It was a busy day for Honda in ASEAN yesterday. Not only did the company unveil the City facelift in Thailand, it also launched the Mobilio facelift in Indonesia. Both are among the most popular models in the respective markets.
The Mobilio gets a rather big facelift that ditches its rounded features for a more angular and formal looking front end. The new family face with a thick chrome bar grille – with ends poking into the headlamps – is as seen on the City facelift, inspired by the new Civic FC. As a result, the seven-seat Low-MPV looks less like the cutesy pre-facelift Brio hatchback that it shares a platform with now. The bonnet is also new to match the fresh grille and headlamps, which have LED guide lights.
Like the City FL, there’s less change at the back – only a slightly different rear license plate garnish is onboard. New design 15-inch alloy rims complete the exterior changes.
Inside, the Mobilio’s City/Jazz-style dashboard is unchanged, and the new bits are all related to comfort. More specifically, seat comfort. The front seats are no longer one-piece items; the backrests now have independent and adjustable headrests, and there’s also one for the middle seat in the second row too. “Thicker cushion” have been used for the seats.
No mechanical changes to the MPV sister of the B-RV, which means that under the hood lies the proven 1.5 litre SOHC i-VTEC engine with 118 PS and 144 Nm of torque. The Euro 4 engine is paired to a five-speed manual and CVT automatic, depending on variant.
The Mobilio is available in five grades – S, E, E CVT, RS and RS CVT – with the E CVT Prestige removed from the range. Standard across the board are two airbags, ABS and EBD, a double blower air con and a digital AC panel. All except for the base S – which is manual-only – get 15-inch alloys, wing mirrors with LED turn signals and fog lamps.
While the S has a black interior, the E brings on a light-coloured ivory theme, along with electric mirrors, sliding second row seats and four speakers (over two). The E CVT adds on steering buttons that control a 6.2-inch touchscreen head unit with reverse camera (the S and E makes do with a standard double DIN unit).
The sporty orange car in the pics here is the Mobilio RS, which is available in MT and CVT. Besides unique two-tone rims, plenty of black-painted trim/add ons (replaces chrome) and RS badges; the top variant comes with retractable mirrors, a new meter cluster with sportier design, and a 6.8-inch touchscreen head unit with Bluetooth and six speakers. Also in are driver and passengger seatbelt reminders and auto air con. The RS CVT adds on VSC and Hill Start Assist. Of course, Modulo accessories are available.
The refreshed Honda Mobilio is slightly more expensive than before in Indonesia. Prices start from 189.5 million rupiah (RM63,388) for the base S to 243.5 million rupiah (RM81,451) for the RS CVT.
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Seems nicer than BRV
would be nice if honda malaysia bring this
Honda why is this model not available in Malaysia? Bring it here and sell from RM73-82k please.
seriously same as jazz/city price?
why? this car is directly avanza rival anyway. the price range seem legit.
hehehe…
honda ooohhh honda ;)
yes, we know that no other countries in the world like honda as much as malaysia, indonesia & thailand do.
yes, you can manufacture anything and sell it here, and it gonna sell very well. hehe :D
Don’t worry honda, no matter how bad or ugly the car will be, we will always say Honda is the best in the world… and the world will laugh out loud at us hahaha
did someone forced u to buy a honda? sounds like a butthurt.
Go to japan , honda sales very poor
Wah..RM81K is not cheap. We don’t get the Mobilio in Malaysia but for comparison sake, how much is the BR-V selling in Indo ?
The top spec BR-V here costs IDR 263,100,000 (around RM 88K)
The BR-V is best selling 7-seat crossover/suv in Indonesia.
Not much time from now BRV will have facelift also. Better wait for better look. Sushi always do this and Msians pay for their old stock.
In Malaysia if the box with tyre got H logo , sure all H totok will proud
At one glance, it looks like an older Stream. After checking out the pictures, it looks more like a Freed replacement especially with the same 1.5 V-tec engine.
The plus point is the backrests now have independent & adjustable headrests.
There’s also one for the middle seat in the second row too. “Thicker cushion” have been used for the seats but i still think they can do better.
The headlamps, which have LED guide lights is a welcome addition to this MPV.
The top variant comes with retractable mirrors, a new meter cluster with sportier design & a 6.8-inch touchscreen head unit with Bluetooth and six speakers. The RS CVT adds on VSC and Hill Start Assist.
All in all, it looks pretty decent & practical for a MPV.
Bye bye Proton Ertiga.
Honda really likes their City dashboard design, huh?
Bring it in and price below the BR-V with the price starting from around plus minus 67K. This sure will sway all the Avanza customers away even the ertiga, exora, grand livina and alza.
and sell without VSC on cheapest variant? indo oni top spec have VSC
how to sell cheaper than brv when mobilo use jazz/city chassis? (which is bigger than brv’s brio chassis).
the best they can do i think around 85k cheapest..if they want to hurt brv sales.
*my mistake. it’s same as brio. so same as brv. still i dont think they want butcher brv sales number.
This is mpv , brv is suv not in same category, differance target market btw the money still go to their pocket