Honda’s small car to be made in India and Thailand

Honda’s mini-Jazz will be manufactured in India and Thailand, but specifically meant for the Indian market. Just like how the Accord was designed for the Americans and the City was built for the Thai market, the new mini-Jazz will be India’s turn in Honda’s book.

Codenamed 2CV, the mini Honda car will also be built in Thailand as part of the eco-car project.

What are the needs of an average Indian car buyer?

Definite needs -

-It needs be cheap
-It needs to be fuel efficient
-It needs to be spacious
-It needs to maintenance-free
-It needs to have a diesel engine (forget if the petrol engine delivers 30kmpl, somehow diesel is more efficient to many Indians)
-The depreciation value should be less because many of us think of selling our car even before buying them
-The above is more or less what the majority of buyers are looking for in a car. I was tempted to add looks and luggage space but changed my mind looking at the currently most successful Alto, Wagon R’s storage spaces behind the rear seats.

For more images of the how probably it would look, visit our earlier Honda mini car post.

The car looks pretty nice to me and I feel it might strike a cord with the young buyers of the country, as it is not the most practical family vehicles around. The rear will surely feel cramped and air-tight as is the case with A-Star and the Swift.

looks great IMO. lets see how and when this product materializes.

It would serve as a good city car. Expect good amount of space, though rear may feel cramped due to A-star like windows and low roof line at the back. An extremely fuel efficient engine will sweeten the deal. As a Honda, no problem will be on quality and reliability. I expect i10 level pricing for this, as Honda will always claim premium.

This is simply a mix of Honda Jazz & City,Most probably these pics looks like a rendering to me.
Hope honda doesn't comes up with this car.

VT

I too think the same, Check this

looks like a fusion between the ANHC & jazz! but its pretty good.

Even if it is a fusion, I still love it. Looks cute.

This car looks yuck to me!
Its surely a Photoshop job but we don't need another tall boy design now, other wise in India, this compact hatch segment will be filled with tall boy designs!

RoadRocket

Road Rocket wrote:This car looks yuck to me!
Its surely a Photoshop job but we don't need another tall boy design now, other wise in India, this compact hatch segment will be filled with tall boy designs!

RoadRocket

This segment will then be renamed the 'tall boy' segment.

I too hate tall boy cars. They don't look that much good as normal cars and their high speed dynamics is also bad. Hope Honda doesn't do that.

Eeks!!!
the front of the car looks like a monster!!!

Actually a "trend" has started, As rightly said by dcargod that the day isn't much far when this segment will be called - "TallBoy" segment.
Anyways, We hope that these monospace type cars will be soon replaced by our regular monocoque ones.
Back to Honda car topic now.

VT

well to me it looks like a PS job!
because if it will come to roads then it will look horrible and surely Honda doesnt design ugly cars do they?

archit wrote:well to me it looks like a PS job!
because if it will come to roads then it will look horrible and surely Honda doesnt design ugly cars do they?

I can bet that this wierd vehicle is a photoshop job.
I've still trust on Honda.


RoadRocket

Crazy cat wrote:I too think the same, Check this

Road Rocket wrote:

archit wrote:well to me it looks like a PS job!
because if it will come to roads then it will look horrible and surely Honda doesnt design ugly cars do they?

I can bet that this wierd vehicle is a photoshop job.
I've still trust on Honda.


RoadRocket

yes it is indeed a PS job. its just someone one's fancy idea. check out the link CC posted.

Looks hideous to me whether PS or real.

But the made in India should be good for the costing.
I am not too sure though considering the fact that Honda doesn't know how to price its cars.

lets hope that made in india honda cars doesnt carry this huge premium price as honda does this with their all models, without giving much facilities.

This will compete with the Chevy Small Car.
I'm eagerly waiting to see how will this car look like!

RoadRocket

Evem if it is a PS job, the car looks very good to me, save the front end, which looks horrible. This does have the capacity to show other small cars of Maruti, Hyundai, Tata, Chevrolet, etc a hard time.