The much awaited compact sedan from Honda is finally real. Honda Motors has come out with its new compact sedan for the Indian market. This time the leading Japanese car manufacturer has launched its first ever sub 4 metre sedan named as Honda Amaze. The sedan has been studded with brilliant designing, stunning and powerful features and promises to deliver an outstanding performance, thanks to its revolutionary i-DTEC engine. Honda Amaze launched at Rs. 4.99 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
The Honda Amaze will be available in both diesel and petrol variants. On the pricing front, Honda has aggressively priced the sedan to take on the competition from the likes of Maruti Swift Dzire and other cars in this fastest growing segment. The base petrol variant of Honda Amaze will be available starting at a price of Rs. 4.99 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) while the basic diesel model has been priced at Rs. 5.99 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
Honda Amaze offers quite a few variants in the petrol as well as diesel variants. The Honda Sedan comes in four variants in the petrol version and has the same number of offerings in the diesel version, as well. Honda Amaze comes in E, EX, S and VX models in petrol and diesel versions with Manual Transmission. Further Honda has included two models, S and VX, with Automatic Transmission in the petrol version.
Talking about its performance, both diesel and petrol versions of Honda Amaze get to have powerful, advanced and innovative Engine. Its petrol variants have been powered with 1.2 litre, SOHC, 4 Cylinder, i-VTEC Engine, which produces a maximum power of 88PS @ 6000 rpm and a torque of 109Nm @ 4500 rpm. The diesel versions gets the 1.5 litre, DOHC, 4 Cylinder, i-DTEC Engine, which produces a 100PS of power @ 3600 rpm and a torque of 200Nm @1750 rpm. According to Honda Motors the diesel version will deliver fuel efficiency of 22kmpl (approx).
The Honda Amaze comes with many great and stunning features. It has been equipped with power steering, 2DIN Integrated Audio, keyless entry, front and rear power windows, rear defogger, exterior styling elements such as front and rear bumpers and ORVMs. In the interiors, Honda Amaze is extremely spacious, comfortable and luxurious too.
It includes many safety features such as driver seat belt reminders, WAVE key, EBD and ABS security features. The Honda Amaze will be available in six color choices. Further, Honda has offered a 2 year or 40000 km warranty with its Amaze sedan and has also included maintenance package for both petrol and diesel versions.
On the whole, Honda Amaze is a fantastic, compact sedan which has superb features and comes in competitive pricing which has been particularly developed focusing Indian requirements. It is a great sub 4 metre sedan from Honda Motors.
Honda Amaze Pricing (Ex-Showroom Delhi)
                     Petrol – Manual                  Diesel – Manual
E                          Rs. 4.99 lakh                      Rs. 5.99 lakh
EX                        Rs. 5.24 lakh                      Rs. 6.24 lakh
S                          Rs.  5.62 lakh                     Rs. 6.67 lakh
VX                        Rs. 6.66 lakh                      Rs. 7.60 lakh
                 Petrol – Automatic Transmission
S (AT) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Rs. 6.62 lakh
VX (AT) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Rs. 7.50 lakh