Honda Amaze launches on April 11, 2013 and booking for this
outstanding cars has been opened.
Honda Amaze launch on April 11 is now official. Brio based
sedan has been caught testing on roads numerous times and initial impressions
are that new sedan from Honda might very well become one of the top selling
cars in entry level sedan segment.
Honda Amaze Price in India is low and will become the
cheapest sedan in Honda’s line up of cars in India and will lock horns with high-selling
Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire. It may be noted that Honda Motors has been losing
out to other auto giants in Indian car market because of lack of diesel engine
variants of its vehicles and this is all set to be changed with the arrival of
new Amaze. Hi-tech Honda Amaze will be sold in India in both petrol and diesel variants
and will become first Honda car in India to have a diesel powerplant.
Honda Amaze is a ‘booted’ version of Brio hatchback and
shares a fair bit with smaller body variant. Helping car with having improved
comfort levels for passengers is a slightly longer wheelbase and higher
equipment levels. Honda Amaze looks identical to Brio till B pillars after
which Honda Amaze features different rear doors, C-Pillars and of course, a
boot. Designers at Honda have done a pretty good job with seamlessly adding a
boot to Brio hatchback. Inside, car shares most of the panels with hatchback
sibling and only bits which would help with differentiating car from smaller
body variant will be additional cubby holes and different colour shades.
Powering petrol variant of car will be same 1.2 litre iVtec
petrol motor that powers Brio hatchback. For Amaze, engine has been modified to
generate max power output of 90 PS which makes Honda Amaze as powerful as other
petrol cars of its segment. Diesel variant is powered by 1.5 litre iDtec oil
burner. This engine is said to have been manufactured alongside much publicized
1.6 litre iDtec motor which powers United Kingdom spec Civic and CRV. 1.5 litre
engine produces max power output of 100 PS and a peak torque figure of 200 Nm.
This makes Amaze more powerful than not just diesel variant of high-selling
Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire but also more powerful than diesel variants of some
bigger cars. Diesel engine is said to have ARAI fuel economy figure of 25.8 kmpl!!
It definitely looks like Honda has a winner in its hands.
Honda India’s website shows that official Honda Amaze bookings
open and it is only a matter of sometime before all showrooms of carmaker begin
offering test drives of new Amaze. Dealerships
have already received first batch of Honda Amaze cars and test drives should
commence shortly.
Honda Amaze measures less than 4 metres in
length and benefits from excise duty relaxation that Govt. of India provides
for cars less than 4 metres long. Thus, safely expect Amaze to be priced really
well and close to Swift Dzire.
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