Eventually, Honda has revealed the brand new third-generation Amaze in India, virtually precisely a month after it first teased the automotive. The nation’s newest sub-four-metre sedan has grown up by way of options and elegance, if not in stature or efficiency.
Nonetheless measuring simply 3,995 mm lengthy and 1,500 mm tall, albeit 38 mm wider (1,733 mm), the Amaze continues to be powered by a 1.2 litre SOHC i-VTEC four-cylinder engine, producing 90 PS at 6,000 rpm and 110 Nm at 4,800 rpm. As earlier than, it’s mated to both a five-speed guide gearbox or a CVT. There’s no extra diesel engine choice, owing to tightening emissions rules and globally cooling demand for oil burners.
To counteract the minuscule dimensions and unchanged engine, Honda has gone elegant with the Amaze’s design, which seems to be all of the world like a 85%-size Metropolis. Most of that automotive’s hallmarks are current and accounted for – the clamshell bonnet, lengthy and arrow-straight shoulder line, upswept window line and even the BMW 3 Collection-style trapezoidal taillights with “wing-shaped” mild guides.
The one important departure is on the entrance, the place the Amaze sports activities a big HR-V-style hexagonal grille flanked by trapezoidal LED projector headlights (reflectors on the Metropolis). These are tied collectively by a full-width chrome strip, whereas down beneath sits an X-shaped air consumption design that once more takes after the facelifted Metropolis. Even the 15-inch two-tone multi-spoke alloy wheels have been lifted from the Metropolis.
Whereas the outside is a heavy reference to the Amaze’s bigger B-segment sibling, the inside has been lifted straight from the Elevate SUV. This consists of the horizontal dashboard design with a contrast-colour decrease part, rectangular air vents, a storage shelf (with a Qi wi-fi charger) beneath the digital air-con controls, a part-digital instrument cluster and a freestanding infotainment touchscreen.
That touchscreen is smaller than the Elevate’s at eight inches throughout, but it surely nonetheless comes with wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and Amazon Alexa in-built. The crossover’s fake wooden sprint panel has additionally been jettisoned, changed with a extra fashionable geometric sample. The remainder of the spec sheet reads just like the Metropolis’s, together with a first-in-class distant engine begin and even rear air-con vents. Regardless of its pert rump, the Amaze gives an honest 416 litre boot.
Security-wise, the Amaze now gives six airbags (up from simply two earlier than) and stability management as normal, with the top-spec VX variant including the Honda Sensing suite of driver assists. These embody autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise management, lane centring help, entrance departure alert and auto excessive beam. Pricing begins from 799,900 rupees (RM41,800) for the bottom V guide, rising as much as 1,089,900 rupees (RM56,900) for the VX with the CVT.
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