Honda ! Wake up and stop selling a cheap product by encashing your historic reputation !!

Exterior Though design is fresh and attractive, build quality is horrible. Metal used is very thin and the joints to connect various exterior parts are very weak. Zero marks from my side on exterior build quality. Honda, you need to stop COST CUTTING in this department, please realize there are cars by other brands in same price range with much superior build quality and almost same engine performance. Wake up!

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Not much complaints on Interiors as of now ! Though plastic used seems to be of inferior quality and that there is very intense smell from dashboard which I am not sure as to when I will get rid of!

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine is the USP of Honda and if engine performance is one of the major criteria for you, its a good deal !

Ride Quality & Handling Good and comfortable as its a new car. Suspension could have been a bit better, after all, Honda supension system was once reputed due to its solidity which now does not appear to be the case. Tyres used are very skinny which is due to two reasons- cost cutting and to get ARAI mileage certifications. But here Honda is compromising with safety of Indian customers. Stock tyres supplied are mostly Goodyear or MRF, and Goodyear tyres are famous for all bad reasons and tyre bursts. If you buy a car, please upgrade your tyres to either Michelin or Bridgestone as dealers would give you a good price for old tyres. After all, its all about safety and everyone wants to be safe as there is no second chance in life !! Surprisingly, the tyres Honda fits on the exported cars are broader and of suprerior quality, because due to strict local safety laws in those countries Honda cannot sell crap and cheap products there!!

Final Words If your preference is only engine performance and exterior looks, then go for it. If you also want good build quality and quality interiors, sorry its NOT a car made for you !!

Areas of improvement Again, Exterior build quality, tyres, dashboard plastic.

 

Good Engine as usual, SpaceSkinny and unsafe Tyres, Horrible exterior build quality