Recently, Honda India has just registered its presence in top five carmakers in terms of sales growth for the month of January. The increase in sales for the Japanese auto giant as everyone knows, was possible because of its quite popular Amaze and City sedans. Honda Amaze in particular, has been the word of every month since its inception in the country and the car is again geared up to take it’s extol on new heights with the introduction of CNG variant in India. The petrol/CNG bi-fuel version of Amaze compact sedan has been priced at Rs. 6.54 lac (including CNG kit installation). Nicknamed as Amaze 1.2 S MT Plus, the new variant has been opened for bookings at all Honda showrooms located in the cities where alternative fuel is on offer and it will come with a 2-year warranty as standard value for all buyers.
Delighted by the introduction of new variant of compact Amaze sedan, Mr. Jnaneswar Sen, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Honda Cars India stated that HCIL constantly works for the purpose of enhancing customer experience through its product and services. It is a matter of great pleasure that Honda brings CNG option to Amaze sedan for its customers, which will not only be a cheap alternative to run but also environment friendly, he added.
The newly launched Amaze 1.2 S MT Plus is modified petrol Honda Amaze which has been made compatible for CNG fuel option. The success of Amaze sedan in India can be seen in the fact that over 1.30 lac units has been sold so far. Also it has been the fastest Honda car to beat the 1 lakh sales mark in the country. And with the introduction of bi-fuel option of Petrol/ CNG, the carmaker has aptly got the nerves of customers who are looking for an alternative fuel car with high performance and low maintenance cost.
As far as alterations in the new Amaze variant is concerned, it has been specially tuned to run on CNG. The suspension has been squeezed and a special kind of wiring harnesses has been offered in the car so as to ensure top level of quality is maintained throughout. Honda uses the refined 1.2 litre i-VTEC petrol motor in this new variant. This petrol engine is able to belt out a maximum power of 88 PS and a peak torque of 109 Nm. The CNG variant is available only with the 5-speed manual gearbox. It is estimated that the CNG- housed Amaze will deliver 22-23 km/kg fuel efficiency.
If we re-look on Honda’s performance in the first month of New year 2015, we will get to know that the 2015 has begun on high note for the company and the carmaker has been able to get its shine back in the industry. With the record sales of 18,331 units in the month of January, Honda India got the number 3 rank in the list. This resulted in 17% growth for the company over the same period in the previous year. Out of the total sales, the maximum share comes from City sedan, which managed to record 7,671 units while Honda Amaze stood second at 6,709 units sales. The MPV Mobilio in Honda’s line-up gets the third place with 2,942 unit’s sales in January 2015.
While the carmaker is already doing well in market, it wishes to go further in the ongoing year with a slew of launches that includes Jazz introduction due in April and Vezel compact SUV at the end of 2015.