Honda Brio Review: Small car, big design - Performance

Honda Brio Review: Small car, big design - Performance

Reviewed by Shawn Jooste

Performance

With a 1.2-litre engine hiding under the bonnet you’ve got 65kW at your disposal, which on paper doesn’t seem like much. But the Honda Brio seemes remarkably sprightly for a small 4 Cylinder engine, aided of course by being such a small car. As a nippy town car the Brio is an excellent choice, mountainous areas may be problematic as the small engine means you really need to push the Brio hard to get it up the hills. The engine doesn’t feel strained though, and comfortably revs up to 6000RPM. The variant we tested was the manual, but there is also an Auto available for an extra R10,000 which according to Honda does 0-100km/h in 12 seconds, the same as the manual box does.

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