Excellent car for the budget and the badge

Exterior

 Exterior styling is very good, the lines on the cars make it feel like premium, it does not make the car look like making sedan to fit in hatchback liek suzuki swift desire.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 It lakes interior features as it is very basic, no styling like ford or hyundai. Space is very good, and when the car was launch it was best in is class.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 Engine performance can not be matched for this car when the car was launched, now ford has launched the same engine with same power, same fuel economy (its odd that how can these 2 engines be similar). Fuel economy with my drive of 90 kms daily 50 kms on highway and 40 kmns in city it gives around 23 kmpl and i am very satisfied with the fuel economy with my driving style,. Gearbox makes lil noise like when being shifted, may be thats with all the honda cars (P.S. My first honda car and that too diesel).

Ride Quality & Handling

 Ride quality is quite good, it absorbs potholes quite good on high speeds although back passengers feel the bumps. You can not fit average sized 3 member on the back seat like you can have that in swift (Owner of swift diesel 2009 model also). Handling is accurate and the steerig reacts very quickly, although the car has very hard tires, handling may improve with better tires

Final Words

 I bought my car in 2013 and it has completed 40,000 kms. Service costs amount to Rs. 4,000 (average) and only one part changed since then, brake pads. Car is still performing very well and ya there is cabin noise and the vibrations in the car, but noise can be composated with the car stereo system and generally we travel with our stereos switched on in car. 

 

The main reason I bought Amaze is the Honda Badge comes with it and yes the service centre of honda is very good, they listen to you and respond to it accordingly. The parts cost is higher than its rivals like Maruti but the cost is recovered in the life of the parts and frequency of change of oils and water. For eg. Swift's coolant changes on every 20,000 kms while the amaze's change near 1,00,000. Please ask comparison sheet from all the dealers of the cars in this segment and I am sure you will find Honds's and Toyota's are the cheapest to own.

Areas of improvement  

 Cabin noise can be reduced by better insualtion. I have heard there is a hydrolock problem in the car, which can be avoided by placing intake higher like in swift. Better tires shall be proivided also the fifth wheel shall be alloy also. They is huge scope of improving the interior of the car and in my opiniom the exterior requires only ome improvement, the day light led and the projector headlamps. People may extra 50,000 bucks to buy honda with improved interior and exterior.

 

Good fuel economy, and drivabilityNot that comfortable to drive with seat covers and poor interior styling