auto news desk,Honda City, first launched in India in the year 1998, continues to be the first choice of sedan car buyers even after 25 years. It is a compact sedan with many luxury features and styling elements similar to Audi-BMW cars. The car has been launched several times in new versions. It’s getting more and more attractive every time. Now recently Honda has launched the 2023 model of its popular sedan City. The initial ex-showroom price of 2023 Honda City facelift version is Rs 11.49 lakh. Along with new features, many mechanical and cosmetic updates have been done in it. Here we are telling about 5 such features of the car, due to which people like it a lot. Honda City competes with Hyundai Verna, Maruti Ciaz, Skoda Slavia and Volkswagen Virtus in the Indian market.
design
In terms of design, the facelift model of Honda City has now been made more sporty. It now gets a sharp grille, which is available in honeycomb pattern in higher trims and vertical slats style in lower variants. There are also redesigned front and rear bumpers and new 16-inch alloy wheels.
color options
Honda has updated the LED taillamps of the City and the sedan is now also offered in a new Obsidian Blue Pearl paint scheme. Apart from this, the car is getting many color options like Radiant Red Metallic, Platinum White Pearl, Lunar Silver Metallic, Golden Brown Metallic and Meteoroid Gray Metallic.
Interior & Features
Like the exterior, minor changes have been made to the interior of the facelifted City as well. It now gets new features like ambient lighting, a wireless charger, rain-sensing wipers and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Honda City is now getting features like ADAS in the regular petrol variant as well. Earlier it was available only with the hybrid model.
safety features
Apart from the base variant, Honda is offering the advanced driver assistance system in all variants of the City, which also includes the manual transmission. The company’s ADAS suite includes adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, lead car departure notification, road departure mitigation system and auto high-beams.
The car will also run on flex fuel
The engine of the new City has been updated according to BS-VI Phase-II. Now it will get a 1.5-liter petrol engine, which can generate 119 bhp power and 145 Nm torque. It is mated to a 6-speed MT and CVT. This engine can also run on E20 flex fuel. The City Hybrid is powered by a 1.5-litre Atkinson Cycle petrol hybrid unit, mated to two electric motors.