My One Year Old City

Exterior

The exterior is really impressive. There are several colors that Honda has provided to choose from. The Painting and finish are brilliant.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

Interior lacks several things like Automatic Climate control, Cruise Control, Rear View mirror Closing, Integrated parking sensors, Average Music System(try to open the doors and see the speakers used, I havent seen cheaper ones). I spent 11L to get the "V" and its quite natural to expect some of the above features.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

Performance and Handling are Brilliant. I am sure you are debating between Verna, Vento, Fiesta. I have driven all three. Nothing can come closer to City's ride quality. It has a spectacular gear shift, on road stability and security features.If you look at a drivers pleasure, city will be a top priority.

Fuel economy is 11.5-12 in Banglore. Consistantly I got atleast 18 for all my long drives. My coorg drive gave 16.6 inspite of the climb. I dont know if it is any good when you compare with the latest diesel cars giving as much as a two wheeler.

Ride Quality & Handling

Ride quality is excellent. Braking is brilliant. Almost all spead breakers will hit your mudguard and the little bigger one can scrape your base. 

Suspensions should have been independent. It is rigid, I must say.

Final Words

City is expensive by atleast say 1.5L. I heard that they have reduced the cost now and added some of these new features. Good!!. If you drive less than 40 Km a day in tier1 or Tier 2 city, this car is a great choice for a little lesser price. If you love to drive then City is far better than the Vernas and Ventos. 

You will hardly see a Honda vehicle break down in any highway other than perhaps a tyre burst(unlikely these days due to tubless tyres). That is the reliability.

Parts are expensive though. 

Finally, if I have to buy a 10L petrol car, I guess I will choose City with a happy heart due to the driveability pleasures and an unhappy head due to the extra cost.

 

Areas of improvement  

Interiors, need to bring price down to 9 lakhs on road Bangalore for the V model and relatievely for other models as well. Independent suspension too

Thanks

 

Excellent handling, Great Gear Shift, Road Stability,Good Exteriors, Very Good Plastics used InsideExpensive, Several interior goodies missing, Very expensive repair cost