2001 Honda Life Dunk Turbo Intercooled FWD, PW, PL, PS, PM, Auto · 60,424 mi

What you are looking at is a 2001 Honda Life Dunk Turbo Intercooled FWD, PW, PL, PS, PM, Auto, listed as Storm Silver Metallic, held in our US inventory. Shifting is by an automatic transmission. The plate on this one reads JB3-1010081.

Background on the JB3 Life Dunk

JB3 is the front-drive Honda Life of the generation sold from 1998, and the Dunk name marks the turbocharged version. Under the bonnet is the 656cc E07Z with forced induction, which in kei form was limited by a gentlemen's agreement among Japanese makers to a nominal 64 horsepower. The Life is a conventional front-engine tall hatchback, so it shares none of the Acty's mid-engine layout despite the common engine family.

The clock shows 60,424 miles — call it 97,200 km, since the instrument was marked in kilometres when it left Japan. That is mid-range for a Honda kei vehicle of this era arriving in the United States.

At a glance

• Year: 2001
• Make: Honda
• Model: Life Dunk Turbo Intercooled FWD, PW, PL, PS, PM, Auto
• Chassis code: JB3
• Transmission: Automatic
• Odometer: 60,424
• Engine: E07Z 660cc 3 Cylinder EFI
• Colour: Storm Silver Metallic
• Chassis number: JB3-1010081
• Body type: Kei Car
• Stock reference: BUC98769

Putting it to work

A kei passenger car is built to the same statutory ceiling as a kei truck — 660cc, 3.4 metres, 1.48 metres — but with the whole package turned toward people rather than payload. Japanese manufacturers compete hard inside those fixed limits, which is why kei cars are so much roomier inside than their footprint suggests.

In the $8,000 to $12,000 band a kei car is normally either a turbocharged specification, a four-wheel-drive one, or a model that was built in genuinely small numbers. The plain hatchbacks sit well below this.

Getting it to you

With a 2001 build year it clears the 25-year rule that applies to importing vehicles never sold new in the US. We handle the import and title paperwork, and delivery is available to all fifty states. Listed at $8,995 — tell us it is the one and we will take it off the market.