As per the reports of a reputed journal, Honda Cars India has started developing a new entry level small hatchback and a mini SUV. Honda India has progressed the projects from being planned to putting them on actual development said the sources close to the developments. When contacted for confirmation, the president and CEO of Honda Cars India Limited, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto confirmed that the process of developing the brand new small car has already commenced.
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This new affordable small car from Honda India came into news earlier this year, when it was just being considered by the company. The new entry level car from Honda will be scheduled for 2017 launch. Codenamed as the ‘World A Entry Car’, this new Honda car will primarily be an India specific car, but it could also be offered in the markets such as Indonesia and Africa post the cars’ India launch.
The new Honda small car will be a mini hatchback which will very affordable and will be cheaper even than the Honda Brio compact hatchback, which is by far the cheapest Honda car available in the market. The new car will be positioned below the Brio, and is expected to be priced below the Rs. 4 lakhs slab. This new car will also be based on the popular Honda Brio platform like the Amaze and the recently launched Mobilio MPV.
On the other hand, Honda India is also working on a new compact SUV, yet again based on the versatile Brio platform in order to tap the very potential and immensely popular compact SUV segment in India. The new Brio based Honda mini SUV is being prepared to rival the very popular compact SUV models such as the Ford EcoSport and a slew of many other upcoming compact SUVs including the Volkswagen Taigun and the Maruti Suzuki XA-Alpha.
The reports also say that a part of the development process of these new Honda cars will be carried out by the R&D center of Honda Cars India in order to increase the localization levels and thereby keeping the developments costs low to be able to price the vehicles very attractively for the Indian car market. Nevertheless, Honda Motors Japan will be primarily leading the development process for both these upcoming cars as happens with all Honda cars.
Both the new cars, i.e., the mini car and the baby SUV are expected to hit the Indian car market in the year 2017. As both the upcoming car models belong to the two very lucrative segments, these are also expected to significantly boost the sales volumes for Honda Cars India and increase the carmaker’s market share in the Indian auto industry.
Post its market launch in India, the new upcoming Honda World A Entry will be competing with the Maruti Suzuki Wagon R, Hyundai i10 and the Chevrolet Beat. The Honda baby SUV will compete with the Ford EcoSport and the likes, and is expected to be priced around at Rs. 6 – 9 lakhs.
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