re: Review: 1st-gen Honda Amaze (2013) Quote:
Originally Posted by ank.nsit Heard the Amaze advertisement on the FM today. "Book your Amaze this festive season for a timely delivery".
Seems like the waiting period is reducing on Amaze due to an increase in production or a declining demand. | Quote:
Originally Posted by sgiitk This is news. A couple of days ago the Kanpur dealer was stating that the delay is about 2-1/2 months for both versions. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Astleviz I guess it varies from dealer to dealer. My brother picked up an amaze diesel 3 days ago in Jodhpur, Rajasthan without any booking. Went to the showroom, selected the model variant and colour (3 colours were available in stock) and drove it home. He had informed the sales guy at Honda after the TD he had about a week ago that if he decided on the amaze, he will need it delivered within a few days and the salesman didn't seem to have any issues with that. |
Just now coming back from the Amaze i-DTEC test drive at Deccan Honda Pimpri, Pune & I have to agree with all of your above. The Sales Exec (SE) told me that he had 5-6 diesel Amazes, Majestic Blue in stock & I can get immediate delivery on full payment. The only time required would be that for the RTO formalities. I was zapped on hearing that. Moreover on Dassera eve I thought the showroom would be choc-a-bloc with customers & deliveries, but the picture was completely different. On entering the showroom, a lady attended us & when told we have come to inquire @ Amaze she told us to be seated on a couch. The next moment one Sales Exec attended us. He offered us a glass of water & coffee. Explained us the features on paper & then on the actual display car. On inquiring about test drive he said he will arrange it in 20 minutes & he really did. I have a strong feeling that the launch of Ecosport would have played some spoilsport for the Amaze.
The TD was again a Majestic Blue i-DTEC, but surprisingly without any "Demo car" decals on the sides. On starting the car & taking it out of the showroom I noticed that the speedo needle was not showing any kind of movement & also the ODO seemed to be frozen @ 34kms. I immediately recognized that this was not the regular TD car but a car of a potential customer & the speedo/odo cable was disconnected, poor fellow. Took a longish TD 7-8 kms. This car has a gem of an engine under its hood with excellent driveability. It never felt strained with 3 of us on board & would surge ahead with the slightest tap on the accelerator. The TD ended with a big smile on my face.
The sales exec was keen to close the deal, but I told him to hold on as I wanted the opinion of my family members. Couple of points, which I came to know from him: - Urban titanium is the colour, which has the most demand & the car looked really good in that shade.
- Tomorrow on the Dassera day, they have 50 deliveries lined up, which includes 5 Brios, 5 Citys & 40 Amazes (out of which around 30 are diesels & the rest petrol)
- Wiper blades are made of some special compound & are long lasting 4-5 years
- Brake oil, clutch oil are life long, no need to change only top ups if required. Coolant lasts for one lakh kms.
- Normal 10K service for diesel Amaze costs around 3.5 to 4K. Petrol ones costs even lesser.
- One of the round tables had an interesting item on it, a flip calendar, which did not show the dates/months, but a comparo between the nearest rival Dezire & Amaze. The one page which caught my attention was the per km maintenance cost for Dezire & Amaze. At the one lakh km mark the Dezire cost was about 0.82 Rs/km whereas for the Amaze (I cannot recollect exactly, but) was about 0.60 Rs/km
I think Honda has benchmarked Toyota as far as maintenance costs are concerned & have achieved that to quite some extent. The base model, E-MT is real value for money. At 7.36 on-road you get a Honda badge diesel car with power steering, all 4 power windows (driver side auto down), ABS with EDB, central locking, day/night IRVM, tilt steering, fuel consumption display, eco lamp, headlight adjuster, headlight off reminder, tachometer, trunk light, immobilizer, driver seat-belt reminder & most importantly that 100ps, 200Nm, 25.8 kmpl monster of an engine under the hood.
Last edited by AutoIndian : 12th October 2013 at 22:11.
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