Honda PCX Hybrid

The overall stance and size of the Honda PCX Hybrid makes it look like a traditional full size scooter, which definitely works in its favor by making it the most premium and large scooter in its category. The overall design of the Honda PCX Hybrid looks smooth and very European, thus adding a dash of expensive feel to it.

The front apron of the Honda PCX Hybrid looks super sleek and smooth, with a curved tinted windshield sitting in the middle at the top. Just below this windshield, the curvy looking front apron of the Honda PCX Hybrid houses V-shaped wide dual LED headlamps at its lower tip. The upper corners of the front apron accommodate off-set clear lens turn indicators. 

The Honda PCX Hybrid gets a commanding stance when viewed from the side, with the scooter getting tall 14-inch black alloy wheels at both the ends, split floorboard design, large knee recesses behind the apron. The side body panels, as well as large, stepped themed single-seat further accentuate the size of the Honda PCX Hybrid even more. The entire floorboard is finished in a black theme, with a single side-mounted slim exhaust pipe emerging from below it. 

The side body panels of the Honda PCX Hybrid rise upwards in a sleek manner towards the broad tailpiece, which looks fresh with the presence of clear lens tail lamp assembly having X-shaped LED tail lamp and turn indicators in it. The single-piece wide pillion grab handle not only adds to the visual appeal of the scooter but is highly useful as well.

The dashboard of the Honda PCX Hybrid has a modern touch to it, with a very wide laid out instrument console in the middle of it. This console is a combination of a mushroom-shaped full TFT LCD unit, which displays digital readouts for speedometer, fuel gauge, odometer, trip meters, temperature gauge and selected assist mode of the idling start-stop feature. This full LCD unit is flanked with two separate housings on its either side, both of which show different set of tell-tale lamps. The only grouse here is the chrome-finished handlebar, which could have looked nicer with a brushed silver finish, as it looks a bit low rent and out of place here.

Under the skin, the Honda PCX Hybrid gets a sorted mechanical setup, with a suspension setup of hydraulic telescopic forks at the front and twin hydraulic coil springs at the rear. The suspension is slightly on a firmer side but is comfortable enough to make your short urban commutes a breeze. The well-cushioned seat, comfortable ergonomics only add to the overall comfort of the Honda PCX Hybrid. The scooter has been equipped with a single disc brake at the front and a leading trailing brake at the rear.

The Honda PCX Hybrid packs in one of the most technically advanced powertrains in its segment – a four-stroke, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled, fuel-injected, 149.3cc engine, which is coupled to a CVT gearbox and gets the assistance of a 48V lithium-ion battery, power delivery unit and an assist motor with idling start-stop feature. This hybrid engine of the Honda PCX Hybrid makes a maximum power output of 14.7 PS and a peak torque output of 13.6 Nm.

The Honda PCX Hybrid does not get a proper ABS when it comes to the aspect of safety, however, it manages to make up for the lack of it with a keyless ignition with anti-theft alarm and engine kill switch.

For an entry-level maxi-scooter, the Honda PCX Hybrid is massively impressive with the features and technologies it as on offer, apart from the trademark aspect of reliability about which Honda is known for.