Honda Indonesia and India: Honda Brio MPV has time till April 2014

The Honda Brio MPV will be the second spin off from the Brio hatchback’s platform and is considered as a key product for Southeast Asian markets like Indonesia and India.

Honda has just launched the very promising Amaze sedan and the next step is to get the second onslaught in place. Regular Indian Autos Blog readers know that the Brio based MPV is in the works and it would make its global debut in Indonesia.

In the MPV loving archipelago, the new Honda will enter into a tussle with bigwigs like the Toyota Avanza, Daihatsu Xenia and the newest hero, the Suzuki Ertiga.

Back home, the Maruti Ertiga and the soon to be launched Chevrolet Enjoy will be the rivals for the MPV. Ford’s B-Max armed with seats for seven is another future contender in this growing segment.

Mr. Jonfis Fandy, director of marketing and aftersales service at PT Honda Prospect Motor told the Indonesian media that the Brio based MPV will compete in the affordable segment of MPVs. He also said that the deadline for the new product is April 2014 and by that time, the upcoming factory in west Java would be ready. Mr. Fandy added that the progress of the factory is being accelerated and the new product could hit the market earlier than the deadline.

The Brio MPV will share most of the soft components with the Amaze. The entire dashboard assembly, front doors and seats are likely to be carried over, and perhaps certain sheet metal and glass panels shall also be shared to gain scale.

The Brio MPV is expected to provide another huge boost to Honda Cars India, just like the Amaze. The new 1.5 litre i-DTEC diesel engine would be finding its place under the hood, thereby making the Ertiga rethink its position.

Source;
http://indianautosblog.com/2013/04/honda-brio-mpv-has-time-till-april-2014-71457

Honda Amaze interiors spied

by Venkat Desirazu

The Honda Amaze is one of the most eagerly anticipated compact sedans in the Indian market and has been a hot topic of discussion in motoring communities across the country. A while ago Team-bhp brought us pictures of the car at a dealership. Now they have managed to get pictures of the interiors of the Japanese automakers highly anticipated sedan.

We have been saying for many months now that the Amaze shares many of its components with the Brio hatchback and this has turned out to be completely true. The Amaze has the same dashboard as the Brio complete with the two-tone design. It has the same instrument cluster, music system as well as HVAC controls. The front and back seats still have the integrated headrests and are in a light shade of beige with brown cushions.

The backseat uses the same colour combination due to the change in design (hatch to compact sedan) looks a lot more spacious than its non-booted cousin. Both headroom and legroom in the back look to be pretty decent for two people and while a third person can fit in the back, it will be a bit of a squeeze. The model that has been spied is the top-end VX petrol, so we can expect that in the lower spec models, the interiors will be quite spartan.

As we have said before, the Amaze will Honda’s first diesel car for the Indian market. It will be powered by a 1.5-litre turbocharged i-DTEC diesel engine which produces 90bhp. This has been derived from the 1.6-litre Earthdreams diesel mill that was unveiled last year. The petrol variant will use a 1.2-litre mill which produces 88bhp and 109Nm of torque. This engine also powers the Jazz and the Brio.

Source;
http://www.carwale.com/news/10212-honda-amaze-interiors-spied.html