[TusharK]

Honda has launched the Elevate in South Africa. The SUV is manufactured in India and exported to the country.



In South Africa, the Honda Elevate is available in two variants: Comfort and Elegance, with prices starting at R 3,69,900, which is approximately Rs 15.92 lakh.

In terms of its design, the South Africa-spec Elevate looks identical to the one sold in India. The SUV has a large, upright grille up front flanked by a set of LED headlights and stylish L-shaped LED taillights.



The Elevate gets an all-black interior with an 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system, automatic climate control, a digital instrument cluster and a wireless charger. The South African version misses out on a 10.25-inch touchscreen and ADAS that is available on the India-spec car.

The Elevate is powered by a 1.5-litre petrol engine that produces 119 BHP and 145 Nm. The engine is mated to either a 6-speed manual or a CVT.

Link to Team-BHP News

[saikishor]

Those black interiors look tasty!
I wonder why most Indian cars dont offer separate color schemes for interiors. Even if they do it is mostly restricted to variants.

[INDIAFIRST]

1. In terms of Rand to Rs is there a price differential?

2. Good opportunity for Honda to increase output. This leads to my next obvious question- what is there max capacity at Tapukara (Rajasthan)? Cant they sell more than the current monthly average of 5000 domestic Elevate. Or is Honda comfortable with current levels?

[ron178]

Not sure how much this will add to Honda India's production volumes. Already Honda sells less cars in South Africa in a year than they do in India in a month.

Add to that the fact that at 10000 rand (INR 50k) more than the base manual Elevate is the Honda Fit (Jazz), complete right from the base variant with a CVT, six airbags, Honda Sensing, arguably better interiors, and a better-integrated "original" Honda entertainment system (not the Amaze's unit that's fitted to the African Elevate). Except for maybe the leatherette seats and more masculine exteriors/ground clearance there is not much of a case for the Elevate.

Those keen on an SUV would get much better-specced Chinese rivals instead, like the GWM Haval Jolion.

[SoumenD]

Originally Posted by INDIAFIRST

…This leads to my next obvious question- what is there max capacity at Tapukara (Rajasthan)? Cant they sell more than the current monthly average of 5000 domestic Elevate. Or is Honda comfortable with current levels?

It’s 15k/month or 1.8L cars per annum. And considering maintenance shutdowns etc, I doubt they can produce any more than 13k cars per month.

Amaze, City, Elevate for India market currently sums upto ~8-9k, rest ~4-5k I believe is earmarked for exports.

So I feel Honda India is comfortable with the current sales considering their current plant capacity.