2020 Honda Jazz BS6 Facelift Price in India Launch Highlights: The Honda Jazz has been launched in India in its BS6 avatar and quite a few changes have been made. The new Jazz will finally get a facelift with some exterior design changes and is expected to be offered with a petrol engine only with the options of a manual and automatic transmission. The Honda Jazz is a premium hatchback which rivals the Maruti Suzuki Baleno, Hyundai i20, Volkswagen Polo, Toyota Glanza and the Tata Altroz. In this segment, the Jazz will join the petrol-only club with the Polo, Glanza and the Baleno while the i20 and the Altroz are both offered with petrol and diesel options. The new BS6 compliant Jazz is likely to be offered with the same petrol engine from its sibling the Honda WR-V compact crossover with the 1.2-litre i-VTEC engine with a manual and automatic transmission options. Honda Car India will announce the official price of the BS6 compliant Jazz today along with all the feature additions the automaker has made to the hatchback. Stay tuned to Express Drives as we will bring you all the latest updates live from the launch right here.
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Honda is offering three-year warranty as standard with the new Jazz. However, customer can chose to opt for an extended warranty for two more years with limited or unlimited kilometres. Honda is also offering service packages of upto three years for the new Jazz as well.
Honda has included the highly popular feature in cars in India which is an electric sunroof in the new Jazz. Additionally, cruise control have also been added along paddel shifters for the CVT version.
Honda has ensured that the new Jazz complies with all the necessary safety requirements. The new Jazz comes equipped with dual front airbags, ABS with EBD, Multi-view rear view camera, rear parking sensors, impact mitigation front head rests, engine immobiliser and pedestrian Injury Mitigation technology.
The Honda Jazz now being upgraded to BS6 returns a milage of 16.6kmpl for the manual version, while the CVT version is capable of returning 17.1kmpl as claimed by Honda.
The BS6 Honda Jazz is available in three variants, all available in manual and CVT automatic. The variant wise price break up is as follows:
Manual: V - Rs 7.49 lakh, VX - Rs 8.09 lakh, ZX - Rs 8.73 lakh
CVT Automatic: V - Rs 8.49 lakh, VX - Rs 9.09 lakh, ZX - Rs 9.73 lakh
*all prices are ex-showroom, Delhi
The 2020 Honda Jazz BS6 has been launched in India for a starting price of Rs 7.49 lakh. The top-of-the-range model is priced at Rs 9.73 lakh. All prices are ex-showroom, Delhi.
The direct rivals to the Honda Jazz include the Maruti Suzuki Baleno, Toyota Glanza and the Volkswagen Polo which are also petrol only models. Additionally, the Jazz also rivals Tata Altroz and the Hyundai i20, of which the latter is also expecetd to arrive in its new generation form in India very soon.
To try and upgrade the Jazz's in-cabin expreince, Honda has upgraded the infotainment system by enabling the same unit to offer Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Additionally, the Jazz brings a few segment first features like an electric sunroof, cruise control and the CVT automatic version also gets paddle shifters behind the steering wheel to add a bit of sporty feel to the Jazz's driving experience.
The cabiin of the new Jazz remains identical to the older model which is great as that means that the Jazz will continue to offer immense amount of cabin room. You continue to get the black dashboard with the contrast beige interior for a dual-tone look. The steering wheel design and instrument cluster is also identical and in the centre is the 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system as before.
Honda has slightly reworked the design of the Jazz for the 2020 version. The new Jazz gets a reworked front facia including a revised front grille, and front and rear bumpers. The headlamps have been revised with new projector LEDs and integrated LED DRLs. The front foglamps have also been redone with new look and are projector LEDs.. But the 15-inch alloy wheels continue to be the same as before.
HCIL claims that the petrol automatic with the CVT consists of 70% of the sales of the model. Now with the diesel engine out of the picture entirely, that share is expected to increase even further.
The 1.2-litre i-VTEC engine has been upgraded to meet the BS6 emission standards in India. The engine is tuned to develop 89hp and 110Nm of torque. Honda will offer the engine with a manual as standard while a CVT automatic will be available as an option as well..
Moving forward in the BS6 era, the Honda Jazz will drop the 1.5-litre i-DTEC diesel engine entirely. The New Honda Jazz will be a petrol model only. The 2020 Jazz will be powered by the 1.2-litre, 4-cylinder, i-VTEC engine as before.
All authorised Honda dealerships started to accept pre-bookings for the new BS6 complaint Jazz in India on August 10. HCIL announced that dealerships were accepting bookings for a token amount of Rs 21,000. However, the automaker mentioned that if you use the ‘Honda from Home’ online platform, you can book the New Honda Jazz for a much smaller amount of Rs 5,000.
Honda Car India Limited will finally launch the BS6 compliant version of the Honda Jazz premium hatchback. This time it will be a petrol-only model and dealers have already started to accept pre-bookings for the new BS6 compliant Jazz from earlier this month.