2023 Honda Elevate Review - Driven and Explained | OVERDRIVE

Honda have a new mid-size SUV in the Elevate that is all set to compete against the Hyundai Creta, Kia Seltos, Volkswagens Taigun, the Skoda Kushaq and the MG Astor. The Elevate brings bold contemporary styling to the segment, in addition to refined drivability and luxurious packaging. With Honda's tried and tested engineering backing up the Elevate SUV, this is a highly anticipated product for the mass segments. Just how good is it, and does it have the value proposition that others in the segment offer, here is what we found out.

0:00 Introduction
0:56 Engine, Gearbox & performance
4:32 Cabin & Features
7:29 Rear Seat Space
8:31 Noise Insulation
9:28 ADAS
10:30 Safety
11:07 Ride & Handling
11:49 Braking
12:15 CVT Gearbox & Fuel Efficiency
13:55 Driving Modes
14:29 Instrumentation Cluster
14:49 Styling
15:37 Conclusion

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[Mayankagrawal]

4:47 in love ❤️ with the interior. Simple and Minimalistic. Very few will choose Honda because there are so many midsize SUVs in the market. Those who have driven Honda will surely go for it.

[ej]

I have only ever owned Honda gen....then now the 4 th And I just test drove the elevate and for the first time fell in love with something other than a Honda

[Jimbean]

I appreciate the honesty and integrity of this review. That is the reason I trust Burt and Overdrive over all the others. I’m gonna go in for a test drive next week. This man literally sold me a car!

[urboxy]

Wonderful Review from the OG OD 'Headmaster' !!!

[Storyees]

This will become #1 reliable mid size suv in India 🙌🏻

[JaidipTravel]

This was the best review of Elevate by Overdrive

[akash_vlogs]

Amazing suv. Honda should price it lower than the competition. Then it'll just 💥

[prasunbose]

If Honda wants to survive, then need to have a sub- four meter SUV and a micro suv which can bring the volumes. Apparantly, Honda doesn't seem to be too interested. Also the Elevate should have atleast another power train in the form of a mild hybrid or a turbo charged engine.

[abhisheka]

I was expecting Rohit to review this car...

[aseemaneja]

Everyone tries to compare with Creta by reminding it's name during review. Standard Hyundai has set in every Price Segment is a Great Job

[SmartWizzard]

Manual or Automatic, who is buying the MT for city drive? while the Automatic mileage is more compared to MT

[vamik]

Good, honest review! Well Rounded information for a buyer like me!

[kostinarain]

I love this thing ❤️ 👌truly, honda is back

[SuperAkashrana]

Looks like a well rounded vehicle and a sound performer in the entry level engines category. It has all the essential kit and some more, though only meaningful feature that's still missing is ventilated seats. Another powertrain, either eHEV or a 1.5 turbo would have provided options to everyone, though these make smaller proportion of the volumes so Honda isn't missing on much. It will all go down to price and if its priced at par with City, it will be a complete package for the price.

[naveenraikar]

Good Review, but looking for how this Elevate performs with paddle shifters on up hill.

[rohitranjan]

The leather treatment in the Elevate is only in the top model. So is the rear seat arm rest. The infotainment system is also smaller in lower models .

[pranav]

The car is fine, but really love your watch! Where do I get that?

[armelia]

OD: Why is everyone ONLY showing the ZX, where is the comparison amongst the variants, surely not all variants will offer the features you show, interiors for example? Nothing about what we can expect from the SV, V, and VX. No Comparison of the “Wheel & Tyre Sizes”, will the Ground Clearance change, does the drive differ without the 17” alloys or other pertinent/marked differences. I’m sure many of us need information that will make the decision making process easier. Prices of each variant, differences of each variant and which variant will be a "Value for Money" as not all want the fully loaded ZX.
Hope the pricing is sensible and Honda doesn’t muck it up...

[eddalaraviteja]

Rohit please at least do a comparison between City and Elevate manual.

[sanjays]

@ 14:18 Look at the under body .. is it looks like it's covered and protected till the engine bay 🤔