Honda City 2012 - Good Buy

Exterior

 One of the best in its class. (Not aggresive, but neat Arrow design) Looks are very well designed for Aerodynamics. You dont need to add any spoilers or other accesories outside. It Just look right !

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

Good !! 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 Awwsome - best in the segment. Good and silent IVTEC engine. On Highway this car is spo much fun to drive. Seats are good and its confortible.

Ride Quality & Handling

 Its good ride and handling is not bad. At high speeds > 120KMPL it doesnt seem to be that stable.

Final Words

 Good family car, Fun to drive and awwsome ivtec engine.

Easy to drive both in city and on highway. The engine like you to drive fast, It inspires you.

Areas of improvement  

 More Accesories can be provided as standard with City 2012.  A multimedia system with DVD and reverse camera etc

 

Power wise the car gives superb  acceleration once u reach 5,000 rpm the engine wakes up.remember this car is 75% of a civic and would be a sec slower than it. refer to the Autocar september editon on the race track the city is jut 1 second slower than the civic on lap timing 2M18.15sec vs 2M 17.9sec on a civic driving on sriperumbudur race track  driven by Narain Karthikeyan.you can keep up with a corolla and overtake easy from my experience.Gear shift so extremley precise and needs just a finger to slot into next gear

Else no complaints what so ever.the center is console designed in such a way that the OEM   Audio headunit provided by honda cannot be replaced without changing the center console panel which costs 13,000 rs from honda(grey market non honda panels start at 7,000rs).for the average person yes the audio unit is good enough with usb mp3 playback.however if you are an audio nut or enthusuast well u would need to replace the console silver panel in case u want to add a subwoofer/pioneer headunit to the car. the Oem headunnit has no preout and is actually made by mitsubushi.

Quality of a/c knobs is poor but  its not an issue cos it is not going to break or fall apart it is similar to the knobs u can find it the old 1 st Gen honda city which my parents still own the knobs are almost the same and work exactly as they did the day the car was bought 10 yrs back. but the new city has an rotary automatic climate control i think.the issue is more like the knobs could have been better for a car that cost almost 10 Lakhs.compared to an

i would recommend changing tyres as most magazines show this car has skinny tyres.

Good and Luxury car, effortless drive and FUN to drive Inspires you a lotAccesories can be improved.