At last the most awaited Honda Amaze came to live.....- Company’s first compact saloon as well as first diesel car.
- Honda to the pinnacle of the entry-level saloon segment.
- All-new 1.5-litre 98.6bhp diesel motor.
- Honda’s first compact saloon, Amaze, claims a record fuel efficiency of 25.8 kpl.
- Amaze is almost specifically targeted at India.
- 1200cc petrol motor and less than 1500c diesel engine go towards ensuring that Honda can avail of the excise sops for small cars.
- Amaze does not look severely truncated or chopped from the rear.
- Amaze is an absolute delight in greater space inside the cabin.
- Easily fit four large adults inside, with enough head-, shoulder- and legroom.
- The front seats are similar to those on the Brio.
- The one piece front seats with fixed headrests.
- The dashboard looks similar to that of the Brio.
- Amaze gets longer armrests and additional door pockets for rear- seat passengers.
- The rear speakers have been moved to the parcel tray and the rear seat cushioning is thicker too.
- This top-end Amaze VX also gets electric folding mirrors, alloy wheels.
- A basic trip computer and a green 'ECO' light on the instrument console that lights up when you drive economically.
- Car has a real boot which, at 400 litres, is pretty huge.
- Amaze is truly spacious and comfortable on the inside.
About driving....
- Power delivery and driving manners are brilliant.
- It’s pretty noisy and nowhere near as quiet as other cars in its class.
- There’s a considerable amount of shock from under the bonnet.
- The all-aluminium engine, though lighter, transmits more noise than a typical cast-iron-block diesel engine.
- It starts pulling well from as low as 1200 rpm and power flows in a seamless manner all the way to 4000 rpm.
- Amaze’s linear power delivery masks its performance because there is no sudden spike or surge of power.
- The wide powerband makes the Amaze really nice to drive in city traffic.
- Amaze petrol's super-light kerb weight of 965 kgs can make impressive 0-100kph time of 13.27 sec.
- Amaze good ground clearance, which is quite obvious by the empty space in the wheel wells.
