Honda Targets Higher Market Share With 10 Models By 2030

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Following muted efforts over the past five years, Honda to ramp up efforts with a major product offensive for the next five years

In its search for a new market with a strong growth potential and minimal competition from Chinese carmakers, Honda has zeroed in on India. The company has created a dedicated India project team at the global level as part of its heightened focus on the market.

Honda has lined up ten launches between 2026 and 2030, including new cars, mid-cycle refreshes, and full model changes. For obvious reasons, it has not disclosed the entire roadmap, but we already have a fair idea of which major launches are in the pipeline.

In the first half of next year, Honda will launch the Prelude, its new hybrid sports coupe that serves as a replacement for the previous generation Civic Coupe. The company will import it as a CBU from Japan and may price it somewhere in the range of 70-80 lakh rupees (ex-showroom). The Prelude is based on the same platform as the latest Civic Hybrid, and in the markets where Honda has already launched it, experts have criticised it for being underpowered and overpriced as well as for its obvious lack of a manual transmission.

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Later in 2026, most likely in the fourth quarter, Honda will launch the ZR-V, its new VW Tiguan rival. The company will import this model as a CBU from Japan and is expected to price it somewhere between 50 and 55 lakh rupees (ex-showroom).

The Prelude and ZR-V will have the same hybrid powertrain, based on a 2.0-litre naturally aspirated direct injection petrol engine. The Prelude accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 8.2 seconds, achieves a top speed of 188 km/h, and delivers a WLTC fuel economy of 23.6 km/l. The ZR-V Hybrid hits 0 to 100 km/h in 7.8 seconds but maxes out at 173 km/h and returns a WLTC fuel economy of 22.1 km/l.

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Honda is also working on a facelift for the Elevate and the second such refresh for the fifth-generation City. The company will likely launch both the new Elevate and the new City in the second half of 2026. In early 2027, Honda will launch the 0 Alpha as its first EV in India. This model will be a Hyundai Creta Electric rival, but designed and engineered as an EV from the ground up. The company will offer it with a choice of two battery packs, both of which will have CATL-made LFP cells imported from Indonesia.

Within a year of the 0 Alpha launch, Honda will likely bring the 0 SUV, a D-segment model that will be manufactured in the U.S. The 0 SUV will be a CBU import and could easily cost somewhere between 70 and 80 lakh rupees (ex-showroom).

In the first half of 2028, Honda will launch the next-gen City, developed on an all-new platform codenamed ‘PF2.’ The company will offer a hybrid variant of this model and heavily localise it to price it competitively. The PF2 platform will bring a seven-seat Honda SUV also to India, as well as the next-gen Honda Elevate and potentially a sub-4 metre SUV.

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