Japanese carmaker Honda has its hands full with the hot-selling Amaze diesel. However, the carmaker is on a robust comeback drive and has officially announced that it will be launching three exciting new car models in the Indian market by the end of the year 2014. At the recently held Tokyo Motor Show, Honda exhibited the Mobilio MPV, an Indian-specific car, the Jazz/Fit, brand new Vezel compact SUV, apart from several other cars. Within a week after the wrap up of the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda unveiled the new City sedan.
New Honda City
The new Honda City sedan was unveiled by Honda on 26th November this year. The new City boasts of new and more features, additional space, enhanced quality and very significantly, a robust engine. The petrol version of the new City gets the same 1.5-litre i-VTEC power train like the outgoing one. The diesel version of the new City borrows its engine from Amaze’s 1.5-litre i-DTEC engine. The new Honda City sedan will be available for sale from 2014 January and it is expected to be priced faintly higher than the outgoing version. The new diesel versions of the new City sedan would likely be priced nearly Rs. 1 lakh more as compared to the corresponding petrol variant. It is expected that the new City sedan will be priced between Rs.8.5 and Rs. 11.5 lakhs.
Honda Mobilio
Honda Mobilio will be the Japanese automaker’s first ever MPV for India. Though not much information is available about its specs, if the pre-production information is anything to go by, then the Mobilio packs in enough to create a revolution of sorts in the Indian market. The Mobilio MPV will be based on the hatchback Brio’s platform and will be produced at the carmaker’s new production plant located in Tapukara. The Mobilio will be manufactured alongside the brand new Jazz. The Mobilio is expected to pack in a lot of local content that will bring down its price considerably and make it a lot more competitive in the price-conscious Indian market. With the Mobilio, one can easily expect high levels of refinement finish and fit.
The Honda Mobilio will be sold in diesel as well as petrol versions. While the petrol version will be powered from the same engine as that of the City or the Brio, the diesel version of the Mobilio is will be powered by the City or Amaze’s engine. Honda plans to launch the Mobilio MPV after launching the new City sedan.
Honda Vezel
Honda is quite aware that the Indian automobile market is brimming with compact SUVs as this has emerged as a hot segment in the recent times. The Renault Duster and Ford EcoSport have already established the dominance of the compact SUV segment in India. Naturally, Honda plans to make the most of it and is likely to launch a mini CR-V looking car, called as Vezel. The Vezel is essentially a production edition of the Urban SUV concept of Honda.
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