Honda Launches Face-lifted Jazz

(L -R) Mr. Raman Kumar Sharma - Sr. VP & Director & Mr. Seki Inaba, Director – Marketing and  

Mr. Jnaneswar Sen - Sr. VP Sales & Marketing HSCI at the launch of new Honda Jazz in New Delhi

Introduced at a time when the heat in the Indian premium hatchback segment was just beginning to build up, the Honda Jazz was quite easily a segment-defining car in its class, boasting of oodles of space, a very powerful engine,  stylish both on the inside and outside, all of which came together to provide a truly impressive drive experience.

But owing to  its steep pricing right from the start, it became a car that merely caught the attention of those, for whom paying a premium for a large hatchback seemed like a valuable proposition. Tragically a very small ratio of India’s small car buyers shared this outlook, owing to which Honda Siel Cars, has worked at localizing its manufacturing operations over a period of time, especially on its volume cars. The result is right before us. The launch of an exciting new face-lifted version of the Jazz at a significantly lower price point, starting at just Rs 5.5 lakhs for the base S model.

With a bold new design that includes a better looking grille, a freshly designed aerodynamic bumper, new headlights with silver and black matt finish and a new rear bumper among other cosmetic changes, the new Jazz is quite simply a glossier version of its original model.

Like on the original model, the dynamic peformance on the new Jazz will be carried forward with its 4-cylinder 1.2 liter i-VTEC engine. The engine features Programmed Fuel Injection that delivers a maximum output of 90PS @ 6,200 rpm and a Torque of 110 Nm @ 4,800 rpm, while continuing to give an impressive fuel economy of 16.7 km/ltr (ARAI tested).

Some value added features on this stylish new version is the Electrically Retractable Outside Rear View Mirror and an Audio System that comes now comes with a standard USB port for added connectivity.

Commenting on the launch of the new face-lifted version of the Honda Jazz, Mr. Seki Inaba , Director Marketing, Honda Siel Cars India Ltd. Said, "During the past couple of years, HSCI has focused on a lot of localization and cost down activities for our volume models through R&D funtion in India. The new Jazz with its attractive pricing will surely appeal to the customers and expand on the base of the Jazz."

Built on Honda’s innovative center tank layout , this new Jazz will continue to offer abundance of cabin space to all its passengers. A three - mode "Magic Seat" configuration will allow Jazz customers to fix different seating and cargo-carrying configurations, making it a very practical hatchback for multipurpose use. Safety equipment will continue to be offered as standard on the face-lifted version.

Now available in a new Urban Titanium colour in addition to its four existing ones, the new face-lifted version of the Jazz is now open for booking across Honda Siel India showrooms in the country, and will sell in three variants - Jazz, Jazz Select, Jazz X in Manual Transmission. Below are the pricing details of the same.

Variant wise pricing of the new Jazz  : (ex-showroom Delhi)

Jazz S - 5.5 lakhs

Jazz Select - 5.75 lakhs

Jazz X  - 6.07 lakhs