New Honda Jazz Officially Launched in India


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Update From H.C.I Greater Noida as on 27-04-2015

Friends,

The new Jazz is tentatively scheduled to reach dealerships by August or September 2015.
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Thanks buddy for your update!!! But the date seems to get pushed as each day goes by [anger] Why Honda? Why?? [frustration]

Anyways, there is an article in OD magazine based on an interview with Jnaneshwar Sen which is pointing to a launch next quarter (Jul-Sept). Your sources also mention a similar time-frame.
 
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But the date seems to get pushed as each day goes by [anger] Why Honda? Why?? [frustration].
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I am guessing that its got to do with
1. Production Constraints at both the plants.
2. Waiting for Maruti to launch Across and YRA Hatch. Knowing Maruti history of pricing the cars very well, Honda doesn't want the Jazz to be left behind when they launch. Basically Honda doesn't want these 2 fresh cars attract more customers then the similar rival in Jazz. Only god knows what's the reason for the delay.
 
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thanks Akash for your latest inputs..
I have been waiting since december 2014 for the new jazz.Overall it a nice package but one thing I am worried about is that the indian jazz shall bear the same specs. as the south african jazz except the ivtec engine capacities. Now the SA jazz specs. on SA Honda official website shows ground clearance of 135 mm (5.31 inches) which is obviously the lowest seen in india. Surely the chassis is going to get damaged in indian road conditions with no standards in high speed breakers and potholes..[anger](Amaze/city have about 160 mm, as I own Amaze ivtec SMT 2014 april model which I want to replace with the new jazz.Even I20 has more than 165 mm clearance. Now as per your observation Akash if its August-september to wait. And after a eight month wait ,jazz comes with 135mm ground clearance then is it worth the wait??? If possible, if you can have more insights to the indian spec jazz ground clearance then it would be more clear...........
 
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I am guessing that its got to do with
1. Production Constraints at both the plants.
2. Waiting for Maruti to launch Across and YRA Hatch. Knowing Maruti history of pricing the cars very well, Honda doesn't want the Jazz to be left behind when they launch. Basically Honda doesn't want these 2 fresh cars attract more customers then the similar rival in Jazz. Only god knows what's the reason for the delay.
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Agree with you on the Production constraints - Ive also been talking about this time and again. However, if they are waiting for A-Cross and YRA, they can as well wait for the New Ford Figo and New Skoda Fabia and New VW Polo and New Punto and then the New Swift and then keep on waiting - by then they New Jazz will also be ready in Japan [lol]. There will never be a 6 month period when a new / refreshed hatchback is not hitting the market. So, there is no meaning waiting this way.

Lets hope we get to see this lovely car at least in Jul - Aug period.
 
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Re: 2014 Honda Jazz Spotted in India

Also local dealerships here have technical trainning fixed in the end of June and early july. So july end/early august launch might be possible.
 
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thanks Akash for your latest inputs..
Now the SA jazz specs. on SA Honda official website shows ground clearance of 135 mm (5.31 inches) which is obviously the lowest seen in india. Surely the chassis is going to get damaged in indian road (Amaze/city have about 160 mm, as I own Amaze ivtec SMT 2014 april model which I want to replace with the new jazz.Even I20 has more than 165 mm clearance. Now as per your observation Akash if its August-september to wait. And after a eight month wait ,jazz comes with 135mm ground clearance then is it worth the wait??? If possible, if you can have more insights to the indian spec jazz ground clearance
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Buddy, I am sure Honda shall revise the above GC to suit Indian road condition. Too early to speculate over it. As of waiting period, at present we have a tentative date from Honda so first let the car be launched and then the next step will be the waiting period. After launch, we can officially know the exact waiting from dealers. Technical specs of India specific model of Jazz are not available at present.

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mehulo said:
on SA Honda official website shows ground clearance of 135 mm (5.31 inches) which is obviously the lowest seen in india. Surely the chassis is going to get damaged in indian road conditions with no standards in high speed breakers and potholes..(Amaze/city have about 160 mm)
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No worries buddy, the GC for Indian model will definitely be increased. Even the City and i20 in global market has much lesser GC compared to the Indian version. Same will happen to Jazz also. They will also stiffen the suspension to make sure it will not scrap the bumps and potholes.

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Also local dealerships here have technical trainning fixed in the end of June and early july. So july end/early august launch might be possible.
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Where did you get this information from? Any reliable sources or from any auto magazines??

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As of waiting period, at present we have a tentative date from Honda so first let the car be launched and then the next step will be the waiting period. After launch, we can officially know the exact waiting from dealers.
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Akash, he is talking about the 8 months he has to wait for the Jazz to get launched. i.e. Dec 2014 to Aug 2015. The waiting period post booking the car will be something to deal with post-August [lol]
 
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Yes, It is a reliable source and the person who is going for the technical training.First it was end of january,later it was postponed by honda and now it is last week of july.[glasses]

By the way, Vignesh K what genuine inputs have you got from your side to throw some light on this matter other than [lol]....
 
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Re: 2014 Honda Jazz Spotted in India

mehulo said:
Also local dealerships here have technical trainning fixed in the end of June and early july. So july end/early august launch might be possible.
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mehulo said:
Yes, It is a reliable source and the person who is going for the technical training.First it was end of january,later it was postponed by honda and now it is last week of july.
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Inn the first post you have mentioned June end or early July and in the second post, it became last week of July. Which one is correct??

mehulo said:
By the way, Vignesh K what genuine inputs have you got from your side to throw some light on this matter other than [lol]....
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Didnt get what you meant by this post?? And I didnt really enjoy the tone of your post. I did not post a [lol] to your post. Akash misunderstood your post and I was trying to correct him. Why has it bothered you so much??

And to answer your question - If I have any SOURCES or INPUTS, I will share it here and not ask for it.
 
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I am guessing that its got to do with
1. Production Constraints at both the plants.
2. Waiting for Maruti to launch Across and YRA Hatch.......
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It is very clear Honda is not confident on the Jazz, as the pricing seem to be premier over the current lot of available premium hatches( Elite..). They seem to fear Jazz could be overshadowed by the ACross (base variant )in pricing. Yes they are looking as this at Maruti could kill the Jazz if so. ACross base variant will have the existing tune of engines and top variant the 1.6.
But Maruti has other plans too, their YRA - Premium hatch is due too in this festive season and would price it lower than ACross.

It is very interesting for prospective buyers in this segment as there is going to be many options to choose from this festive season- so please be a bit more patient and make your choice then[:)]
 
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It is very clear Honda is not confident on the Jazz, as the pricing seem to be premier over the current lot of available premium hatches( Elite..)
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Guess you are spot on with that. Honda is not very confident and feels very nervous with the Jazz. They are really confused if they should go the mass market (Low price and Sales of 5000+ per month)route or the niche market (Higher price and Sales on < 2500 per month). They seem to want to go the mass market route but fear failure. That is why we see so many delays in the launch.

But then, if they start to worry about A-Cross, which ideally Renault / Nissan and Hyundai (with the upcoming iX25) should be worrying about - they have direct competition in the same segment, how is it going to help Honda?

Based on my understanding, YRA is not a swift replacement - it will stand above Swift (top end 7.3 ex-Delhi) and below the Ciaz (starting 8.25 ex-Delhi) i.e. will be more or less around the i20 pricing (starting 6.4 to top end 8 ex-Delhi). Ideally A-Cross will stand above the YRA i.e. Around or little above Ciaz pricing and that will be slightly below the Duster (starting 8.3 ex-Delhi) pricing. iX25 which will be launching shortly will stand above i20 Active (top end 8.9 ex-Delhi) and should be around Verna pricing (starting 9 ex-Delhi). That will be matching Duster pricing.

Coming back to Jazz, pricing should be below City (starting 8.75 ex-Delhi) and around or little above Amaze (starting 6.2 to top end 8.2 ex-Delhi). It cannot touch City territory and also not cross i20 by much. Seeing all this IMO the pricing will be like this

YRA (7 to 8.25L) ~ i20 ~ Jazz (6.5 to 8.25L )
A-Cross (8.3L and above) ~ Duster ~ iX25 (9L and above)

So the base of A-Cross might touch or will be slightly (~20k) above the top end of Jazz. If this is causing so much of a concern to Honda, they might as well not launch it.

Ideally, Maruti Suzuki should be more worried with the cross-shopping across Swift - YRA - A-Cross and Ciaz - all of them have overlapping price and people will be able to own a Cross-SUV if they spend 1.5L over Swift top-end also by-passing a premium-hatchback and a C-segment Sedan.

Please note: All prices I have mentioned are for diesel models and I guess all petrol models will follow a similar trend.
 
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Ideally, Maruti Suzuki should be more worried with the cross-shopping across Swift - YRA - A-Cross and Ciaz - all of them have overlapping price and people will be able to own a Cross-SUV if they spend 1.5L over Swift top-end also by-passing a premium-hatchback and a C-segment Sedan.
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Here is my take on this,
Maruti started the S Cross development thinking of pricing it premium and just to keep afloat in this segment with this launch.
Then seeing competition and the opportunity they decided to take more time on the development and place it more on the Ecosport (mid variant) and decided the 1.3 DDIS in the lower varaint and keep the 1.6 in the higher for competitive pricing and also parts sharing with Swift/Ertiga/Ciaz. The initial plan seem to launch with diesel only.
But with petrol prices easing out - they decide on the petrol launch too simultaneously, most probably with the Ertiga engine.

Now they have ACross, YRA and the YBA forthcoming launches. Pricing becomes easy for them as YBA will be priced below the Ecosport.

Pricing: ACross will start at ~7.5 lakhs ( base petrol), YRA will at 6.5 (base variant) and YBA will start at 6 lakhs
Cross shopping within the brand is expected and pricing is done accordingly as the targeted segment is different.

Above is just a speculation !
 
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Pricing: ACross will start at ~7.5 lakhs ( base petrol), YRA will at 6.5 (base variant) and YBA will start at 6 lakhs
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Yes dude. So the pricing seems to be in line with what I posted. Base Diesel will be some 70-80k more than the base petrol. So A-Cross will be around 8.3L for base diesel and YRA will be around 7.2L for base diesel. [:)] Basically, we are speculating similar prices [:D]
 
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