HONDA AMAZE 2016 REVIEW

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Honda launched its updated version of Amaze, the compact sedan in India which is priced at 5,35,000 - 8,25,000 (Ex-Delhi). 

EXTERIOR, INTERIOR DESIGN & BUILD QUALITY
The exterior design is quite very good. The elements like headlamps, front grill, real tail lamps, fog lamps, alloys & the sculpted bumper jell well with overall design. The interior design is pretty good and pretty well laid out and are easy to use. The overall build quality both interior & exterior is very good. It also has heat absorbing front windshield. The car has dimensions of 3990/1680/1505 mm (length/width/height), wheelbase of 2405mm, ground clearance is 165mm and weighs 965kgs (1005kgs for Automatic variant & 1075kgs for Diesel variant).

FEATURES, BUILT-IN STEREO & STORAGE SPACE
The car comes loaded with prominent features like Electrically adjustable side view mirrors, Reverse sensors, 14 inch alloys, Steering wheel with mounted audio controls, Tilt streeing for rake, Driver seat height adjust, Rear wiper & defogger, ABS with EBD & Dual front Airbags along with some standard set of features.  
Instrumentation is easy to use and has dual trip meters, average speed, engine run time but also has fuel consumption display.
The audio system has a prominent feature like Double Din music system along with bluetooth and USB & Aux-in. The output is from 4 speakers & tweeters and the quality is quite very good.
There are many storage spaces the prominent being small bottle holder on all doors and the boot space is 400 Lts. 

ENGINE POWER, PERFORMANCE & MILEAGE
Powering the car is two engine option with 3 variants
The 1.2L 4 cylinder Petrol producing power of 86.8 Bhp@6000rpm & torque of 109 NM@4500rpm to a 5 speed manual gear box with the company claimed fuel economy of 17.8 Kmpl. Top speed of 150 Kmph & 0-100 in around 13 Sec. 
The 1.2L 4 cylinder Petrol producing power of 86.8 Bhp@6000rpm & torque of 109 NM@4500rpm to a 5 speed CVT automatic gear box with the company claimed fuel economy of 18.1 Kmpl. Top speed 150 Kmph & 0-100 in around 13 Sec.  
The 1.5L 4 cylinder Diesel producing power of 98.6 Bhp@3600rpm & torque of 200 NM@1750rpm to a 5 speed automatic gear box with the company claimed fuel economy of 25.8 Kmpl. Top speed 140 Kmph & 0-100 in around 13 Sec.  
The acceleration is very good in all with diesel having better performance over petrol and the overall performance in all is very good which has very good power in city as well as highway helping overtaking etc with ease and the gearbox in all works quite very well, the one in petrol automatic does quite very good having pretty good gear shifts.The overall fuel economy is very good and having a fuel capacity of 35 Lts.

RIDE, HANDLING & BRAKING
To begin with the suspension at front is McPherson Structs & at rear is coupled Torsional Beam Axle setup and the tyres being 175/65 R14 steel or alloy wheels depending on variants. The ride quality is quite very good as to which the suspension setup is plush & damps well making for a pretty much comfortable ride in city as well as highway. The handling overall is very good, In city it handles pretty well dealing with road conditions and in highway does very good as well. The steering wheel is light in city and weighs up well in highway giving good confidence by offering pretty good feedback also the straight line stability is very good. The breaks are setup in front disk & rear drum fashion they are very well setup and the response from this is very good overall having good feel & feedback.      

VARIANTS & SHADES
There are 6 variants E, S (MT/AT petrol), SX and VX (MT/AT petrol) in petrol & diesel in 6 colour options the Crystal Black Pearl, Taffeta White, Carnelian Red Pearl, Urban Titanium Metallic, Majestic Blue Metallic and Alabaster Silver shades.

PROS
*Good Design.
*Spacious.
*Pretty good Features.
*Great performance
*Good fuel economy.
*Very good Ride & Handling.
*Quite good value for money.  

CONS
*Could have been a little premium.
*No AVN or a touch screen infotainment system as found on Brio.
*Keyless entry without push button start.
*No Reverse parking sensors nor a reverse camera.

OVERALL PRODUCT RATING° : 8.5/10.
°overall product rating refers to all the aspects including the price, performance, overall quality, features, etc., based on individual product.

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