<p>With feedback from Indian consumers and the growing Diesel engine demand, Honda has finally equipped this premium hatchback with a four cylinder i-DTEC 1.5 litre diesel motor which churns out an impressive 100 PS of peak power at only 3600 rpm. The torque on offer is not the best in class but with 200 Nm power available at your disposal at only 1750 rpm, zipping around traffic and overtaking becomes quite an ease. There is very little lag and the NVH levels for its new diesel heart is also quite low. With all windows up, noise doesn’t really enters the cabin especially on highways. The 6 speed manual gearbox works very well with shorter gearshifts to improve efficiency as well. What remains the same is its 1.2-litre petrol engine delivering 90 PS at a high 6000 rpm and 110 Nm of peak torque at 4800 rpm. However, Honda has managed to cater to the performance enthusiasts by introducing CVT (Continuous Variable Transmission) automatic transmission with Paddle Shifters (First in its class) which does offer some rejoice for petrol buyers. However, owing to its big dimensions and overall design we did witness slight amount of body-roll on fast corners which has a lot to do with its slim set of tyres running on 175/70 R15.

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