Indian spec Honda Urban SUV will be showcased at the 2013 Tokyo Auto Event

The SUV segment is becoming dominant in India, car magazines and websites are splashed with a range of new upcoming SUV’s. The latest launches are Renault Duster and Ford EcoSport. Maruti Suzuki is working on XA Alpha and Hyundai on compact mini SUV. Now there is news of Honda manufacturing a new SUV with a refined urban material.

The making of a new urban SUV has been confirmed by Honda, and will be revealed during the prestigious Tokyo Motor Show of 2013. The concept car was displayed to the public at a highly acclaimed auto event called Detroit motor show. The news of Honda building a SUV is not new; there were reports of the car being in production stage. Car enthusiasts have captured the spied car doing its rounds on German streets.

The secret behind the exotic appeal of new City is its design base adopted from next-gen Jazz. The same will follow for Honda’s urban SUV, Indian streets are now filled with new SUV’s, and one can imagine the competition levels in this segment. The Honda Urban SUV will compete fiercely with Hyundai mini SUV, Maruti Suzuki XA Alpha, Nissan Terrano, Renault Duster and Ford EcoSport.

Those who have witnessed the concept car at the Detroit Motor show, the same design cues will be revealed with the urban SUV at the upcoming Tokyo motor event. There will be loads of cutting-edge curves and lines thrown on the exteriors, the car will portray a wide stance and low roof line. The company has described the characteristics of the car as roomy and efficient, and the other phrase is sporty and dynamic. During the Tokyo Motor show the car will measure above four meters, and will be around 4300milli meters long. Sources claim that the car will arrive in a below four meter package, but information on overall length has not yet been revealed.

For international segments, the car will be equipped with a powerful 1.6 liter diesel mill. The same engine is used in Jazz, and Civic. The transmission choices will be similar to next-gen City or Jazz. The petrol version of compact SUV will have a 1.5 liter engine capacity with iVTEC technology and with the diesel one is 1.5 liter iDTEC diesel engine with turbo technology.

The Urban SUV will be built in its Japanese headquartered firm, and it will be a rigid piece with herds of components. The theme behind the design of the car is interesting, called ‘’man-maximum machine-minimum’’. The insides will be tailored with premium upholstery, and also has a catchy phrase to it called ‘Magic Seats’ also found in Jazz. The production variant of the car will first arrive in Japanese markets this year, followed by India, European and North American markets.

Honda Urban SUV is an exciting model to watch out for, with its creatively designed exteriors which appears magnificently compact. The sides and front have neat free flowing lines and creases. The head light design is extremely arty and is molded into a narrow stretched back structure and is filled with white dice like materials. The luxuriously spacious interiors and phenomenal engine capacity together with an iconic exterior design will thrill SUV fans to no end.