Honda Amaze

Honda Amaze
Overview
Manufacturer	Honda Motor Company
Also called	Honda Brio Amaze[1]
Production	2013–present
Assembly	India: Greater Noida; Tapukara, Rajasthan (Honda Cars India) Thailand: Ayutthaya[2] (Honda Ayutthaya Plant)
Body and chassis
Class	City car (A)
Body style	4-door sedan
Layout	Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Related	Honda Brio Honda Mobilio Honda BR-V
Powertrain
Engine	1.2 L L12B i-VTEC I4 (gasoline) 1.5 L Earth Dreams i-DTEC I4-T (diesel)
Transmission	5-speed manual 5-speed automatic CVT
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,405 mm (94.7 in)[3]
Length	3,990 mm (157.1 in)
Width	1,680 mm (66.1 in)
Height	1,505 mm (59.3 in)
Curb weight	1,060 kg (2,336.9 lb)

The Honda Amaze is a 4-door sedan produced by Honda.^[1] It is the sedan version of the Brio hatchback. Honda launched the Amaze in India in April 2013 and was developed at Honda R&D Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. located in Bangkok, Thailand. The Amaze is available in gasoline and diesel engine.^[4]

Production

The Amaze is being manufactured at the company’s facility in Greater Noida, with a localization level of more than 90%.^[5]

The Amaze is Honda's first diesel offering in India. The car is also available with the 1.2 L (73 cu in) L12B i-VTEC petrol engine that is used in the Fit/Jazz and Brio hatchbacks.

Apart from being the company’s first diesel car in India, the Amaze is slotted in the lucrative sub 4-meter entry-level sedan segment, where it competes against the Maruti Swift DZire, Tata Indigo eCS, and later Zest, and Hyundai Xcent.^[6][7][8] In the Philippines, the Brio Amaze also competes with the Mitsubishi Mirage G4.^[1]

Honda provides a new India-specific 1.5 L (92 cu in) diesel engine in the Amaze. This engine gets the i-DTEC moniker and it is a derivative of the new 1.6 L (98 cu in) Civic diesel engine recently launched in Europe. This India-specific derivative was developed around excise/taxation rules which offer a favourable tax regime for cars of sub 4-meter cars with engines of less than 1.5 L (92 cu in) capacity. Honda claims this all-aluminium engine is the lightest diesel engine in its class.^[9]

The turbocharger used in the Amaze's 1.5 L (92 cu in) i-DTEC diesel engine was designed and built by Honeywell.^[10][11]

2016 update

The Amaze was updated in May 2016. This update includes a new grille, dashboard design, which are the same as the Brio, new taillights, and the use of continuous variable transmission, replacing the 5-speed automatic one. The engine remains the same. Similar to the previous model, both the engines use the same 5-speed manual transmission, while the CVT is offered on the gasoline variant only.

The updated Amaze is offered in E, S, SX and VX trims.^[12]

Sales

The sales figures in February 2015, were released by Honda Cars India and the Amaze was the highest selling model for the Japanese firm, with 7,163 units sold.^[13]

References

1. Tabamo, Dinzo (2014-08-14). "Meet the Honda Brio Amaze". Top Gear Philippines. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
2. Tadeo, Patrick Everett (2013-03-29). "Do the Thais Know Something That We Don't?". Top Gear Philippines. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
3. "Honda- Amaze: Badle Apki Duniya".
4. "Get amazed with amazing new Honda Amaze". SouLSteer.com. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
5. "Honda Amazes with diesel debut". The Hindu. 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
6. "Honda Brio-based entry-level sedan named Amaze". Zigwheels. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
7. "Honda Amaze vs Maruti Dzire".
8. "Hyundai Xcent vs. Honda Amaze". Top Gear India. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
9. In detail: Honda Amaze’s 1.5-litre diesel engine
10. Honeywell Turbocharges the Honda Amaze
11. Honda Amaze owes much to Honeywell Turbo Technologies in getting the most fuel efficient car in India with 25.8 kmpl
12. "Honda Amaze Facelift Launched in the Price Range of Rs 5.29 lakh – Rs 8.19 Lakh". Indiacarnews.com. IndiaCarNews. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
13. Staff (2015-07-01). "Honda Amaze tops company's sales for February 2015". cartrade.com.

External links

• Official websites

• India
• Philippines
• Thailand