The all-new 2014 Honda Jazz (also known as Honda Fit) was launched in the car market of Brazil in April, this year with in model variants. The Jazz which is a locally manufactured premium hatchback in Brazil also has a ‘Twist’ variant in its previous generation model. As the all new Jazz has arrived, it is but a matter of time that the new-gen Twist will also arrive. The Honda Jazz Twist is a special hatchback-crossover variant along with an outdoor-style body kit, and this model has been an exclusive offering for the Brazilian car market.
Honda Fit Twist Crossover
The pseudo crossovers that are actually large hatchbacks but have additional body panels or body kits to make them look bulky and heavy duty giving then a crossover stance. This segment of hatchback-crossovers is very popular in the international markets, and seems to be slowly getting popularized in India as well as there are rising numbers of these cars in the Indian car market.
The Honda Jazz/Fit Twist was first unveiled at the 2012 Sao Paulo Motor Show as an answer to the Hyundai HB20X. The premium hatchbacks with a pseudo crossover look are very common and popular in the car market of Brazil. The Toyota Etios Cross which was recently launched in India this month first debuted in the global auto industry with its launch in the Brazilian market. The other popular hatchback-crossovers in Brazil are Volkswagen CrossFox and the Gol Rallye.
According to the reports from Brazil, Honda has all plans to expand the soft-crossover range with the Jazz Twist in Brazil even and the car has been also rendered by an auto portal.
As already mentioned, this segment primarily has premium hatchbacks that only pretend to be compact crossover with mean, aggressive looks. Thus, the Honda Jazz Twist is also essentially the regular Jazz hatchback with added goodies and mean looks.
In order to give Jazz the required aggressive stance, Honda will endow a new stylish grille, darkened headlights, heavily designed and bulkier bumper, silver faux skid plate, new body skirting, side sill plates, new mirror caps, added roof rails and new larger alloy wheels for an all-round bold and tough look.
The exterior aggressive styling will definitely be also complemented by certain interior changes as well. The previous generation model flaunted redesigned lighting, new upholstery and chrome accents on the A.C vents and handbrake lever. The same changes are expected on the new-gen model as well.
The Jazz Twist will use the same 1.5L i-VTEC Flex engine producing 116hp of power, and mated to a 7 speed CVT transmission.
As for the Indian car market, Honda is already planning to resurrect the new Jazz with the launch of the all new 2014 model. As the pseudo crossovers are already populating the Indian market, Honda is expected to soon launch the Twist as well after the 2014 Jazz goes for sale. The Toyota Etios Cross and Volkswagen Cross Polo would thus have another worthy opponent in India.
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