The upcoming 2018 Honda Jazz, which is expected to launch on 19 July 2018, will not come with any aesthetic changes in India. Honda revealed the mid-life facelift of the third-gen Jazz in Japan in May 2017 and it was revealed for the US and European markets later that year. While the refreshed third-gen Honda Jazz is on sale in almost all countries, it won바카라™t be introduced in the world바카라™s fourth-largest market, India.
Pictured:Â 2018 Honda Jazz Facelift (Thai-spec)
The reason, perhaps, is that the facelift Jazz measures over 4m throughout the world. Even the pre-facelift third-gen model was over 4m in some markets like the USA (where it is sold as Fit). But in markets like Europe and Australia, the pre-facelift Jazz had an overall length of 3,995mm. For India, Honda chopped it a bit further at 3,955mm (-40mm) when the third-gen Jazz debuted here in mid-2015.
Pictured:Â 2018 Honda Fit (US-spec)
Now, with the facelift, both the Jazz and the Fit measure over 4m. The refreshed US-spec Honda Jazz (Fit) has an overall length of 4,099mm, while the UK-spec model is at 4,028mm. The sub-4m rule for relatively lower excise duty is not prevalent anywhere else in the world except India. And that바카라™s probably where the problem arises for Honda Cars India. Perhaps, the Indian subsidiary didn바카라™t want to spend on a comparatively low volume product (~ 2k units monthly). Speaking of low volume products, Â Honda Cars India didn바카라™t launch the outgoing CR-V바카라™s mid-life refreshed model in India as well.
So, the 2018 India-spec Honda Jazz is getting a few much-need features, which should have been there when it was launched in 2015, along with a couple of new Amaze-borrowed colour options.
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