New Honda City base variant – Why does it make sense?
Honda City has established itself as a premium sedan in the market today. Honda sold around 6055 units in July this year out of which 3627 were Honda Citys. The City contributes almost 60% of total sales for Honda in India. Currently, the fourth-generation and fifth-generation of Honda City are on sale here. Moreover, the fifth-generation Honda City serves as a flagship offering from the brand. Being a premium offering, this sedan proves to be a great value-for-money avenue for buyers. Even the base variant is a great steal and this is exactly what we will discuss today. Let’s being with why the new Honda City base variant makes sense.
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Pricing
The fifth-generation Honda City base variant starts at Rs 13.20 lakh. The V Petrol costs Rs 13.20 lakh, the V CVT Petrol costs Rs 14.82 lakh and the V Diesel costs Rs 15.32 lakh.
Note: Prices mentioned are (on-road, Mumbai).
Design
The design of the City has gone from a sporty sedan to a premium sedan through these five generations. The Honda City now looks even more classy and premium than before. The front fascia gets a chrome element. The front fascia of Honda City resembles a lot with the new Honda Amaze and the Honda Civic. The base variant gets projector headlamps with integrated DRLs, integrated turn indicators on the ORVM. The side profile of the car looks the same across all variants. The rear end gets newly designed LED tail lamps, turn indicators and a high mount stop lamp.
Engine
The base variant of Honda City is available in three options; the 1.5-litre petrol engine with the manual transmission, the 1.5-litre petrol engine with CVT and the 1.5-litre diesel engine with manual transmission. The petrol engine produces 120bhp & 145Nm of torque, delivering a mileage of 17.8kmpl (with manual transmission) and 18.4kmpl (with CVT transmission). The diesel engine produces 98bhp and 200Nm of torque and delivers a mileage of 24.1kmpl. The diesel engine only comes mated a manual transmission.
Features
The Honda City base variant gets 15-inch steel wheels with multi spokes design. The car even offers a 15-inch spare wheel. Body-coloured door handles, rear parking sensors & camera, an 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system and push-button start/stop are also provided. Such features are usually provided in the mid and top variants of other cars. Honda has offered these in the base variant of City. The rear seats even get an armrest with cup holders.
New Honda City base variant Safety Features
The Honda City comes loaded with safety features like four airbags, three-point seat belts for all five seats, ISOFIX child seat, ABS with EBD & brake assist, ESP, traction control, agile handling control, hill start assist, emergency stop signal, TPMS, day and night IRVM, rear defogger, front seat belt indicator & reminder and front fog lamps.
With so many features loaded in the base variant itself, the Honda city becomes an all-rounder.
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