Honda Cars India Limited has launched the All New 3rd Generation Honda Jazz in the Indian market. The new Jazz is available in both Petrol & Diesel engine options in India.
Engine Options
The Diesel Jazz is powered by 1.5L i-DTEC diesel engine which produces maximum power of 100 PS @ 3600 RPM and maximum torque of 200 Nm @ 1750 RPM. The engine is mated with newly developed 6-speed Manual Transmission.
The Diesel engine gives a mileage of 27.3 kmpl.
The Petrol variant of the Jazz is powered by 1.2 L i-VTEC engine that produces maximum power of 90 PS @ 6000 RPM and maximum torque of 110 Nm @ 4800 RPM. The engine is mated with 5-speed manual transmission.
The Petrol engine gives a mileage of 19 kmpl.
Honda improved the exterior design with sharp character lines, LED tail and stop lamp, tail gate spoiler, rear micro antenna, 15” sporty alloy wheels, stylish fog lamps and sleek turn indicators on the door mirrors. Overall, Honda is trying to make the exterior more premium and sporty.
The New Jazz has has host of advanced interior equipment like Auto A/C with touch screen control panel, 3-eye meter array with Eco-assist function, steering wheel with buttons for audio and hands free control, Advance integrated audio with 5” screen and rear parking camera with multiple views. The top variant comes with 6.2” touch screen Audio Visual Navigation system with camera display and DVD playback.
The top variant has sporty black seats.
The Jazz comes with 4 Seating modes:
Utility mode – with the Magic Seat folded flat, for carrying two passengers and larger items, like a bike with the front wheel removed;
Tall mode – with the Magic Seat folded up, for carrying two or three passengers and tall items like a houseplant in the second row;
Long mode – with the Magic Seat folded flat and the front passenger seat reclined all the way back, for carrying two passengers and a very long item like a surfboard;
Refresh mode – with the front seat reclined all the way back, for relaxing.
The new Honda Jazz body is built using high rigid body. The car features new McPherson strut suspension in the front and H-shaped torsion beam rear suspension on the back.
The car comes with some security features like Pedestrian Injury Mitigation Technology, Driver and front passenger Dual SRS-Airbags, ABS with ERD.
Pricing & Availability
The Honda Jazz is available in 5 grades offered in petrol and diesel variants E, S, SV, V and VX with Manual Transmission. The Jazz will also available in CVT in S and V petrol variants.
Price of 3rd Generation Honda Jazz (Ex-showroom Delhi):
| Petrol (Price in Rs.) | Diesel (Price in Rs.) | |
| E | 530,900 | 649,900 |
| S | 594,000 | 714,000 |
| SV | 644,900 | 764,900 |
| V | 679,900 | 809,900 |
| VX | 729,000 | 859,000 |