Space and Equipment
The Honda Amaze comes across as considerably more spacious than the Brio hatchback, its donor car.
The Amaze comes with slim front seats with fixed headrests, which are not just surprisingly comfortable but also help in maximizing the space at the rear. Honda cars have never scored badly in ergonomics and the Amaze is no different. The buttons and knobs fall easily to the hand and thanks to the height adjustment, which was missing on the Brio, a good driving position can easily be found.
The leg room at front is decent for a small sedan and there is enough shoulder space on offer. However, tall passengers (read 5’9″ plus) would find it rather difficult to completely stretch their legs even with the seat pushed completely backwards. Also, the driver’s hand might at times brush with the passenger’s leg.
At the rear, the Amaze is surprisingly spacious for a compact sedan. The legroom on offer can safely be termed as generous and we reckon that the tall passenger in the front seat is better off at the rear. The seat boasts of good cushioning and the revised seatback angle is absolutely spot on. The rear seat can accommodate three, as long as you don’t expect really high comfort levels.
The Amaze has got decent boot space of 400 litres and while the loading lip is high, the wheel wells don’t really intrude into the boot space. The boot seems big enough to easily hold an entire family’s luggage for a trip to the nearby hill station.
The Amaze comes with several cubby holes that allow you to conveniently store knick-knacks. The front seats too offer deep seat pockets that further enhance the practicality quotient.
The top end VX variant of the Amaze comes with some premium features such an integrated audio system that boasts of USB support, electrically adjustable ORVMs, rear defogger and steering mounted audio controls. However, it does miss out on some of the really common features such as an auto air con, a CD/MP3 player and height adjustable seatbelts. To be honest, we never had high hopes from a budget-end sedan but a CD based MP3 Player and an auto air con unit are a few things that will be sorely missed in the Amaze, the top end model of which costs almost INR 8 lakhs on road.
Motoroids Rating- 4/5
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