Japanese auto major Honda on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its best selling sedan City in India priced at between ₹8.5 lakh and ₹13.58 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
“With the launch of the Honda City 2017, we aim to exceed our customers’ expectations by offering value at a very competitive price.
I am confident that with the new City we will regain our leadership position in the segment,” Honda Cars India president and CEO Yoichiro Ueno said.
The City competes with Maruti Suzuki’s Ciaz. While City had been the segment leader for a long time, it was recently dethroned by the Ciaz. The new City is an upgraded version of the 4th generation.The new version will be available in both petrol and diesel options.
While the petrol variant is powered by a 1.5 litre engine and is priced between ₹8.5 lakh and ₹13.52 lakh, the diesel variant is available in the price range of ₹10.76 lakh to ₹13.57 lakh (all prices are ex-showroom Delhi).
The new sedan will have safety features like dual airbags, anti-lock braking and pedestrian injury mitigation technologies as standard across all trim levels.
The company has sold 6.5 lakh units of City since it was first unveiled in India in 1998. The fourth generation City, which was introduced here in 2014, had sold a total of 2.2 lakh units.
