Go For It... If you can put some extra money for the brand equity, exotic styling!

Exterior The photos says it all. Its sporty and exotic. The aerodynamic styling avoid all wind noises even when crusing above 100kmph. Its stable at high speeds and when taking corners. I had taken TD of ANHC and SX4 through same corner at the same speed the difference was significant.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interior feel was luxurious in terms of looks. Thanks to the black and beige duo tone. But it lacked techie or excitement features which are present in SX4 and Linea. The height of the front co-driver seat is too low. The rear seats are best in class, really spacious and comfortable. Its not foldable although. AC is good.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox i-vtec is truly refined. You can drive the way you want. Either you can fetch a mileage of 20kmpl plus or take the machine from 0 to 100 kmph in less than 10 seconds. Gearbox is also smooth. But in cities and busy narrow highways you need to downshift to overtake quickly, as the power is low at lower rpms. Where as SX4 has significantly more power at lower rpms. I had wished several times that I would have bought an ANHC AT or SX4 AT because of this. Then the service interval is 5K, which is much lower than Linea's 15K. Thats a severe disappointment. Oil change is required only at 10K although.

I am getting a mileage of 14 to 16kmpl in city depending on traffic and driving style. On highways I am getting 19 to 23kmpl depending on traffic and driving style. You will start getting this only after doing 5000Kms or so.

Ride Quality & Handling Big ORVMs are really handy when parking and driving on narrow roads and in city. Its very easy to drive in city due to the compact shape despite being a sedan. The reverse parking sensors offerred free of cost by the Honda dealer comes real handy when parking, although it doesn't work well in rains. The car handles corners well. The shock absorption is poor i would say when compared to SX4 or old honda city. Shock absoption is not good as SX4 or old honda city.

Final Words If you are ready to put some extra money for the brand equity, exotic styling go for it. You wil get a better resale value also. Anyways I strongly recommend you to test drive Linea, SX4 (both manual and automatic transmissions) and ANHC AT before you decide.

Areas of improvement Tech features, Climate control AC, Suspension improvement, Tyre upsize, service interval, pricing.

style, FE, space, brand equity, resale valueshort service interval - 5K, high price, lacks techie features, shock absorption not good