The Honda Brio Amaze sedan made its motor show debut at the ongoing Thai Motor Expo, drawing in last minute Thai buyers eager to profit from the government’s first car buyer scheme tax rebates, which will end December 31 this year.
The Brio Amaze, a booted variant of the Brio hatchback that was launched in March 2011, becomes the second sedan in Thailand to enjoy eco car status after the Nissan Almera.
Like the hatch (and other eco cars), the Brio Amaze is powered by a 1.2 litre engine. Honda’s four-cylinder SOHC i-VTEC motor makes 90 PS/110 Nm and is mated to a five-speed manual or CVT gearbox. Claimed fuel consumption for this Euro 4 engine is 20.4 km/l.
Other markets like India will get the Amaze with an oil burner, a brand new 1.5 litre Earth Dreams i-DTEC turbodiesel. We recently sampled the Brio Amaze with this engine in Japan. Click here to read the test drive report.
The 3,990 mm Amaze is 380 mm longer the Brio, but shares the hatchback‘s 1,680 mm width and 1,485 mm height. The sedan’s 2,405 mm wheelbase is 60 mm longer than the hatch’s. Kerb weight starts from 925 kg to 965 kg for the top spec CVT model, which is around 25 kilos heavier than the hatchback. Boot space is 400 litres, with a 20 litre compartment under the boot floor.
The Brio Amaze range is divided into the basic S spec and higher V spec, both available in manual or CVT auto. Prices start from 454,000 baht for the manual S to 521,000 baht for the automatic V. Under the first car buyer scheme, Thais can save up to 73,000 baht for this model.
The car’s ad featuring singer/actor Sukrit ‘Bie’ Wisetkaew (he might remind some locals of Mama instant noodles) is embedded above, and a live gallery from the show is after the jump. Click here to read our brief review of the Brio Amaze, with Honda’s new diesel engine.
Will the Brio hatch and Brio Amaze follow fellow eco car Mitsubishi Mirage and find its way to Malaysia?
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I think this car will be priced at RM83K just below Honda city after import tax + excise duty + government tax.
Buy one today!
it will motivate you to work harder to earn that civic one day!
Rm38,000 I buy
SO Ugly !
A cuter Dugong. But a Dugong nonetheless
i.am.not.amazed.
you will be when you see the high price for this dugong spec car!
looks weird from the design..but still this going to sell like hot cake in boleh land coz it’s Honda logo…generally interior looks very plastic and not that scratch resistant…mazda 2 seems better in design balance…
Sell like hot cake? How do you explain Honda Freed?
well, people will get Honda Freed if Honda give it for free.
if it sells at the level of price same as mirage…heyy tats a great bargain actually…
So, this one is Honda City successor or what?
Honda is upgrading the City to higher level, and Brio/Amaze will eventually take city place. Like Civic not many can afford to buy now. Also, City goes rm85k to 90k at present.Others 1.5L Cars below 80k. So, Brio/Amaze comes in , perhap in the region of 60–70kto compete other model. M’sia sell car too expensive, all taxes.
The back proportion seem so…erm…like after being crashed…lol?
I am really Amaze-d…. Honda can come up with such a yucky car…
very small…like viva sedans
very small…like viva sedan
Meanwhile in Malaysia…
Brio replace City
City replace Civic
Civic replace Accord
Accord turn more expensive Accord.
Should also be..
Brio – Saga
City – Persona
Civic – Preve
Accord – Perdana
40-50k then worth buying lar..this car is nt that big though
Honda Aiyoo Damage
This model reminds me of Toyota Echo….cheapest and lowest model in toyota family
Hopefully Honda will price in betweem MYR48k – MYR53k
pakai keta ni pegi keje ok la..lagipun jimat minyak berbanding viva 1.0 auto…
jimat apakebendanya kalau installment bulan-bulan dah RM700-800
stick to u kancil dude..
the colour of the interior…yuck! -____- some more plain design(interior) omg design (exterior)
shud export this car to india…it will be more popular than their own TaTa’s.
an ambitious wish — can honda bring this in and sell @ rm40,000 for the basic model? compete head-to-head to Saga and viva
That is one ugly shit….
I think saga fl looks better, agree?
this car with its ugly design make saga flx look much more better.. aiyakk!
Now days suv is very popular in car segments .Car buyer interested in suv but and alto cng hatchback also available in market now let see what happen with this diesel sedan ….