Honda Cars India will launch the Honda 2017 City facelift on 14th February 2017.
The company have commenced the pre-bookings of the sedan at all authorized Honda dealerships across the country with a booking amount of Rs. 21,000. The cars have stated to reach dealerships.
The City facelift gets many new features including a new LED package, enhanced safety package and a new AVN system among others. Most importantly the company will bring back the ZX moniker as the new top end version.
The ZX variant will come with features like auto headlamps, rain sensing wipers, auto folding mirrors, full LED headlights and taillights, LED fog lights, LED roof lamps, auto dimming interior mirror, 7″ infotainment system with Android auto and voice recognition, soft touch dashboard at some places, lots of chrome and silver accents and alloy wheel spare tyre. Sunroof will be available on the top ZX variant.
Honda may also equip the car with 6 airbags.
Dual Airbags, ABD & EBD are standard right from the base variant. The LED package includes LED daytime-running lights and LED tail lights
Under the hood there are no changes and the City will continue to be powered by 1.5 petrol and 1.5 diesel engine. The petrol engine comes with a 5 speed MT and CVT transmission while the diesel gets a 6 speed MT. The ZX variant will also be offered with a CVT transmission with Paddle shift.
First introduced in India in January 1998, the Honda City is among the most popular sedans in the country and has a cumulative customer base of over 6.5 lakh owners. The 4th generation Honda City, since its launch in January 2014, has sold 2.24 lakh units in the country.