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Honda is in a very awkward problem. Earlier on, the demand for the Jazz was so low that the company had a pile of cars stocked up at dealers. Now with the recent price revisions, the demand has soared so high, that the Japanese automaker is not able to supply enough cars to the dealer. [...]

Maruti Suzuki launched the all new Swift recently and Honda has followed with the launch of the Jazz facelift. The battle of the Japanese rivals has just commenced as Honda has undercut the price of the top end Swift ZXi by Rs. 3000/-. Now the Jazz can only rival the Swift petrol as there is [...]

Honda has announced the launch of the new Jazz in Delhi. The company has not made any mechanical changes to the Jazz. The Jazz continues to be powered by the same 1.2-liter, SOHC, i-VTEC motor which produces 90 PS of power and 110 Nm of torque. The ARAI certified mileage of the Honda Jazz is [...]

Honda will launch the facelifted Jazz on 18th August, 2011. The Japanese automaker recently offered massive discounts on the Jazz, which was to clear inventory and to make way for the new version. The new Jazz will feature changes to both the interiors and exteriors but very subtle ones. The exterior of the 2012 Honda [...]

Honda India just sold 361 units of the Jazz last month. The sales are totally appalling for a hatchback and now Honda has taken due measure to increase the sales drastically. The company has slashed prices of all variants of the Honda Jazz by upto Rs. 1.75 lakhs in a bid to attract customers. Post [...]

Yesterday, Honda shocked everyone in India by cutting the prices of its bread and butter model, the City by upto 6%. Now with the new revised prices, the City’s basic variant is cheaper than the top end Jazz X. For the uninitiated, the Honda City E is priced at Rs. 7.49 lakhs, whereas the Honda [...]

Honda has given the Jazz a facelift in Malaysia. The facelifted Jazz will grace the roads of India soon, however we won’t be getting the 1.5 liter, iVTEC motor. The sales of the Jazz have been absolutely dismal, and a more powerful engine would only lead to increase in prices and further reduction in sales. [...]

Honda’s engineers set about revising the popular Jazz model, one of the priorities was to give Jazz customers an automatic transmission that would not impact on fuel economy or CO2 emissions. The solution they came up with was to combine a Continuously Variable Transmission, similar to that seen in the first Jazz, with a torque [...]

Honda has been quite slow in responding to market needs of late. The company was not quick to launch the Jazz and when it came, it was overpriced. It was not even the most powerful hatch on sale, something which does not go well with the Honda name in India. Then there was news about [...]

The facelifted Honda Jazz was spotted recently in India. The spy pictures reveal a taped up front end which reveals the facelift would include an updated front profile with new bumpers, grille and revised headlamps. The facelifted Honda Jazz has received a revised rear end with LED bulbs but the same were not spotted on [...]