Honda · 1965–1967
Honda L700
The L700 is a commercial station wagon from Honda. Produced for only eleven months beginning in October 1965, it shared the S600 roadster's mechanicals and used a bored out version of that car's high-tech inline-four engine. At 687 cc, the revvy DOHC engine produced 52 PS (38 kW) at 7,500 rpm with twin side-draft carburettors. Torque is 5.8 kg⋅m (57 N⋅m; 42 lb⋅ft) at 4,500 rpm. The L700 was designed for commercial deliveries and was referred to by Honda as a light van, but it appeared as a conventional station wagon, seating five. Only a four-speed manual transmission was available, the front suspension was an independent MacPherson struts while the rear was a conventional leaf sprung live axle. Two models were built — the basic LA700 and better-equipped LM700. A third version, called the Honda P700 was a small pick-up truck version, with an exposed load bay and a standard cab situated behind the engine, using the same chassis as the L700 (front engine, rear drive). It appeared a month after the L700. 12,763 L700 and 1328 P700 were built. Payload for all L and P-series models was 400 kg (882 lb).
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Specifications
- name
- Honda L700
- aka
- Honda L800
- Layout
- FR layout
- Manufacturer
- Honda
- Production
- Sayama Plant, Sayama, Saitama, Japan, L700: October 1965-September 1966, L800: September 1966-November 1967
- Related
- Honda S600, Honda S800, Honda T500
- Class
- Minivan
- Length
- 3690 mm
- Width
- 1485 mm
- Height
- 1400 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2245 mm
- Body style
- 3-door wagon
- Kerb weight
- 800 kg (LM700)
- Engine
- 687 cc DOHC I4, 791 cc DOHC I4
Specification summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Measured facts from Wikidata (CC0). Check the linked sources for citations.
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928713CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_L700CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1282544894 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honda_l700.jpgCC BY 2.0 · Photo: Kzaral (Flickr User) · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.