The Best Car for the City and Family of Four

Dear All,

 After following it for more then year on Internet. I can still remember the day when it was first officially launched on the  Honda web site and that day i have decided that i will buy this car. Finally I have bought this car. Till now i have clocked couple of hudred killometers and i am going to provide valuable inputs on it. 

Exterior:

I was supprised when i saw the car first time on the road, i was throughly dissapointed by its small dimensions. I mean how come its so small? that was the feeling that went through my mind after spending so many days on reasearching it on Internet. But hold your breath and read my Interior review...

From Exteriror the Style is contemporary and it goes one step ahead by placing all glass hatch at the back. Now i loved this feature and believe me many of my female collegues also felt this as a cutest part of the car. However my male friends raised concern over the safety, but be assured this glass is very thick and dont even break when shut it with hard bang. Also the Honda provides 100% guruntee on this glass door. Remember this is not fragile glass, this is very very hard.

Paint is deep and glossy, Body panels fitted tight and with consistance tolerance. The plastics and rubber used in this car is miles ahead of Figo, POLO and Punto.

The only  couple of dissapointments is choice of colors and Antena. You hardly have 5 colours to choose from and three of them are regular colors [white, black and red]. The Antena is of old style.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

You have to sit inside BRIO to feel its largeness. Its really large and engineering and ergonomics design are fabulos. Honda has done brilliant job in craving space from its users. My friend with six feet hight can easily squeez in front as well as back without any leg problem. the under thigh support on the seat is excellent and you dont have hump in the middle. so its very good in this segment. Also the plastics are of very good quality, the steering looks rich and AC vents and glove box looks cool.

If you are family of Four this is the best car. You can squeez fifth person for short distances due to arched seats.

Also you might think on boot space, but honestly you dont use boot everyday and even you use you dont require more than this.

The only disappointment is you dont have hight adujstable seats and seat belts which i feel not necessary for this car because of its ergonomic design, you will have very good visibility of the road ahead. Also the rear passenger widow buttons are of old style.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox:

The IVTEC engine delivers what it is build for. You get very good fuel economy of 14KM in City [City like Hyderabad] and 19 KM on highway. Though if you drive in ECO mode i guess you can add couple of Killometers more.

The engine performance is fabulos as it makes less noice and more user friendly. The Initial pickyp is slow and you will find this little annyoing at the signals, but once you are on second fear the car picks up the speed in no time. I can say the car is faster than swifts, POLO's and Punto's on the road.

There is small issue with the gear shift which i found in my vehicle, sometimes it is too tight to change to the first gear. May be this happend with only my car [ Need to sort that out with my dealer].

The power steering is lite and easy to maneuver but it is not accurate. so you need to be little cautious in tight situations. 

 

Ride Quality & Handling

Fundamentally amazing ride quality. You will glide on the roads and most of the speed breakers are easy to pass on. Though there will be small amount of body roll.

 

Final Words:

This is the best car in its segment.  No doubt about it. Considering fuel economy, style, interior space and ride comfort. 

 

Only concern is rear seat width, it is pretty comfortable for Four passengers with amazing leg room and shoulder room, but seating five people over long distance is difficult.

Areas of improvement  

 Little increase in the size of the car for more boot.

 

Inside Space, Engine performance, Fuel economy, Power and Smooth DrivingBoot space, Rear defogger, Blue tooth connectivity.