Honda’s new seven-seat compact SUV BR-V has received over 9,000 unit bookings in a month. The company claims to have received almost an equal number of bookings for the petrol as well as diesel variants.
Under the hood, the new Honda BR-V is available in both petrol and diesel engine options. The petrol variant gets a 1.5-litre, 4-cylinder i-VTEC engine which puts out about 118bhp of power and 145Nm of torque, while the diesel on the other hand gets a 1.5-litre, 4-cylinder engine which puts out 100bhp of power and 200Nm of torque. Both the engines come mated to a six-speed manual transmission, while CVT option is available only in petrol guise. The diesel variant returns about 21.9kmpl, while the petrol manual transmission returns 15.4kmpl and the CVT trim returns 16kmpl.
Speaking about the car, Mr. Raman Kumar Sharma, Senior Vice President and Director, HCIL, said, “The new Honda BR-V is an extremely important product for Honda. We are extremely delighted with the response for BR-V. The product has been well received due to its strong offering of overall package. Honda BR-V will contribute significantly to HCIL’s growth in this year.”
The Honda BR-V offers dual SRS airbags as standard, along with a range of other active features. Honda further claims that the vehicle offers a class leading ground clearance figure of about 210mm.
