The Honda Amaze had been one of the important offerings from this Japanese multinational company in India’s compact sedan space for quite some time now.
Since its advent back in 2013, Amaze has sold itself nearly as a well-rounded, practical, and reliable vehicle. With every iteration, Honda has matured the model to keep pace with changing Indian customer demands.
In 2024, Honda Amaze has arrived with some major updates that make this car even more of a viable solution for those who are looking for a value-packed, comfortable, and feature-laden sedan.
Below, we outline all the details of the 2024 Honda Amaze as we touch on design updates, performance, interior features, safety, and overall market position to see where it stands in a very competitive compact sedan segment.
Elegant and Sophisticated Design Updates
All-new for 2024, this Honda Amaze sports the redesign that elevates more familiar lines of this sedan to elevate its highly aesthetic appeal. Offered in this version as a facelift edition, the 2024 Amaze gets even a more modern, premium front grille with chrome accents to give it that sleek look. The new LED projector headlamps boast integrated LED day running lights and help give the face of the sedan that edgier, better contemporized feel to it.
The Amaze gets a new bumper with strong and aggressive lines and a more widened stand that provides the car with a more aggressive look on road.
At the front, LED fog lamps are added as well. At the rear, premium appeal is just enhanced by the updated C-shaped LED tail lamps with subtle chrome garnish on the boot lid.
As was the case with its side profile, Amaze retains sleek aerodynamics. The wheel arches are flared a bit and house stylish diamond-cut alloy wheels. Alloy wheels, to say the least, do add to the look of the car, besides helping the ride and handling comfort.
Except for this, some new colors have been added to the 2024 Amaze, including new Pearl Metallic Red and Silver Grey, giving an overall pleasing view.
These design elements make the Amaze look much more mature and upmarket, important for the competitive segments it operates in.
Comfortable and Feature-Rich Interiors
Of course, comfort inside the cabin has always been one of the big positives for the Honda Amaze. For 2024, Honda has firmed up improvements to upgrade the overall cabin experience.
The new Amaze offers best-in-class interior space, with a very well-laid-out cabin that seats five adults comfortably. It is the largest amongst compact sedans at 2470mm and means adequate legroom and headroom for both front and rear passengers.
If the general design of the 2024 Amaze isn’t new enough, some worthwhile materials and finish accoutrements make for an appreciable remake.
Soft-touch plastics in the dashboard have now been accompanied by an all-new piano-black finish of the center console, including chrome accents around the air vents, in order to give it a premium feel inside the cabin.
There’s had a great deal of renewal of the 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system, both in design and in response, and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto arrive standard on most models- it is easy to use and integrates well with smartphones, giving drivers easy navigation, music, and calls.
For the 2024 Amaze, it features a push-button start/stop system, climate control, cruise control, and a multi-function steering wheel with fixed audio, call, and cruise control mounts. Dedicated rear AC vents for those passengers on the back seat mean they are not left out when cruising at night or during long drives.
Honda has ensured better NVH levels in the new Amaze.
Interior is much quieter and calmer on account of effective interior insulation plus use of sound-deadening materials that dampen the inflow of noise from outside. It is always beneficial at highway speeds.
Engine and Performance: Efficient and Refined
The 2024 Honda Amaze is offered with the faithful 1.2-liter i-VTEC petrol engine, one of the most aptly positioned powertrains in the segment as far as output and fuel efficiency are concerned.
The in-line, naturally aspirated 90 ps, 110 Nm of torque will get the car around town and to posted highway speeds without a murmur. Transmissions are 5-speed manual or CVT automatic.
One of the Amaze’s best value highlights, though is its CVT option, which delivers silky smooth, responsive performance – especially in gridlocked situations.
Honda has tuned the CVT on the 2024 with greater responsiveness and improved fuel economy. The manual variant, of course, is a more exciting proposition: it’s well-spaced gear ratios maximize the motor’s powerband.
The Amaze has always been in news for its good fuel efficiency, and it carries on to the 2024 model as well.
Thus, the manual variant of the petrol Amaze is said to earn around 18.6 km/l, whereas the CVT version is at around 18.3 km/l. In such cases, the Amaze has emerged as one of the most fuel-efficient sedans in its league.
The company has taken the diesel engine variant off Amaze, keeping in mind that its focus is towards a market which believes less in diesel cars; apart from this, emission norms are also becoming very stringent.
Though Amaze diesel has had many takers for toque-y performance and economy, the petrol engine is still a good option for buyers who seek a smooth, refined driving experience.
Ride and Handling: Very Balanced for Indian Roads
Of course, the Amaze has always been known for suspension settings which are all a bit too well-balanced, and such has been the case with the 2024 model.
That its McPherson strut front suspension and its torsion beam rear suspension is developed to be a peaceful ride while absorbing bumps and potholes with ease does particularly make it apt for Indian road conditions, considering how uneven the surfaces and rough patches are.
Maneuverability is a breeze for the 2024 Amaze; it has light yet precise steering control and lets you slice through city traffic easily.
Other areas otherwise congested and tight also become navigable for the Amaze because of the space it occupies and its compact dimensions. On high speeds, the car shows no body roll; at times, it even showed composure on the highway.
Safety Features: Total Protection
Honda has blessed the new 2024 Amaze with complete safety equipment wherein the car could live up to the expectations of the modern-day buyer.
Front dual airbags are standard combined with anti-lock braking system along with electronic brake force distribution which ensures proper balance at the time of emergency braking.
But the side airbags, rearview camera, multi-view display, rear parking sensors, and ISOFIX child seat anchors are added safety features of a more premium vehicle. Then there’s the ESP and hill start assist for the auto variants, bettering cornering and slipping scenarios.
At the cost, the car used high tensile steel for building, which had only improved the crash protection and structural strength of the automobile, thereby making it better and improved.
Compared to the safety standards designed by the Indian authorities, theory scores are much higher than in practice, which has provided peace of mind to the would-be buyer for his family.
Pricing and Market Position
The 2024 Honda Amaze comes pretty aggressively priced in the compact sedan space where the base model starts from around ₹7 lakh ex-showroom and the top-end CVT variant at around ₹9.6 lakh.
Looking at these prices, the Amaze enters pretty strong pangs against rivals like the Maruti Suzuki Dzire, Hyundai Aura, Tata Tigor, and now a more touted Volkswagen Virtus in the compact sedan space.
These have been precisely the factors that have formed the basis of the long success story of the Amaze: value for the Honda brand and, above all, reliability. This car is a good bet for purchase by those seeking long-term investments with low maintenance costs and excellent resale value.
Conclusion: A Total Package for Indian Market
For the past years, the 2024 Honda Amaze has been holding up as a consistent best seller in its segment – the hot compact sedan with just the perfect blend of style, comfort, performance, and safety.
The enhanced design, rich interiors, fine petrol engine, and competitive pricing all make it tick boxes on first-time car buyers’ checklists-including hatchback upgraders and even for a move out of smaller sedans.
Of course, the loss of the diesel model is a bit of an anticlimax to that end. The petrol engine does a pretty decent job of finding that tenuous balance between performance and economy, especially with the CVT on offer.
This is also a car smartly updated in cabin space, infotainment systems, and lists of safety features to ensure it’s going to remain relevant in a market getting fast ever more tech-savvy and feature-driven.
The 2024 Amaze continues driving strong as it lives up to the brand name with this fine presentation package for the Indian buyer in the compact sedan segment. With after-sales service backing from Honda and well-known reliability of the car, Amaze will continue to hold a place for years to come.
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