Honda Elevate road test, review

While on that topic, the 1.5 petrol averaged (overall) 10.8kpl and 11kpl, for the CVT and MT, respectively. Its overly sharp throttle responses, as well as shorter gearing (than the City), seem to take a toll on fuel consumption. As an example, the Elevate MT spins a bit faster than the City MT while cruising, thus consuming more fuel.

Hard buttons on dashboard makes key functions easy to access.

Shifting focus to the automatic, unlike the City CVT, the Elevate CVT doesn’t get an Economy mode to aid efficiency either. Also, neither variant gets an automatic engine stop-start feature, which some of its rivals offer to save fuel while idling.