Honda Elevate Apex Edition Introduced

Looking at the upcoming festive season, Honda Cars India have launched a new limited ‘Apex Edition’ for the Elevate crossover. It is basically nothing but a dealer level accessory pack add-on that is available with the mid-spec V and VX trims. The package brings in some exterior and interior styling changes and it costs an additional ₹15,000 over the trim it is based on.

Pricing

Interestingly, the exterior and interior kit can be opted for separately; the interior bundle is priced at ₹10,000 while the exterior garnishes are priced at ₹5,000.

Exterior

Outside, it adds glossy piano black garnishes with silver accents for the front as well as rear bumpers, and a new matte black door padding as well. Also, there are Apex Edition logos on both the front fenders and the rear tailgate.

Interior

It gets a new dual tone Ivory and Black interior colour theme as compared to the tan and black colour scheme as seen on the regular version. Additionally, there is now leatherette trim on the dashboard as well as the door pads, it was previously reserved only for the top ZX variant. Also, there is Apex Edition specific seat upholstery and cushions, along with ambient mood lighting.

Powertrain

Remains unchanged under the hood, it still has the same 1.5 litre i-VTEC naturally aspirated petrol engine that produces 121 HP, 145 N-m of torque and can be had with either the six speed manual transmission or a seven step CVT automatic gearbox.

Rivals

• Hyundai Creta / Kia Seltos
• Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara / Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder
• Skoda Kushaq / Volkswagen Taigun
• MG Astor
• Tata Curvv
• Citroen basalt