After stating unequivocally that the City will remain Honda's flagship brand in India, Takedagawa said sales projections for the Jazz are modest but ambitious.

To position itself ahead of the Skoda Tabia and the Hyundai i20, the Jazz's main competitors in the upmarket hatchback segment, Honda hopes the Jazz will achieve half the sales volume of its City model, which currently sells about 3,500 units every month. When pressed, a Honda official said that sales of 'between 2,000 and 2,500 cars a month' would satisfy the company.