Honda Amaze: The Honda Amaze always has been a car that’s identified as a compact sedan with a focus on proportioned elegance, practicality and reliability. The latest version of the Amaze creases have been sharpened with a design language that subtly amplifies its road presence, though doesn’t distract from its characteristic simplicity. Up front, you have a new chrome grille, reworked bumpers and new aggressive looking headlamps with LED DRLs found in the higher models. The profile is clean with character lines that are smooth and well-dimensioned, providing the sedan with muscular proportions. Small enough for crowded city streets, and long enough for sedan-style comfort, the Amaze is a nice halfway house for urban drivers. At the back, LED combination lamps and an updated bumper give the car a more upmarket feel, without diverting too far from the clean and minimalistic look Honda is good at. By and large, Amaze’s outside evokes a refined nature and caters to a large section of Indian buyers.

Daily-Use Flat Floor Cabin that is also Easy on the Legs

The space inside the Honda Amaze is well thought out and ergonomically sound resulting in It is spacious, yet cozy and roomy yet compact. The dual tone finish and silver detailing add flair to the uncluttered dashboard that improves usability, its looks simple yet is sophisticated. The steering wheel is nice and to the touch and is fitted with mounted controls for ease of use. Up front, there’s plenty of space, and the seats provide decent lumbar support, and the rear bench is endowed of generous leg and a nearly flat floor, which supports the comfort of three occupants on short rides. The up‐right roofline of the cabin provides an airy feel, as well as spacious headroom. Storage is also good, with cup holders, door pockets, glovebox and usable central console making it family friendly. The boot is one of the best in class, further enhancing its usefulness for the shopping run, the journey or the weekend away. All of these things together make the Amaze a practical everyday device.

Powertrain -Steady And Smooth And Efficient

Powering the Honda Amaze will be a 1.2-litre i-VTEC petrol engine which is known for its smooth and fuel-efficient performance. Though the engine isn’t very rev-engaging for outright use, it’s linear power delivery is quite comfortable to get around the city with and for occasional highway stints, the power it churns out is just right. Available with both 5-speed manual and CVT automatic, the latter enjoyed by city users for its convenience. Among the driving configurations, in segment, only the CVT version is able to ensure progressive responsiveness, free of the so-called rubber-band effect, intrinsic in mechanical vario transmissions. Despite working at higher rpm, the engine is no more stressed than at lower revs; the Honda’s hallmark of smooth, swift, stealthy motors is displayed to particularly good effect here. The diesel has been discontinued in later versions due to changes to the laws and public demand, however the petrol engine still remains as a good old workhorse. The tuning is meant to provide the sort of predictability and durability that those who are going to keep a commuter sedan for many years so value.

Indian-Focused Ride Quality

What’s Best About Honda Amaze The best thing about Honda Amaze is arguably its well-tuned suspension system that delivers a nice balance of comfort and road control. The car wafts over potholes, speed-breakers and hastily-surfaced patches with a remarkable amount of composure due to its softly contained damping. The Amaze is just as composed and poise on the highway as it is while tackling city traffic. The steering is very light at low speed, making it easy to negotiate in tight parking spaces and crowded city streets, but it gains just enough weight at moderate speeds to provide a sense of security. Managing body roll is controlled, and high-speed stability is quite good for a vehicle of this size and weight. The noise insulation has been updated in new models so the cabin is less noisy when the pavement gets rough. These attributes render the Amaze an ideal car for day-to-day usage as well as longer drives, where both comfort and poise matter.

Essential Features and Infotainment Experience

And it’s a smart move from Honda — the Amaze has made sure all the required features that are expected from a car of this segment are not missed out on, yet the interface remains uncluttered and easy to use. 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system is compatible with Android Auto as well as Apple CarPlay, ensuring ease of smartphone connectivity. The system is also user-friendly and provides bluetooth, USB input & steering mounted controls. Other useful features include automatic climate control, keyless entry, push-button start, power-adjustable ORVMs, along with a multi-information display that provides info such as fuel efficiency and range. The parking camera at the back comes with guidelines to assist with tricky manoeuvres, with rear parking sensors thrown in for good measure. To a sophisticated eye, the selection of interior lighting, seat fabrics and instrument cluster lighting are to convey a measured elegance. It may not be feature-packed like the competition but the Amaze’s priority is to keep things simple and reliable. It’s all designed for the least distracting, most reliable playback experience possible.

Safety Features for Everyday Confidence

Safety on the Honda Amaze is certainly paramount as a combination of standard equipment provide added safety for the driver power over his car, and for the passengers, added protection. Dual front airbags, ABS with EBD, and rear parking sensors are standard across the range to ensure the base version too conforms to safety regulations. Higher trims get more features including rear-view camera and ISOFIX child seat mounts and driver seatbelt reminder with buzzer. The vehicle is based on Honda’s ACE body structure which is designed to more efficiently absorb crash energy in the event of a crash, and is designed to help protect occupants. There’s help in feeling safe behind the wheel, too, with the Optima’s sturdy construction, good outward visibility and high perch. The CVT automatic option also incorporates hill-start assist and vehicle stability assist which help you negotiate those inclines by preventing the vehicle from rolling back. Not bad for a subcompact sedan and the Amaze has started off on the right instruction by incorporating a more mature approach to safety without getting too carried away with too much electronics.

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Honda Amaze: Lasting value in a subcompact sedan

The Honda Amaze is still the one to get if you’re an Indian buyer looking for a subcompact sedan with all of the practicality, refinement and longterm value. Its fuss-free design, peppy engine, and affordable maintenance schedule render it a suitable vehicle for beginners, small families and even fleet owners. Vehicle’s reliability – It enjoy the same high quality engineering and post-sales support of Honda, the fact that it is found everywhere and reasonable maintenance. And with its ability to provide generous space in a compact footprint, it is something that is particularly suitable for urban India, in a way. The Amaze is unique in its segment in terms of the way it combines the traditional 3-box comfort of a sedan with a contemporary and humble feature set. It eschews frills and instead gets down to what motoring is really about – it won’t suit folks looking for funky or trendy, but it will certainly appeal to an audience which holds function over form. Each new iteration manages to remain fresh while holding onto the features that made it a solid choice to begin with.