HONDA ELEVATE MANUAL REVIEW

Nice car!" That was the reaction of not just one or two, but five people in my neighborhood, upon seeing the blue Honda Elevate I was driving last week

- SYED SHIRAZ SHAH

I live in one of the least populated areas of the National Capital Region-Greater Noida-where there are more birds, and cattle, than people. Therefore, those five people comprise a good sample size, especially if I tell you that they never uttered a word of appreciation for any of Elevate's competitors I got home in the last few months. It could be because of the fact that those vehicles are more common than vehicles driven on the wrong side, or it could be that they found the Elevate to be genuinely eye-catching. Either way, it cannot be disputed that the Elevate looks different, and it does attract attention. 

INTERIORS

Irrespective of what you and your neighbours think of its exterior, its cabin will have almost everyone, including you, saying in unison that it looks premium. If you ask me, I'd take it over everything else in the segment. I absolutely love the tan-brown upholstery, which is a relief in a sea of depressingly black interiors on one shore and unimaginative beige or mourning white fabrics on the other.

Ergonomically too, it's perfect. All controls are where you expect them to be and there's nothing playing hide & seek with you. Most importantly, there are proper buttons and switches for everything, which is something most others can learn from Honda.