About VEZEL
2014, the era of modern automotive design category; Compact crossovers. Terminology based on the fact that these cars take designing clues from other vehicles above and below their category and try to fill in the gap which had always been there from a design perspective. Honda Vezel Hybrid is based upon Honda Fit Hybrid and Honda CR-V. And boy have they done a remarkable job here. Are these SUV's? Technically no. Are these Sedans or compact hatchback? Nope. They are just "Compact Crossovers". That's the end of it. And their recent global acceptance is a testimony to the fact that they are here to stay.
The Honda HR-V is a subcompact crossover SUV (B-segment) manufactured and marketed by Honda over three generations.The first generation HR-V was based on the Honda Logo. It was marketed from 1999 to 2006 in Europe, Japan and select Asia-Pacific markets - and featured three doors (1999-2003) or five doors (1999-2006). The two configurations were internally designated GH2 and GH4 respectively.
After a hiatus between 2006 and 2013, Honda reintroduced the nameplate for the second generation HR-V, based on the third-generation Honda Fit. Production began in late 2013 for the Japanese domestic market (as the Vezel (The 'Vezel' name is coined from 'bezel', the oblique faces of a cut gem, with the 'V' for 'vehicle. Japanese: ホンダ・ヴェゼル, Honda Vezeru)) and in 2015 in North America, Australia, Brazil and select Asian markets as the HR-V. It is sold as the Vezel in Japan and China.
The Japanese Vezel models went on sale on 20 December 2013.The Vezel is available with two powertrains, as a conventional gasoline-powered and as hybrid electric vehicle. In Japan, the hybrid version is expected to account for 90 percent of the Vezel sales.Its width dimension exceeds Japanese government dimension regulations (1,700 mm) which means Japanese buyers are liable for extra yearly taxes as a result.
In Sri Lanka also, mostly available Vezel version is hybrid. Hence, most of the details available in this site are also based on hybrid variant of the Vezel. In Sri lanka mainly we can find three versions of Vezel hybrids (X,Z and RS). Also there are two wheel (Front Engine Front Wheel- FF and All Wheel Drive (4WD) versions of these categories except for RS. Only FF version is available for RS.
The conventional Vezel is equipped with a 1.5-litre direct-injection DOHC i-VTEC inline-four cylinder engine coupled to a continuously variable transmission (CVT), and it is available in front-wheel and all-wheel drive versions.
The Vezel hybrid version is equipped with Honda's next-generation sport hybrid i-DCD system that combines a 97 kW (130 hp), 156 N⋅m (115 lb⋅ft) 1.5-litre direct injection engine with a 22 kW (30 hp), 160 N⋅m (118 lb⋅ft) electric motor. The hybrid version fuel economy is 27.0 km/l in the Japanese JC08 cycle, while the gasoline version has a fuel economy of 20.6 km/l in the JC08 cycle.
The facelifted model was unveiled on 25 January 2018 in Japan and released later on 15 February 2018. It features a revised chrome bar grille and LED headlamps.