Brio Launched at 3.95 lakh: Price, specs, images and details

Images: Nitin Gupta

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

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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