Honda City

Honda’s bestselling sedan, the City, has received a facelift and is looking to go toe to toe with the competition. Has Honda done enough to give the City the undisputable edge once again?

The Honda City has always been Honda’s bestseller in the Indian car market. This C-segment sedan has garnered an almost cult-like following since its introduction here in India in 1998 and has always been known for setting segment benchmarks. Currently in its fourth generation, the Honda City has received a much needed upgrade but is it enough to retain its under-threat segment leader status? What has changed? Quite a bit actually, but let’s start with the exteriors. Aesthetically, the City still looks similar to the pre-facelift model, albeit with a sleeker front end. The arrow-shot design theme is retained. The front grille now features a slimmer chrome grille with a honeycomb mesh in the background. The Honda City now features an all-LED lighting system. The headlamps are all LED, so are the DRLs and tail lamps. In addition, the all-LED treatment is reserved for the top-of-the-line ZX variants only although, the VX does get LED headlamps and fog lamps. Even the fog lamps and all interior lights including the front and rear reading lamps, and the rear number plate illumination are all powered by LED technology. It also gets new diamond-cut alloy...read more »

We say goodbye to the impressive Honda City diesel and its uber fuel efficient engine.

The Honda City diesel has proved a worthy companion in the city and on the highway.

The 4th generation City is the highest selling City model ever and has achieved this feat in record time. How did that happen?

January 7, 2014, was a very exciting day for many car buyers in India. A new generation of the City was to be launched; while that would have been news in itself, this time the bigger headline was that it was being launched with a diesel powertrain initially. This was the first time the City would be powered by a diesel motor in over 16 years that the brand had been on sale in India. And what did the addition of a diesel motor do? It helped Honda sell over 2.5 lakh units of the new City in just a shade over three years! Considering only 1.92 lakh (ha!) units of the 3rd generation Honda City were sold over its 5-year life cycle, the milestone achieved by the new City is certainly commendable. The sale of the petrol-powered versions of the 4th generation City started over a month after the launch of the diesel variants - Honda needed to prove that the (then) new 1.5-litre, 4-cylinder turbocharged diesel motor was reliable. By March 2014, the Honda City was the king of the C-sedan segment. The Honda City is no longer the king of the C-segment, it has been fighting a losing battle against the Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza and the Hyundai Creta. The... read more »

The fourth generation City gets its first major upgrade in four years

Honda will discontinue the base-spec ‘E’ variant, and add a new top-spec ‘ZX’ version