New Delhi: Honda Cars India Ltd. (HCIL), leading manufacturer of premium cars in India, has introduced the New Honda Amaze with Bold New exterior styling, One Class Above premium interiors and several New-Age features.
The new Amaze now comes equipped with the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), and becomes the first petrol car in its class to offer advanced CVT technology.
The company also announced its Safety Direction for India that every new Honda model, introduced in the market from new fiscal year 2016 17 will apply Dual SRS as standard equipment across all variants. Also, Dual SRS Airbags will become standard offering across Honda line-up, including current models, by April 2017.
Additionally, the customers of the new Amaze can opt for Dual SRS airbags from the base variant, and the bookings for these variants will begin from May this year.
The new Amaze sports a bolder and wider stance from the front. The newly designed Front Bumper and Dual Chrome Front Grill, coupled with New Classy Rear Combination Lights further accentuates the exterior styling giving a new look to the car.
The advanced and superior CVT technology from the Earth Dreams Technology series, introduced in new Amaze, will provide better drivability as compared to the conventional automatics, higher fuel economy than Manual Transmission, along with added Comfort and Convenience of an Automatic.
The 1.2 L i-VTEC petrol CVT variant of Honda Amaze gives an impressive fuel economy of 18.1 km/l as per test data.
The CVT variants available in the new models in Honda line-up have got a tremendous response from the Indian market and the new Amaze CVT variant with its characteristic advantages is bound to get popular among its customers.
The new Amaze offers many new advanced features including the Integrated Bluetooth Audio System with Hands Free Telephone (HFT) Mobile Phone Audio Streaming for an engaging ride. The Automatic Air Conditioner with a neat knob-less design and digital display offers a very premium feel to the interiors.
Announcing the new Honda Amaze, Katsushi Inoue, President CEO, Honda Cars India Ltd said, Amaze has been a very successful model since its launch 3 years ago and we have close to 2 lakh happy Amaze customers in India. We are confident that the New Amaze with bold new style, premium interiors with new age features will attract even more customers. The new Amaze has been designed keeping in view the customer feedback. We value our customers and always try to exceed their expectations.
Vehicle safety is a top priority for us at Honda. All Honda cars sold in India have ACE body structure, which ensures structural rigidity and integrity of the body shell of the car, in case of a collision. It is very encouraging to see the growing awareness of safety equipment in the minds of the consumers and so, from the forthcoming financial year, every new Honda model, introduced in the market will come equipped with Dual SRS Airbags as standard and by April 2017, our entire model line-up will have Dual SRS airbags as standard equipment, he added.
The new Amaze will be offered in 4 grades in both petrol and Diesel. E, S, SX and VX in Manual Transmission. Additionally, CVT Transmission will be available in S and VX petrol grades. The New Amaze will be available in 7 colors New and Exclusive Bluish Titanium Metallic, Carnelian Red Pearl, Urban Titanium Metallic, Alabaster Silver Metallic, Golden Brown Metallic, Taffeta White and Orchid White Pearl.
Honda Cars India Limited launches new Amaze