Honda has not
got the success it expected with Brio in India. Honda Brio is an excellent car
with dynamic and futuristic looks coupled with brilliant engineering in interior
space management. However the car did not gel well with the Indian customers
due to it sophisticated looks and the high price it commanded.
Honda has
announced it will bring in the next generation Brio in the year 2017. The new
Brio is expected to sport a new name and will have radical styling to please
the Indian customers. The new Brio will also likely to get a diesel engine, probably
a scaled down 3 cylinder unit version of Honda’s 1.5L i-DTech diesel mill.
Honda was some
time ago testing the diesel engine in the Brio in India. But the plans to fit
it in current Brio have been shelved due to high NVH levels which was
unacceptable by Honda standards. The new Brio will be designed according to the
small diesel engine and NVH levels will be kept low to match the company’s
standards. We expect the next generation Brio to be more spacious and
attractive as well like Honda’s other cars in India.
