Honda Mobilio

Sometimes urban traffic in India is a real downer. A slow crawl to and from work in Mumbai is all but expected, and drive in Bangalore for any length of time and you’ll experience what being immobile in a car for long periods feels like. Traffic is something we’ve gotten used to. Nothing we have can, however, fully prepare you for the gridlock you experience in Jakarta; easily the number-one entry on the traffic jam charts.

Hyundai eon

Small, peppy and frugal, the Eon is the new generation Maruti 800. And all of us here are in love with it. After driving the big sedans around town, the tiny Eon feels great to punt around in the city. It just darts through the narrowest of gaps and literally feels like a boon. The 3-cylinder engine is quite perky and responds to the slightest of throttle inputs making it an absolute joy. It’s quite frugal too and even in the trafficky Pune roads with the aircon turned returned a thrifty 13.8 kmpl. Then there is the parking.

Honda Amaze : First Drive

There’s a kind of hush all over the automotive world, at least one that would be felt by all OEMs in the small saloon, large hatchback space. Well let’s not be bashful for once and say it up front: everyone from leader Maruti-Suzuki to Hyundai to Fiat to Tata Motors to GM and Ford have some serious competition to contend with in the form of the shockingly stylish and amazingly brilliant package Honda has conjured up, exclusively for India.

I am referring to the all-new Honda Amaze, the new sub-four metre saloon which is to be made only in Thailand and India but with our market being the first one to exclusively feature one of the newest diesel engines by any car maker in the globe. To associate Honda with diesel was near anathema for this proud Japanese marque which prided itself on its power-packed yet frugal petrol engines.

However the harsh economic environment coupled with an abject lack of offerings in a market so skewed towards diesel propulsion meant that whatever it might have had against the compression ignition engine has been jettisoned and in place has come that same vibrant, out-of-the-box thought process which harks back to founder Soichiro Honda’s avant garde innovative spirit. To say that old Soichiro would have been happy with the new i-DTEC range of small capacity diesel engines would be absolutely spot on

However, before we move on to the all-new engine space Honda has waded into, we must focus on the new saloon, a car which is an Amaze-ing piece of automobile hatched out of the Brio baby. It is not about the 3990mm length of the car or its 2405mm wheelbase (50mm more than that of the Brio hatch) but the manner in which the fluidity of the exterior shape has been crafted.

It is not a stunted design like the Indigo CS (the car that created this segment) nor is it tacky like the Swift D’zire from Suzuki. It is one flowingly elegant design which makes style standout in a most elegant manner. To try and do this in a regular sedan is easy but to compress the whole in an even smaller package is truly virtue personified and the team under Junichi Teraoka, project leader on the Amaze has delivered mightily on this count.

2013 Honda CR-V : First Drive

Globally, the 1st generation CR-V made its debut in 1995. That was the year that Honda pulled a game changer on the burgeoning market that was going SUV crazy at the time. Big, monstrous 4x4 machines received a showdown from a lightweight CR-V, which essentially introduced the world to the realm of the soft-roader. I remember at the time, Honda was all gung-ho about the fact that a solid majority of SUV owners never leave the tarmac, so why offer technology that doesn’t have any purpose?

Honda CR-V

Honda CR-V is believed to be the first small SUV in Indian market. Being in a Honda CR-V suits at every occasion be it a red-carpet event, a corporate presentation or a match of golf. Honda CR-V is not just a four-wheel SUV, it is a status symbol. There are many schools of thoughts in this regard but most probably, CR-V is an acronym which stands for ‘Civic Recreation Vehicle’ as suggested by many sources. This is because it is evident that CR-V is based on Honda Civic sedan.

Honda CR-V crossover was first introduced in 1996 by Honda Motors globally. This is the only SUV offered by Honda India till date. Honda produces the vehicle in Japan and UK for most of the markets across the globe. In India also, CR-V is brought as a CBU (Completely Built Unit) and this reason speaks for the voluminous price of Honda’s SUV.

Honda Brio Review

Honda has made a fresh entry in the Indian hatchback market and that too with the best - a small car christened Honda Brio.Honda Brio was launched in India in September 2011; it is welcomed well and is tagged to be a kind of car that has the capacity to revolutionize Honda small car sales. In India, Honda Brio is the second hatchback offering after Honda Jazz in the already competitive small car market. 

Honda Civic Review

Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI) has launched the newer version of its popular premium sedan segment model Honda Civic with some new exterior features and some interior cosmetic changes. The newer version of Honda Civic is more stylish than its older version and its front look has been enhanced with its stylish grille, fog lamps and sporty headlamps. The all new Honda Civic is available with three variants - Honda Civic S MT with manual transmission gearbox and Honda Civic V MT and V AT which is available with manual and automatic transmission option respectively.