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Honda have launched their Brio small car for India at 12:00 noon today. Here’s all you need to know about the car including images, price, brochure, specs, features on various trim levels and a first review in bullet points
Honda Brio launched. Price for various trim levels is as follows
- E 3.95 lakh
- S 4.35 lakh
- S options 4.9 lakh
- V 5.1 lakh
6 exterior colors Energetic Blue,Rally Red, Urban Titanium, Alabaster Silver, Taffeta White and Crystal Black Pear
Honda Brio variant wise features list
Honda Brio E
- Body Coloured front and rear bumpers
- Halogen headlamps
- Front chrome grille
- Steel wheels with hub caps
- Antenna
- Foldable rear seats
- Amber colour illumination
- Engine Immobilizer
- Driver side seat belt reminder
- Day/Night RVMs
- High Mount Stop Lamp
- Full Size spare tyre
- Electric Power steering
- A/C with heater
- Central Locking
- Tachometer
- Front power windows
- Fuel consumption display
- Fropnt and rear cup-holders in center console
- Front door lining pockets
- Headlight height adjuster
- Headlight Off and Ignition key off reminder
- Front and rear cupholders in center console
- Front door lining pockets
Honda Brio S (Features in addition to the E variant)
- Body Coloured ORVMs
- Body coloured door handles
- Full trim wheels
- Integrated audio system with USB / Aux-in, AM/FM Radio
- Steering mounted audio controls
- Front and rear speakers
- Chrome air-vent rings and gear shifter ring
- Silver steering wheel garnish
- Keyless entry
- Rear power windows
- Front power window auto down
- Accessory power socket
- Seat back pocket (Only passenger)
- Vanity Mirror (Only passenger)
Honda Brio S Options (Features in addition to E and S)
- Front/ rear mudguards
- Twin front SRS airbags (i-SRS for driver)
- ABS with EBD
- Front seat belt pretensioner with load limiter
- Tilt Steering
- Electric ORVMs
Honda Brio V (Features in addition to E, S and S Options)
- Alloy Wheels
- Front fog lamps
- Silver inside door handles
- Seat back pockets for both sides
- Vanity mirror for both sides
- Double horn
Honda Brio Specifications
Specifications
| Engine | Type | SOHCi-VTEC |
| No. of Cylinders No. of Valves Displacement (cc) Max Power ps(kw) @ rpm Max Torque (Nm @ rpm) Fuel Supply System Fuel Efficiency* |
4 16 1198 88(65) @ 6000 109 @ 4600 PGM – Fi 18.4 km/litre |
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| Transmission | Manual | 5 Forward & 1 Reverse |
| Steering | Type | Collapsible Electric Power Steering |
| Turning Radius (m) | 4.5 | |
| Brake System |
Front | Disc |
| Rear | Drum | |
| Suspension System |
Front | Mcpherson Strut |
| Rear | Torsion Beam Axle | |
| Dimensions & Weight | Overall Length (mm) Overall Width (mm) Overall Height (mm) Wheelbase (mm) Front Track (mm) Rear Track (mm) Ground Clearance (mm) Kerb Weight (kg) Tyre Size Fuel Capacity (litres) Seating Capacity |
3610 1680 1500 2345 1480 1465 165 920-940 175/65 R14 82T 35 5 |
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*As certified under Rule 115 of CMVR 1989, S(O) 18.3 km/l |
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Here we have the detailed brochure images of the new Honda Brio, including specs, features, colours and other details on the car.
Important points about the Brio
- Brio won’t have a CD player, just like its City sibling, will only run USB drives and will have an Aux-in port
- Twin airbags and ABS available. I-SRS airbags sense the distance of your face, which means your face doesn’t get hit badly when the airbags are deployed
- No driver’s seat height adjust
- No parcel tray
- Compact from outside, spacious from inside with a small size boot
- Sturdy feeling car, with good ride quality and extremely peppy drive
- Gear knob similar to that of the City
- New three spoke steering wheel with mounted controls, very upmarket
- AC vents with chrome bezels
- Manual A/C – no automatic option
- Slenderisation of seats within the cabin has liberated space. Seats have been made thin, to bring out the maximum possible knee room.
- Overall quality and turnout is very good
- Tail-gate is made of glass-only. Although made tough it doesn’t feel very upmarket.
- The design at the rear makes the car looks small and squat To compete with the Figo / Beat / i10
- Price expected to start from around Rs 4.0 lakh
- Trim levels to be named similar to Honda City – E, S and V
- High localization content, going up to 80%
- Sporty looking brake and accelerator pedals
Features available / NA on the Brio
- Power windows
- Remote locking
- Steering mounted controls
- No rear washer and wiper
- 5-spoke alloy wheels
- Foglamps
- No seat height adjustment
- No Bluetooth connectivity
Takashi Nagai, CEO Honda SIEL at the Brio launch
- Designed and developed for the Indian market
- Honda cars ranked No.1 consistently in JD power surveys
- Pleased to say that we have achieved the pricing target we had set ourselves
- For the first time in the Honda Siel history, Indian engineeres and sesigners were involvd in the design and development of the Brio
- Production facility at Tapukara plant to produce more parts for the Brio engine
- 80% localization currently, likely to go up to 90% in the next few months
- Experience from Brio localization to be applied to other models too
- Brio components being exported to Thailand from the Tapukara plant
- Export turnover this year to be 112 crore
- This shows the quality of Indian components
- Plan to expand dealership networks to smaller cities. 135 in 83 cities, 69% in smaller cities 143 dealerships in 91 cities by march 2012
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