Honda Elevate – Price, Features, Mileage, and All You Need to Know

The India compact SUV market has seen drastic changes in recent years and Honda Elevate has established itself as a unique offering in this space. If you are a first-time car buyer venturing into the world of SUVs or a sedan owner looking to upgrade, the Honda Elevate brings you an interesting package of practicality, safety and value-for-money. So let’s take a closer look at why this vehicle is so good. 

Pricing and Variants To Understand What’s Right For You

The Honda Elevate is priced attractively from ₹11.00 lakh (ex-showroom) for the base SV manual variant and goes up to ₹16.67 lakh (ex-showroom) for the top-end variants. This pricing policy makes sure that all budgets are covered in the compact SUV segment. 

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Honda also curates special editions like the Black Edition (₹15.51 lakh), Signature Black Edition, and the newly introduced ADV Edition (beginning at ₹15.29 lakh for the manual and ₹16.44 lakh for the CVT). 

Note: The price of different variants may change due to change of region or district, kindly check your nearest showroom to get accurate price details.

Engine Specifications and Performance

The Elevate is powered by a 1.5-liter naturally aspirated i-VTEC petrol engine. This four-cylinder engine produces 119-121 bhp. It also produces a peak torque of 145 Nm at 4300 rpm. Maybe that spec sounds meek compared to turbo competitors, but that’s still real power. Still, whatever such driving such power provides is a smooth, steady drive. It is good for city trips and road travel.  

The engine is springed to two transmission choices: a 6-speed manual transmission or a 7-step CVT automatic. CVT Interesting for those who often drive in stop and traffic stop: you get momentum flow with less fatigue as a driver. 

Mileage – Real-World Efficiency

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Elevate’s distinguishing features include good fuel efficiency. The ARAI mileage is 15.31 km/l for the manual version and 16.92 km/l for the CVT automatic version. These are respectable figures for a car in this class, and that goes to show Honda’s dedication to making its powertrains as efficient as possible. Real world mileage: 15 to 16 km/l depending on drive style, traffic and road conditions. 

Dimensions and Space: Is It Practical Enough?

The Elevate rides on practical dimensions. It is 4312 mm long, 1790 mm wide and 1650 mm tall with a wheelbase measuring 2650 mm. What makes this all the more impressive is how Honda has managed to cram all of that space into a genuinely roomy five-seater without making the vehicle feel like a hulking beast in city traffic. 

With 458 litres of boot space, there’s more than enough room for your weekly shop, or you could pack light for the weekend - or whatever the combination of the two might be. This also helps with the 220 mm ground clearance required for Indian roads and the speed breakers, and a few rough patches now and then shouldn’t hurt the underbody. 

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Feature-Rich Cabin

But Honda has not cut any corners on features even with the aggressive pricing. The Elevate is equipped with a 10.25-inch Advanced HD Touchscreen Display Audio with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. So smartphone integration works flawlessly, so you can listen to music, get directions and take calls – all hands free.​

Other Honda Elevate key features include a 7-inch HD Full Colour TFT instrument cluster, fully automatic climate control with MAX COOL function, a wireless smartphone charger, and a one-touch electric sunroof (in tops models). Brown and black two-tone interior The interior features soft-touched areas, giving the cabin a more premium feel than the price tag of the vehicle would indicate. 

Safety: A True Standout

The Honda Elevate received a 5-star rating in the Japanese NCAP crash safety test – a remarkable feat for a car built in India. It rated 90 percent on average with good scores in crash safety (86/100) and preventive safety (82.22/85.8). Especially, most impressive is the Level 5 rating for Autonomous Emergency Braking, which can prevent collisions with moving obstacles up to 60 km/h (speed limit of 37 mph)

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Six airbags, electronic stability control, ISOFIX child seat anchorages, and hill start assist are standard across the range for safety. Higher trims also get Honda’s Level-2 ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) including Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane-Keeping Assist, and Lead Car Departure Notification. 

Conclusion

The Honda Elevate is the outcome of fine-tuning practicality, technology and value. It’s aimed at buyers who need reliability and safety, but who don’t really want any bells and whistles. If you’re shopping for your first SUV or just want a solid, straightforward family hauler, Elevate makes a strong argument, with Honda dependability behind it.