The 2016 Honda Amaze in its facelifted form has been spotted as it starts arriving at dealerships.
The 2016 Honda Amaze in its facelifted form has been spotted as it starts arriving at dealerships. ahead of its launch.
The pictures show that the facelift version gets a new larger chrome bar on the front grille, a new front bumper and new tail lights at the rear. The main talked about changes are on the inside of the car. The sedan gets an all-new dashboard which looks more like the one found on the new City. The dashboard of the current car has been taken from the Brio. Earlier, we had reported that Honda had launched a new Mobilioin Indonesia with a similar dashboard.
The new Honda Amaze gets rectangular air vents, rather than the circular ones found on the old model. It also gets a new audio system while the top-end variant is also expected to get a touch screen system. The new sedan is also expected to get more features. Mechanically, there will be no changes.
The Honda Amaze is a sub-4 metre compact sedan launched in April 2013. This will be its first major upgrade. It comes equipped with integrated turn indicators in the ORVMs which are power foldable and power adjustable, heat absorbing front windscreen, four power windows and a 15.7 cm Touch Screen Audio Visual Navigation system.
It is powered by a 1.2-litre, four-cylinder petrol engine producing 87 bhp at 6,000 rpm and 109 Nm of torque at 4,500 rpm and a 1.5-litre, four-cylinder diesel engine 99 bhp and 200 Nm of torque at 1,750 rpm. Both the engines are available with a 5-speed manual transmission and power is sent to the front wheels. The petrol is also available with a 5-speed automatic transmission. The petrol car with a manual transmission returns 18 kms to a litre of fuel while the automatic returns 15.5 The diesel returns 25.8 kms to a litre of fuel.
The Honda Amaze starts at INR 5.27 lakhs (ex-showroom, New Delhi) and goes up to INR 8.29 lakhs (ex-showroom, New Delhi). It competes with the Tata Zest, Ford Figo Aspire, Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire and the upcoming Volkswagen Ameo.
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