Honda Brio

Honda Brio
2016 Honda Brio Satya E 1.2 (facelift, Indonesia)
Overview
Manufacturer	Honda
Production	2011–present
Body and chassis
Class	City car (2011–2018) Subcompact car (2018–)
Body style	5-door hatchback
Layout	Transverse front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Related	Honda Amaze Honda Mobilio Honda BR-V

The Honda Brio (Japanese: ホンダ・ブリオ, Honda Burio) is a city car, later a subcompact car produced by Honda and sold in India, Thailand, South Africa, Indonesia and the Philippines. The car was introduced in 2011.

Name

The name Brio means vivacity or verve in Italian.^[1] In Indonesia, Brio has an additional Indonesia-inspired name for the country's LCGC (Low Cost Green Car) program. The name Satya (Sanskrit: true, genuine, sincere or faithful) is used, with added local distributor's name combined as "Honda Prospect Motor Brio Satya" as its official LCGC name.

First generation (2011–2018)

First generation
2013 Honda Brio S 1.3 (Indonesia)
Overview
Production	2011–2018
Assembly	India: Gurgaon (Honda India) Thailand: Ayutthaya[2] (Honda Ayutthaya Plant) Indonesia: Karawang (Honda Prospect Motor)
Body and chassis
Class	City car
Powertrain
Engine	1.2 L L12B i-VTEC I4 (petrol) 1.3 L L13A i-VTEC I4 (petrol)[3]
Power output	65–66 kW (87–89 hp; 88–90 PS) (1.2 L) 73.5 kW (99 hp; 100 PS) (1.3 L)
Transmission	5-speed manual 5-speed automatic CVT
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,345 mm (92.3 in)[4]
Length	3,610 mm (142.1 in)
Width	1,680 mm (66.1 in)
Height	1,470 mm (57.9 in) (Thailand)[5] 1,500 mm (59.1 in) (India)
Curb weight	920 kg (2,028 lb)

Markets

Thailand

In Thailand, the Brio was launched in March 2011.^[9]

India

In India, the Brio is assembled for the South Asian market by the company's subsidiary, Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI), at its production facilities in Greater Noida. Over 80% of its parts are sourced from Indian suppliers. The Rajasthan factory also exports Brio parts to Thailand.^[10] The Brio in India is offered in V, VX and VX BL trims.

Indonesia

2013 Honda Brio S 1.3 (pre-facelift, Indonesia)

In Indonesia, the Brio was launched on 2 August 2012, and was initially built in and imported from Thailand.

Honda has started the assembly of Brio in Indonesia since August 2013 to fulfill the local demand.^[11] Before the Indonesian LCGC program was launched, the Brio used a 1.3 L (79 cu in) L13Z i-VTEC engine instead of 1.2 L (73 cu in) L12B i-VTEC one.^[12] This engine was used until 2016.

In September 2013, when the LCGC program had launched, the Brio was offered in 6 trims: Satya A, Satya S, Satya E, S, E, which were made locally and available with a 1.2-liter engine, and Sports, which was imported from Thailand and available with a 1.3-liter engine. All Satya variants were initially only available with a manual transmission, while S and E (without Satya badge) were only available with an automatic transmission. The Sports trim was available in both manual and automatic transmissions.^[13] Currently, the Satya E is available with CVT.^[14] In 2015, Honda Brio Satya was the third best selling LCGC.^[15]

Philippines

The Brio was launched in the Philippines at the Philippine International Motor Show in September 2014.^[3]

South Africa

The Brio was launched in South Africa in December 2012.^[16]

2016 facelift

2016 Honda Brio Satya E 1.2 (facelift, Indonesia)

The Indonesian-spec Brio was facelifted on 7 April 2016 at the 24th Indonesia International Motor Show. This facelift includes a new front fascia, tail lamps, dashboard design, the use of continuous variable transmission, replacing the 5-speed automatic one, and also introduced the new trim line, RS, which replaced Sports as the top-level trim. The facelifted Brio was then launched in Thailand in May 2016 and in India on 4 October 2016. Sales of the facelifted Brio in Indonesia began on 2 June 2016.

As of April 2016, the Indonesian market Brio is available in 3 trims, which are all now powered by a 1.2-liter engine. The current trim level consists of Satya S, Satya E, and RS. The Satya S trim is only available with a manual transmission.^[17]

Second generation (2018–present)

Second generation
2018 Honda Brio RS 1.2 (Indonesia)
Overview
Production	2018–present
Body and chassis
Class	Subcompact car
Powertrain
Engine	1.2 L L12B i-VTEC I4 (petrol)
Power output	66 kW (89 hp; 90 PS)
Transmission	5-speed manual CVT
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,405 mm (94.7 in)[18]
Length	3,800–3,815 mm (149.6–150.2 in)
Width	1,680 mm (66.1 in)
Height	1,485 mm (58.5 in)
Curb weight	940 kg (2,072 lb)[19]

The second generation Brio was unveiled on 2 August 2018 at the 26th Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show. It was previewed by the Small RS Concept that was first shown at the 26th Indonesia International Motor Show in April 2018. Unlike the second generation Amaze, the second generation Brio still uses the same platform as the first generation model. While retaining the front side doors from the first generation model, front bumper and dashboard from the facelifted model, the grille, rear side doors and taillamps were redesigned and the front headlamps were taken from the facelifted second generation Mobilio. The rear glass hatch is now replaced by a conventional liftgate.^[20][21]

Markets

Indonesia

The prices of the second generation Brio were announced on 12 September 2018, starts from IDR 139 million (Brio Satya S with manual transmission) to IDR 190 million (Brio RS with CVT transmission).

The first 200 units of the second generation Brio was delivered to customers in Jakarta on 13 October 2018.^[22] Sales of the second generation Brio began nationwide in the same month.

Interior

Sales

The Brio's planned launch in India was delayed from early 2011 due to the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. It was finally launched in September 2011, just ahead of the festive season, with a starting price of ₹395,000. It joined the Jazz in Honda's hatchback subcompact range for India. In the Indian market, it competes against Maruti Suzuki's Swift and Ritz, Hyundai's i10, Ford's Figo, Nissan's Micra and Toyota's Etios Liva.^[10]

The sales took a hit again when Honda's Thailand plant had to shut down due to the massive Bangkok floods. Critical components for the Brio come from Thailand and hence its Indian production stopped for more than a month, resuming only on 15th of February 2012.^[23]

In Indonesia, the non-LCGC Brio was sold at 9,853 units in the first 10 months of 2014, while the LCGC Brio Satya was sold at 21,959 units.^[24] From January to August 2016, the Brio Satya was sold at 20,308 units, with 5,812 units sold in August.^[25] Since it's introduction, the Brio has been sold 237,272 units in Indonesia as of July 2018.^[26][27]

In 2017, total sales in Asia and Oceania reached 65,325, an increase of 26% from previous year.^[28]

Recall

In May 2014, Honda issued a recall of about 32,000 Brio and Amaze cars in India due to a possible mis-assembly of the proportioning valve. This recall is limited to models which are not fitted with ABS.^[29][30]

Variations

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Honda Brio.

• Official websites:

• India
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Indonesia
• South Africa