Honda City 2017 Review – Features, price, specifications and more

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Honda city 2017 comes laden with cool features and Facelift is already a hit among customers

Honda City is back into the market with its tried and tested and not to forget successful star performer Honda city. This time it comes in the name of Honda city 2017. It is not even been a week since its launch and the trusted car has already got over 5000 bookings already. According to the sources, over 70% of the bookings are for the petrol model. It is priced at Rs 8 lakh to Rs 14 lakhs. It comes with new style upgrades and a bunch of other new features.The sedan’s new model, additionally, gets dual front airbags, LED DRLs, ABS with EBD, ISOFIX child seat mounts and an engine immobiliser as standard fitments. There are no changes in the dimensions as this is a facelift and most of the changes are majorly cosmetic.

Honda city is heavily laden with several cool features.

In recent time Honda city has lost a fair bit of ground to Maruti Ciaz. Honda plants to be at the top in this segment again with the new 2017 City facelift. Honda city is undisputedly the company’s best-selling car and Honda has pinned high hopes on it. In 2014, the fourth generation of Honda city which was launched became the best selling in its segment. Honda will be hoping that it can replicate the success of its predecessor. Will it be able to do that? What is new in Honda city 2017? Can they reclaim the top spot with the same engines? Let us find out.

DESIGN

Honda city 2017 has received smart changes in design that give it a classy look.

Since Honda city 2017 is a facelift, there isn’t much change in the design of the car. The 2017 City model is available in five colour options -Carnelian red Pearl, Modern Steel Metallic, White Orchid Pearl, Alabaster Silver Metallic and Golden Brown Metallic.

It is one of the most spacious cars in the segment.

 
The changes in Honda city 2017 might not be much but they are smartly integrated. The style of the front grill seems to be inspired by new Accord and Civic. It is like a honeycomb structure on top of which is a  thick chrome slat. The front bumper is also redesigned. The headlamps look sharper with daytime running LEDs. The two top-end variants, VX and ZX comes with LED headlamps with LED fog lamps.

Honda City 2017 gets a brand new set of appealing 16-inches, diamond-cut alloys which add to its class. The middle variant V comes with 15-inch alloy wheels. The alloy wheels get dual-tone treatment. The lower variant of sedan S and SV get full wheel cap covers.

The top end ZX trim is loaded with LED tail lights, LED lights for the rear license plate illumination and a boot lid mounted spoiler with LED stop lamp.

These lights look so exquisite.

The rear bumper comes with a hone come structure strip which adds to the sporty look. It has an electric roof with a shark fin antenna on it.

All these changes give honda city 2017 an eye-catching look.

INTERIOR

Honda city has improved a lot in its features.

Compared to its rivals in this segment city, 2017 boasts of several advanced features. In fact, it is safe to say that it is the most feature-laden models in its segment. The most prominent of them is new 7-inch touchscreen infotainment digit-pad with MirrorLink and turn-by-turn navigation. It also comes with touchscreen auto AC controls, 1.5 GB media memory, 2-USB-in slots, a satellite-linked navigation system, 1 HDMI-in slot, two micro SD card slots,  keyless entry, cruise control, WiFi support for the internet and first-in-segment MirrorLink smartphone connectivity.

Honda Digipad is one of the most prominant features in the car.

It also boasts of the first-in-segment soft-touch dashboard on the passenger side and new illumination in the advanced 3D multi-information meter. Along with it comes 8 speakers audio system with CD player, Aux-in & Bluetooth support, rear parking camera, climate control unit, five-inch LCD display, chrome accents and power outlets at the rear seats. This is sure a long and effective list of cool features. However, some features might be available in specific variants only.

Airbags and ABS are available as a standard feature in all the variants. There is also a new push start button.

There is enough space inside to accommodate tall passengers with ease.

Honda city 2017 is one of the most spacious cars in terms of space. Both the rows of seats have sufficient room for head and knee. The seats are well cushioned and comfortable and the driver has easy reach to all the controls provided. There is enough space at the rear to and even taller passengers will have no space problems while sitting inside. The quality of the material with which cabin is made is of the finest quality and the soft touch dashboard is icing on the cake.

City 2017 lays more emphasis on the safety of the travellers. It offers 6 airbags to ensure the safety is well taken care of.

ENGINE

The engine remains unchanged.

In spite of many changes in the exterior and interior, Honda has not altered with the engine. The Honda city 2017 shares the same engine as its predecessors. The new version is powered by the same 1.5-litre i-VTEC petrol and 1.5-litre i-DTEC diesel engines.

The petrol engine delivers the power of 118 bhp at 6,600 rpm and 145 Nm of torque at 4,600rpm while the diesel engine delivers 99 bhp at 3,600 rpm against 200 Nm of torque at 1,750 rpm.

The petrol variant comes with a five-speed manual transmission along with an option of CVT (continuously variable transmission) automatic transmission with paddle shifters. This engine is slightly better than its diesel counterpart and is very torquey. The engine pulls cleanly at any speed in any gear. It can easily drive in both city and highway. It is highly refined and has extremely low levels of NVH (noise vibration and harshness).

The diesel engine comes with a 6-speed manual transmission option only. It is made of aluminium which makes it lighter and improves its mileage and performance. Like the case with all aluminium engines, it is a bit noisy too. But the amount of power it produces is quite impressive. There is not much need to shift the gears continuously which results in a comfortable drive.

MILEAGE

Since the engines remain same, there is not much change in mileage. The new city gives an impressive mileage to the consumers. The petrol variants in the line-up return an expected mileage of about 17.4 km pl while the petrol CVT (continuously variable transmission) grades are claimed to return 18 km pl. The diesel version takes it to a new level with the fuel economy rated at 25.6 km pl making it one of the most fuel efficient cars in its segment.

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