Honda had introduced the 2018 Honda Vezel (2018
Honda HR-V) in Japan last month. The facelifted model has started reaching
dealerships ahead of the market launch today.
The mid-cycle refresh brings subtle visual changes
to the Honda Vezel. At the front, the 2018 Honda Vezel features a more upright
upper grille that flows into the new LED headlamps, sharper bumper, new LED fog
lights and revised lower grille. At the rear, the new model gets a chrome
tailgate garnish connecting the tail lamps, which carry over the old design.
The interior layout has remained unchanged.
While the current Honda Vezel is available with
Honda Sensing only in select configurations, the new Honda Vezel features it as
standard. This suite of advanced safety and driver assistance features includes
Traffic Sign Recognition, Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS), Adaptive Cruise
Control (ACC), Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS), Pedestrian Collision
Mitigation Steering System, Road Departure Mitigation (RDM), Lead Car Departure
Notification System and False Start Prevention Function currently. With the
MY2018 update, Honda may add auto high-beam and False Backward Start
Prevention.
The Honda Vezel is available in 1.5L i-VTEC petrol
and 1.5L i-VTEC+i-DCD (petrol-electric) hybrid variants in Japan. This is
expected to remain as is with the mid-cycle refresh. The global rollout of the
facelifted model should commence later this year.
