Honda City
The Honda City is a compact car manufactured by the Japanese manufacturer Honda. Originally made for the Japanese, European and Australasian markets, the subcompact City 3-door hatchback was retired in 1994 after the second generation.
The nameplate was revived in 1996 for use on a series of compact four-door sedans aimed primarily at developing markets, first mainly sold in Asia outside Japan but later also in Latin America and Australia. From 2002 to 2008, the City was also sold as the Honda Fit Aria in Japan. It is a compact sedan built on Honda's Global Small Car platform, which it shares with the Fit/Jazz (a five-door hatchback), the Airwave/Partner (a wagon/panel van version of the Fit Aria/City), the Mobilio, and the Mobilio Spike—all of which share the location of the fuel tank under the front seats rather than rear seats. By mid-2009, cumulative sales of the City has exceeded 1.2 million units in 45 countries around the world since the nameplate was revived in 1996.[1]
In 2011, the City is also sold as the Honda Ballade in South Africa. The City name was probably changed in order not to confuse with the Volkswagen Citi Golf, another car which was sold in South Africa.
Engines & Performance
Honda City 2017 will come in 3 variants with both manual and automatic transmission options:
- 3L Base
- 3L Aspire
- 5L Aspire
Just like last year, the 1,339CC car comes with 5 speed manual or automatic transmission. The 16 valve 4-cylinder engine is capable of 73kW of horsepower at 6,000RPM and 128Nm at 4,800RPM.
When using the default 15-inch tires, a turning radius of 5.3 meters can be achieved.
Safety & Security
Honda has introduced an immobilizer option with the City 2017, though it doesn’t came as standard and buyers have to opt for it by paying extra. An immobilizer prevents the car from starting the engine unless the RF immobilizer key is present in the car. The feature was enforced under the Auto Policy 2016-2021.
Price & Availability
Fortunately, Honda hasn’t increased the price of the new model by much. A small hike of Rs. 10,000 brings about the following final prices:
- City 1.3L Manual Transmission – PKR 1,533,000
- City 1.3L Automatic Transmission – PKR 1,674,000
- Aspire 1.3L Manual Transmission – PKR 1,663,000
- Aspire 1.3L Automatic Transmission – PKR 1,805,000
- Aspire 1.5L Manual Transmission – PKR 1,683,000
- Aspire 1.5L Automatic Transmission – PKR 1,825,000
Honda customers who have already booked the City 2016 can pay Rs. 10,000 extra and upgrade to the new model.
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