Honda has released a teaser image of the upcoming all-new SUV for India. Now, it has been officially confirmed that the Amaze-based car is an SUV. The SUV will rival the likes of Hyundai Creta, Skoda Kushaq, Volkswagen Taigun and Kia Seltos.
According to the teaser image, the SUV gets a muscular stance and beefy proportions. It gets a near flat front fascia with LED daytime running lights and rounded-square fog lamps. The wheel arches are flared and there appears to be some sort of cladding on them as well. A character line is likely to be there all the way from the front of the car (bonnet) to the rear tail lights.
While more details are not yet available at this point, it has been reported earlier that this car could measure between 4.2-4.3 meters in length. This SUV will be underpinned by a new version of the platform that is currently being used in the Honda Amaze. Honda has been very tight-lipped about this car and not even a camouflaged test mule of the vehicle has yet been spotted.
On the inside, we can expect the SUV to come with a 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system and a 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster. Apart from this, we could also see Honda offering the Honda Sensing ADAS suite of technology on this vehicle to distinguish it from rivals.
As this car is based on the existing platform, it is likely that Honda could offer the 1.5-litre NA petrol engine which is doing duty on the Honda City. Another option could also be the hybrid unit as well. One of the reasons for offering the hybrid is the lack of diesel option. Due to the upcoming stricter BS6 phase 2 emission norms, Honda will no longer offer a diesel engine on its range of cars in India. The gearbox options could be a 5-speed manual, a CVT and an e-drive transmission.
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