm already dropping the thumbs up for the graphics, that's some OG top gear or even grand tour levels of graphics, better than them actually IMO.
@ricardo1e93See it on YouTubeThe worlds best EV review channel.
@LTT.OfficialSee it on YouTubeThe rims on that honda look awesome with the black and white
@KwotziSee it on YouTubeJust got a super N here in the UK and I'm loving it, Boost mode turns it into a little nugget.
@8LA1See it on YouTubeYou forgot the most important challenge. The Maccas tray drift challenge!
@RileyLawrence8See it on YouTubeThe graphics and visual effects in this episode are fantastic. Props to whoever is putting that together.
@TN-hc6hfSee it on YouTube
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- Channel
- Mighty Car Mods
- Subscribers
- 3,980,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,198,912
- Channel views, pace per day
- 81,300 (on a normal day: 171,726)
- Video published
- October 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 129,538 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 223,083
The numbers
One video is carrying the channel right now, far ahead of what a new Mighty Car Mods upload usually does on its first day.
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Japan's kei car rules cap engine size. What is the limit for a kei car engine?
Since 1990, Japanese kei cars have been limited to engines of 660 cc, along with limits on length and width.
