Honda India has teased the brand new third-generation Amaze sedan, set to switch its six-year-old predecessor. The sub-four-metre four-door takes purpose on the Tata Tigor and Maruti Suzuki Dzire, the latter additionally slated to obtain a full mannequin change quickly.
The only sketch supplied reveals a brand new entrance finish that borrows closely from the most recent HR-V and Metropolis, outfitted with dual-projector trapezoidal headlights, a big hexagonal grille, a clamshell bonnet and a full-width chrome bar.
No particulars have been launched however we will anticipate the brand new Amaze to trip on Honda’s International Small Automotive platform, which additionally underpins the Metropolis and the Elevate B-segment SUV (additionally identified in Japan because the WR-V, unrelated to the ASEAN model). This can seemingly grant the automotive new applied sciences and security options, equivalent to a ten.25-inch infotainment touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, as much as six airbags and the Honda Sensing suite of driver assists.
The brand new Amaze might share the identical platform because the Elevate/Japanese WR-V SUV
On condition that it’s set to as soon as once more adjust to India’s small sedan rules, the Amaze ought to soldier on with the identical engines as earlier than – a 90 PS/110 Nm 1.2 litre i-VTEC petrol four-cylinder and a 100 PS/200 Nm 1.5 litre i-DTEC four-pot turbodiesel, each mated to both a CVT or a five-speed handbook gearbox.
The arrival of the brand new Amaze is ready to have bigger penalties past India, as it is usually prone to underpin the following Brio for the Indonesian market, in addition to the next-gen BR-V and ASEAN WR-V additional down the road.
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