One thing in my personal opinion, is that the SUV has to be priced a segment lower than the City.
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Hello all,
Today I visited the nearby Honda dealer in Bombay to have a first-hand look at the Elevate and below are my observations. Please note that I drive a 2022 ZX Honda City so all my pointers will be in comparison to my City.
Niceties:
- The car looks muscular/youthful and should have a decent road presence.
- The floating display looks well integrated and is a huge improvement over the City
- The seats are well made and provide very good support
- The lane watch and reverse camera quality seems to have improved over the City. (This is from a standstill car inside the showroom, the actual on-road preview might differ).
- Doors, boot, bonnet sheet metal seems tougher than the City
- The headlamps and fogs are both LED. need a test drive to see how they fare.
- Tyres seemed of good size as compared to the car size, If I am not wrong they were 215/R55/17 inches. Filled the wheel well very well and gave a proportionate look to the car.
- Ground clearance is good, not sure of the number but more than City
- The LED tail lamps look sleek
- wireless charging presents with wireless Apple Carplay and android auto
- 6 airbags, Hill Assist, ABS, EBD and the whole plethora of safety features
- SA mentioned 121 PS of power and 145 nm of torque
- A nifty feature of turning off the USB charging with a button.
Nifty click buttons to operate the ACC and the head unit.
Misses:
- Rear bench is smaller than the City.
- The door switches are not illuminated
- Boot space is smaller than the City. Not sure about the numbers in litres but just visual inspection this boot seems smaller than City.
- Steering and Mid functions seem a straight lift from the City
- The hump on the rear seat is very prominent, which will make the 3rd passenger uncomfortable over long drives
- Panel gaps around the line where the headlamp meets the bonnet
- Adaptive grid lines unavailable on reverse cam
I spent a short 15 minutes with the car and these are my observations. The showroom gave no idea about the prices OR when the test drives will be available.
Overall, Looks like a good car and being a Honda will be a no-nonsense, fill it, shut it, forget it car.
One thing in my personal opinion is that this should not be priced over OR at par with the City. Has to be a segment lower than the City.
This car could provide a good fight to the Nexon / Brezza if priced sensibly.
Honda is having a good response to the car, the SA mentioned they were in the showroom till 9 PM as the number of visitors was high. Today as well along with me there were 5-6 other prospective customers checking out the car (this is morning 11 am in Bombay on a working day).
Wishing Honda success with its launches.
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