Honda Cars India is one of the very few auto manufacturing companies in India which is doing very well in spite of the slumped market conditions of the Indian auto market. The Japanese auto major is experiencing positive growth and is all set to work on further popularity in the country. According to the reports, Honda is going to release a slew of new cars in the domestic market.

The President and CEO, Honda Cars India, Hirnori Kanayama has revealed about few of the new cars that are going to be launched in the Indian market soon in the future. The Brio Amaze is one new car from Honda that is creating a lot of news as it is going to be launched on 11th April 2013. However, it is not only the first diesel car Amaze, as the company says that there will be five more big cars apart from the Amaze sedan that will be launched in India within the coming three years time. These new cars will include a next-generation Jazz, which will be succeeded by the unveiling of a next-generation City. According to the reports there will be also an absolutely new utility vehicle, which is expected to be a compact SUV following the latest trend of the Indian SUV segment. These three cars are all expected to land up on the Indian soil by the year 2014 and 2015.

Honda is planning big for the Indian domestic market and it is confirmed by Kanayama as he said that within the next three years time, the company will come up with five big launches. According to the president, Honda will launch the next-generation Jazz and an all new utility vehicle in the next year. He added that the new Jazz will be introduced in the global market. Following these two launches, the Honda City, a sibling model of Jazz will launch, most probably in early 2015.

As the compact SUV segment is growing considerably in India, Honda is also venturing to get a slice of the SUV segment success as it plans to launch a compact SUV based on the Jazz platform. Recently, Honda has also previewed a Jazz based SUV concept which Kanayama thinks could be one of the models that can be suitable for the Indian market.

When the Honda CEO was asked about the pricing of the new Honda cars that are making their way to the Indian market, Kanayama said that “We should not betray customer expectations….the past is past, all I can do is to change the future.” Thus, there is also a hint that the company will price its upcoming products competitively.

Honda India is trying to introduce competitively priced cars in India to fight the rival companies but the company at the same time is also fighting to curb the problem of the exchange rate fluctuations from reflecting in the price tags of its cars in India. In the meantime, the company awaits the big launch of its Amaze compact sedan.

Honda is the same company that once gained superiority in every segment it entered. Its CR-V ruled the Sports Utility Vehicle segment for many years, City was a big name in entry level sedan and its Accord was a symbol of authority in executive segment.

Honda is now all geared to become a dominating force once again; after announcing the Honda Amaze as its entry into the Asian diesel car industry, to be launched in 2013, the company now plans to introduce its efficient and small compact car Jazz in three variants including a sedan variant.

The Jazz sedan, according to sources, will be launched by 2013 and will be dubbed as Honda Fit. The Amaze and Jazz sedan are expected to uplift the diminishing aura of Honda. The company also has set a target of 18% increment in sales five years from now and these models are expected to contribute a lot. Prior to this Honda mainly concentrated on petrol engines without giving the due importance to diesel engines.
Once successfully launched the three variants of new Honda Jazz are expected to give a tough competition to cars like will Chevrolet Sonic, Hyundai Accent, Ford Fiesta and Nissan Versa globally. The company’s New Mexico plant will be base for the production of Jazz sedan. The company’s exports to United States are also supposed to get affected from Mexico plant.

However, the Jazz sedan is still in very early phases and its entry in Indian market is not yet officially confirmed, but one thing is for sure it will surely be welcomed when it comes to India. Indian auto market has seen a remarkable growth in compact sedan segment, and if Jazz sedan enters Indian market then it will compete with Maruti’s SX4, Volkswagen’s Vento, Hyundai Verna Fluidic and Renault’s Scala.

The prices and details are supposed to be revealed closer the launch date. But according to sources the Jazz sedan will provide highly improved mileage, stylish interiors, space and modified looks. The sedan will also be launched in a cross over version that will compete against Ford Ecosport and Renault Duster.