Honda Vezel – Jazz-based SUV debuts in Tokyo

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Konichiwa from Tokyo! We’re at Honda’s 2013 Tokyo Motor Show stand, where the carmaker has just pulled the covers off its B-segment SUV based on the third-gen Honda Jazz.

Previewed by the Urban SUV Concept in January, the productionised car is called the Honda Vezel, and it’s claimed to fuse together the “dynamic qualities of an SUV, the elegance of a coupe and the functionality of a minivan”.

Japan will get both hybrid and petrol, as well as 2WD and 4WD versions – the 4WD hybrid model, pictured here, is equipped with the one-motor Sport Hybrid i-DCD system, which means it should share the same 110 PS/134 Nm 1.5 litre i-VTEC Atkinson-cycle engine, the same 29.5 PS/160 Nm electric motor, the same seven-speed twin-clutch ‘box and a lithium-ion battery.

More details about the Honda Vezel will be announced on December 19, and the vehicle will go on sale in its home market the following day. The burgeoning B-segment crossover brigade includes the Nissan JukeRenault CapturChevrolet TraxFord EcoSport and Peugeot 2008.

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Jonathan James Tan

While most dream of the future, Jonathan Tan dreams of the past, although he's never been there. Fantasises much too often about cruising down Treacher Road (Jalan Sultan Ismail) in a Triumph Stag that actually works, and hopes this stint here will snap him back to present reality.

 

Comments

  • sam69 on Nov 20, 2013 at 2:01 pm

    lol..now sushi start to copy kimchi…

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  • shawal on Nov 20, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    Vajazzle..?

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  • duhhh on Nov 20, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    Seen to me like an overkill design.

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  • Raja Lawak on Nov 20, 2013 at 2:23 pm

    Proton not joining there? Booth space is not big enough??

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  • Wow! Really nice! Hopes that it will be introduced in Malaysia with the price lower than RM100k >_<

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  • honda fans on Nov 20, 2013 at 2:27 pm

    honda always more creative.

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    • ya only after seeing the successful Korean…

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    • I love Honda on Dec 08, 2013 at 11:04 am

      I think they r a bit off in terms of design (korean cars design is superb). n i expect them to do d same too.

      pls come to malaysia. if prie below 130k i’d buy it!

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  • lappa on Nov 20, 2013 at 2:31 pm

    Somehow the rear reminds me of the Ssangyong SUV. Was it actyon or somethin’?

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  • Richard on Nov 20, 2013 at 3:15 pm

    Luv the exterior but the interior door panel and the seat a bit on the let down. but there is a HDMI input….that’s interesting.

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  • fresh graduate on Nov 20, 2013 at 3:16 pm

    Mazda CX-5?

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  • Polo Saga on Nov 20, 2013 at 3:21 pm

    Something different, esp. the side cutting line. Good job, Honda!

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  • Hakim on Nov 20, 2013 at 3:47 pm

    Hi Paultan team, any news about the all new 2014 honda city there?

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  • PauKaya on Nov 20, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    definitely nicer than its rivals

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  • mazda cx5 wanabe

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  • hope it eill come to msia soon enough.. strong contender of ford ecosport.. if price it right. ecosport will be slighlty abovr rm100k

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  • dazzle on Nov 20, 2013 at 6:56 pm

    ckd 98k

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  • Honda finally responds to the mass complaints on the passenger seats not getting enough ventilation, look at those AC vents!![sarcasm, for those who didn’t get it]

    Anyways, personally, nice design, not handsome/pretty, just nice. It has a typical Honda looks of looking rather sporty but doesn’t shout about it, and there’s a nice touch with the rear door handles. But the interior is where it shines for me, clean and simple with little cubby holes here and there. From the pictures, materials looks good with alot of soft-touch pastic(Honda learned the hard way with the Civic FB in US).

    Overall it looks good, I really hope to see the petrol version(same engine as the new Jazz; DOCH 1.5 I-VTEC)in a Malaysian showroom soon given that HM brought the very new Odyseey relatively quick, hopefully with a price tag slightly lower to the Civic’s. As for the hybrid, chances are HM will see weather the Guv will continue our hybrid ‘tax-examption’ before committing bringing CBU here.

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  • Nice, looks better than Nissan Joke…n it’s hybrid

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  • jazzy f on Nov 20, 2013 at 9:26 pm

    thumbs up Honda!

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  • heybadigol on Nov 20, 2013 at 11:16 pm

    Looks pretty good. Like a baby Acura ZDX, with the swoopy roofline. Boot looks huge too. Hope it drives well as the Jazz.

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  • Honda. Never fails to impress. This is why I love it so much more than the silly Toyota anytime.

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  • Door second row is almost like Juke. Design bit overkill almost like CR-V. Im already love Honda since they are making Fit / Jazz and while Toyota, fail to impress “WOW” factor from me … is just plain.

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  • Brian on Nov 22, 2013 at 12:33 pm

    It’s time to choose and rebadge them Proton!

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  • SamShowedMeTheHilux on Nov 28, 2013 at 11:11 pm

    B-Segment sushi SUV will bury D-Segment kimchi Santa Fe/Sorento and C-Segment cabbages Tucson/Sportage

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  • Van Damn on Nov 29, 2013 at 1:38 am

    This looks good although it looks like a mini CX-5.

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  • 2 doors coupe suv? Please don’t lar…

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    • its 4 actually
      you can see 1 of the picture opening the rear side door.
      From outside, you can see the handle is on the mirror (near the fuel tank cover)

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  • hehehe on Jan 17, 2014 at 7:14 pm

    hope tis car will be below 100k! :D

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  • Lol..the most longest aircond vent i ever seen

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  • waooo on Aug 01, 2014 at 8:31 pm

    Shut up and take my money!!!

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  • azraff on Aug 04, 2014 at 9:39 am

    The aircond is same like aircond at my room…waa..

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