Honda launches an intelligent and advanced information platform for customers called the ‘Honda Connect'. The Honda Connect platform comprises of an app for smartphones and a physical device developed by Minda i-connect that will be available for new customers of Honda Jazz, Honda City and Honda CR-V.
In a decidedly tech-savvy move, Honda Cars India Pvt Ltd. (HCIL) has introduced a new information platform for customers called the ‘Honda Connect.’ The wholly owned subsidiary of Honda Japan has developed a platform for advanced connectivity for customers with the car, their family, and Honda. With the Honda Connect platform customers will reportedly be able to make their ownership experience more safe, convenient and enjoyable. The Honda Connect platform comprises of an app for smartphones and a physical device developed by Minda i-connect that will be available for new customers of Honda Jazz, Honda City and Honda CR-V.
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Speaking at the launch, Katsushi Inoue, President and CEO, Honda Cars India, said, “Today technology has become an integrated part of our lives. The development of Honda Connect is part of our mission to create innovations that best suit our customers’ digital-based life styles. This platform offers a value added communications channel that bonds Honda even more closely with our customers.”
The launch of Honda Connect marks the celebration of HCIL’s 20th anniversary of incorporation in which the company has achieved cumulative sales of more than 1 million units.
Honda Connect provides owners with connectivity services which has been divided into three sections: convenience, utility, and safety and security. Convenience to the owners will comprise of service booking, notifications and feedback. The utility option will have various options to maintain records of their car with a manual SOS feature which when enabled will provide the user’s location to friends and family. Lastly the safety and security option - which is available only after installation of the physical device – will allow the smartphone to be linked to the computer of the car thus providing vital information on the health of vehicle, current vehicle location. Moreover, an impact alert function embedded in the device will signal HCIL’s 24x7 call centre with an assistance call to the customer on sensing a sudden impact.
The Honda Connect application is available for free download from the Apple App Store and Google Play for everyone in the country.
Honda Motor Co is looking at the possibility of building a small car specifically for India, a top company official said on Tuesday, aiming to gain a bigger share in the world's fifth-largest car market. The car would be the first to be developed at Honda's local research centre and will be positioned above small, cheap entry-level models, such as Maruti Suzuki's Alto and Wagon R, Hironao Ito, senior vice president at Honda Genbetsu India, the R&D arm, said. "Some specific model for India is necessary," Ito told Reuters, though he refused to give details on the type of car the company envisaged or its likely launch date.
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India's car market is dominated by Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai Motor Co, which have strong portfolios of locally-developed cars built using parts from domestic suppliers, allowing them to price the vehicles competitively. Honda, whose City model is India's top-selling sedan, had a 7.2 percent share of the passenger vehicle market in the April-November period, industry data showed. It also sells the Amaze compact car, CR-V sport utility vehicle and Jazz hatchback. The study by Honda is likely to lead to the development of a small hatchback that will be produced in India and exported to other markets, according to consultant IHS Automotive associate director Puneet Gupta. IHS expects Honda to launch the vehicle around 2020 and sees production of 150,000 units a year, of which 50,000 will be for export. Development of the platform and engine will be supported by the parent in Japan, but the exterior and interior can be designed and developed locally, said Ito.
Development of the platform and engine will be supported by the parent in Japan, but the exterior and interior can be designed and developed locally, said Ito. Honda's decision to begin the feasibility study was prompted by a shift in car-buying preferences with consumers looking beyond basic, no-frills cars, said Ito. A higher level of localisation also supported the decision. Honda already procures 80 percent of its parts from suppliers based in India. "The market has also shifted to slightly bigger cars," Ito said. "Our strong point is that higher segment, and market growth is matching that."
In a decidedly tech-savvy move, Honda Cars India Pvt Ltd. (HCIL) has introduced a new information platform for customers called the ‘Honda Connect.’ The wholly owned subsidiary of Honda Japan has developed a platform for advanced connectivity for customers with the car, their family, and Honda. With the Honda Connect platform customers will reportedly be able to make their ownership experience more safe, convenient and enjoyable. The Honda Connect platform comprises of an app for smartphones and a physical device developed by Minda i-connect that will be available for new customers of Honda Jazz, Honda City and Honda CR-V.
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Speaking at the launch, Katsushi Inoue, President and CEO, Honda Cars India, said, “Today technology has become an integrated part of our lives. The development of Honda Connect is part of our mission to create innovations that best suit our customers’ digital-based life styles. This platform offers a value added communications channel that bonds Honda even more closely with our customers.”
The launch of Honda Connect marks the celebration of HCIL’s 20th anniversary of incorporation in which the company has achieved cumulative sales of more than 1 million units.
Honda Connect provides owners with connectivity services which has been divided into three sections: convenience, utility, and safety and security. Convenience to the owners will comprise of service booking, notifications and feedback. The utility option will have various options to maintain records of their car with a manual SOS feature which when enabled will provide the user’s location to friends and family. Lastly the safety and security option - which is available only after installation of the physical device – will allow the smartphone to be linked to the computer of the car thus providing vital information on the health of vehicle, current vehicle location. Moreover, an impact alert function embedded in the device will signal HCIL’s 24x7 call centre with an assistance call to the customer on sensing a sudden impact.
The Honda Connect application is available for free download from the Apple App Store and Google Play for everyone in the country.
Honda Motor Co is looking at the possibility of building a small car specifically for India, a top company official said on Tuesday, aiming to gain a bigger share in the world's fifth-largest car market. The car would be the first to be developed at Honda's local research centre and will be positioned above small, cheap entry-level models, such as Maruti Suzuki's Alto and Wagon R, Hironao Ito, senior vice president at Honda Genbetsu India, the R&D arm, said. "Some specific model for India is necessary," Ito told Reuters, though he refused to give details on the type of car the company envisaged or its likely launch date.
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India's car market is dominated by Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai Motor Co, which have strong portfolios of locally-developed cars built using parts from domestic suppliers, allowing them to price the vehicles competitively. Honda, whose City model is India's top-selling sedan, had a 7.2 percent share of the passenger vehicle market in the April-November period, industry data showed. It also sells the Amaze compact car, CR-V sport utility vehicle and Jazz hatchback. The study by Honda is likely to lead to the development of a small hatchback that will be produced in India and exported to other markets, according to consultant IHS Automotive associate director Puneet Gupta. IHS expects Honda to launch the vehicle around 2020 and sees production of 150,000 units a year, of which 50,000 will be for export. Development of the platform and engine will be supported by the parent in Japan, but the exterior and interior can be designed and developed locally, said Ito.
Development of the platform and engine will be supported by the parent in Japan, but the exterior and interior can be designed and developed locally, said Ito. Honda's decision to begin the feasibility study was prompted by a shift in car-buying preferences with consumers looking beyond basic, no-frills cars, said Ito. A higher level of localisation also supported the decision. Honda already procures 80 percent of its parts from suppliers based in India. "The market has also shifted to slightly bigger cars," Ito said. "Our strong point is that higher segment, and market growth is matching that."
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