Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 3: Hillview Honda, authorized dealers for Honda Cars India Limited (HCIL) refreshed its sub-4 meter Amaze sedan which now comes with a CVT gearbox.
It gets a redesigned front with a wider stance and dual chrome front grille and a sporty bumper. The tail-lamps have also been revised slightly. It gets all-new dual tone cockpit styled instrument panel with silver accents and a new 3D Speedometer design with Multi-Information Display (MID).
Honda Amaze facelift comes with Integrated Bluetooth Audio System with Hands-Free Telephone (HFT) and Mobile Phone Audio Streaming.
On the safety side of things, the Amaze features host of technologies including Dual SRS airbags, Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD), Pretensioner with load limiters and Impact mitigating headrests. The ABS with EBD is being offered as standard across all Diesel and CVT variants. The front body structure of the Amaze is equipped with Pedestrian injury mitigation technology designed to absorb impact energy. As a part of ‘Safety Direction’ initiative, all Honda cars sold from April 1 will come with dual front airbags as standard. 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.
There are no mechanical updates as far as the engine goes with Amaze being powered by 1.2-litre iVTEC petrol engine and the diesel being a 1.5-liter mill.
Announcing the new Honda Amaze, Katsushi Inoue, President and CEO, HCIL said, “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”.
Speaking on the occasion, Ravish Trehan, Managing Director, Hillview Honda said “The family sedan Honda Amaze has received an overwhelming success in the Indian market ever since its launch in April 2013. Honda Amaze is the strongly preferred family car in India. The car embodies the best of Honda’s technologies to deliver fun, agile and effortless driving, fuel-efficiency, spacious and safety coupled with amazing stylish exteriors.