Honda Brio production to start next month

Auto giant Honda has said that the production of the much awaited hatchback Brio could begin next month. The announcement was announced by Jnaneshwar Sen, the Senior Vice President of sales and marketing.

Sen also said that the production of the Brio will also bring considerable economies of scope and scale to the operations of the company. The Senior Vice president further added that the manufacturing efficiencies would considerably bring down the cost also.

Earlier, certain media reports had said that the Brio will be launched in the month of September 2011. The company has high expectations with the new Brio as it could possibly do wonder to the brand of Honda.

The only drawback is that the Honda Brio will not be launched in a diesel version and will come with a 1.2 litre 90 BHp petrol engine. The Brio has already been launched in Thailand, where beige interiors have been used. It is still not clear what kind of interiors might be used for the Indian version. Meanwhile, Honda has drastically reduced the cost of the Jazz hatchback by Rs. 1.62 lakhs and will now be available starting from Rs. 5.50 lakhs.