New Amaze will get Civic-like styling.

Honda has released a first teaser image of the third-generation Amaze compact sedan ahead of its global debut.  While the brand is tight lipped on further details, we can confirm that bookings for the new Amaze are expected to commence sometime next month ahead of the cars’ full reveal.

New Honda Amaze: what does the teaser reveal?

The first teaser from Honda partially shows the new car’s front profile. The overall look seems to mimic the newer Honda models like the Civic sold abroad.  The headlamps are much slimmer than the outgoing model and have angular edges.  Higher variants will continue to get LED units with projector units.  It gets LED daytime running lights at the top of the headlamp unit that neatly merges into the grille. A wide chrome bar runs from the top of the headlamp and the grille and stretches from end to end.  Coming to the grille, it will get honeycomb pattern with a large Honda logo sitting bang in the center.  The bumper has large air dam recesses at each corner which may get darkened inserts.  

New Honda Amaze: what else is known

Honda has been testing the new Amaze since a few months. Spy shots of the upcoming Dzire rival had previewed slab-sided looks with some modern design touches like smoked-finished tail-lamps and a few other bits.

As far as powertrain options go, the new Amaze will continue to be sold with a 1.2-litre petrol engine mated to either a 5-speed manual or a CVT automatic. There are talks of CNG-powered variants as well, which could join the line-up later. 

The new Honda Amaze will be aimed squarely at the all-new Dzire that will arrive in the market on November 11 which is some weeks before it. Apart from the new Dzire and Hyundai Aura, the Amaze also sees competition from similarly priced compact SUVs and sub-compact models such as the Tata Punch and the Hyundai Exter, among others.  Honda has been pushing sales of the outgoing Amaze with discounts being offered in the range of above Rs 1 lakh since a few months.