Honda has launched the first BS6 product from its portfolio, the Amaze. The Japanese manufacturer has upgraded both the 1.2L petrol and 1.5L diesel engine to the latest emission norms. The prices of the BS6 Honda Amaze starts at Rs 6.10 lakh for the petrol and oil burner sees a starting price tag of Rs 7.56 lakh. All prices stick to ex-showroom, Delhi.
Sharing more details of the price hike between BS4 and BS6 models then the petrol version saw an increase of Rs 15,000 for some trims and the diesel gets a hike of Rs 50,000 for some variants.
Also note, the fuel efficiency of the engines has been dropped by a significant margin. The petrol MT and CVT now return 18.6 km/l and 18.3 km/l from 19.5 km/l and 19 km/l respectively. Similarly, the diesel ARAI economy stands at 24.7 km/l for the MT and 21 km/l for the CVT. It gets dropped by 2.7 km/l and 2.8 km/l respectively.
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Under the hood, the Amaze gets powered by the same 1.2-litre naturally aspirated petrol motor and a 1.5L turbocharged diesel unit. The former returns 90 PS at 6,000 rpm with a peak torque of 110 Nm at 4,800 rpm. The diesel is tuned to make 100 PS on tap and a maximum torque of 200 Nm for the manual version. The CVT diesel makes 80 PS and 160 Nm of torque.
Commenting on the launch Mr. Rajesh Goel, Sr. Vice President & Director, Marketing and Sales, Honda Cars India Ltd, said, ⬓Honda is committed to bring its latest and advanced environment friendly technologies to the Indian market and today we have introduced BS-6 version of our largest selling model Honda Amaze. It will be available in both Petrol and Diesel. Amaze will be our first BS-6 diesel model in India offering most powerful performance in the segment with best balance of fuel economy.⬝
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For the diesel engine, Honda has applied its advanced exhaust gas after-treatment system with NSC (NOx Storage Catalyst) and DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) to meet the challenging target of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission in case of diesel engines. Honda's original Silver Thin Coated DPF (STC-DPF) enables reduction of PM combustion time by 40% compared to the conventional DPF
Ex-showroom Delhi prices of Honda Amaze are as below:
| Model | Petrol (BS-6) | Diesel (BS-6) |
| E MT | Rs 609,900 | Rs 755,900 |
| S MT | Rs 681,900 | Rs 811,900 |
| V MT | Rs 744,900 | Rs 874,900 |
| VX MT | Rs 792,900 | Rs 922,900 |
| S CVT | Rs 771,900 | Rs 891,900 |
| V CVT | Rs 834,900 | Rs 954,900 |
| VX CVT | Rs 875,900 | Rs 995,900 |
