Honda Brio Front View
Honda today unveiled the near-production version of its small car Brio at the 27th International Motor Expo 2010 in Thailand. Honda Brio will be launched in India before Diwali 2011. Updated 19/2/2011: Brio launched in Thailand.
The company will manufacture this small car at its Greater Noida factory and will likely price the Brio below Rs. 5 lakh, making it the most affordable Honda car in India. Read our earlier story about the Honda Brio.
Honda Brio Dashboard View
The car is very compact and measures 3.6 m in length, 1.68 m in width and 1.475 m in height, but Honda has made maximum use of cabin space and done some intelligent packaging, just like the concept car that was seen earlier this year.
Honda Brio Rims View
Honda has retained the same styling of the Brio as it showed at the 2010 Delhi Auto Expo, where it was called the City car. However, Honda has unveiled a funky bright fluorescent green Brio with 4 doors in Thailand (unlike the grey silver concept car with 2 doors). The front grille has a squashed Honda Civic type grille and the large air dam located in the front bumper masks this car’s small size.
Honda Brio Seats View
We feel the Brio is a mix of Chevrolet Beat and Fiat 500 in terms of external styling, but the underlying theme is funkiness. The car’s height and the wheel size don’t match, or may be the alloys in the picture make us feel so? The tail lamp looks as if it was inspired from the ugly looking Honda CR-Z’s. The uniqueness of the Brio’s rear is that it has no tail gate, but instead the entire rear glass opens like the boot door.
Honda Brio Rear View
The Brio’s seats have integrated head rests and the interiors have a mild two tone color (all beige though), but we expect Honda to provide a deeper shade variant for the Indian market. The seats are flat, height adjustable and the rear seat has fewer contours so as to accommodate three people comfortably. The stereo is similar to Honda City’s and the steering is similar to the one seen in the Civic as you can see from the photo below.
Honda Brio Headlights View
The Honda Brio will be powered by a 1.2 litre petrol engine. The car seems quite light in weight and hence one can expect good fuel efficiency and decent performance. The engine is mated to a manual gear box and as per Thailand mileage standards Honda claims a fuel efficiency of 20 kmpl. There are no announcements about a diesel engine for this small car or any official specification changes for India.
Honda Brio Side View
Honda Brio Rear View
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