Honda City [2014-2017] User Reviews

Exterior Top notch. i like too much.i purchase for out look style.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) If travaling my car rear bench design i am feeling as my home. seat arrangements very comportable for long travel.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Very smooth gear shfting and excellent milage 22.2. wooou ABS sysstem very usefull, i met so many times high speed and critical situation abs performance I like too.

Ride Quality & Handling I am not proffessional driver even though i can drive my city without any dificulities at any condion at 140 km speed also.specially good for head light adjustment very usfull for night driving accordig to the road condition.

Final Words For experince low noise road sound,enjoyfull music system. I am feeling as premium level sedan car. After buying and 7000 km driving i am feeling good satisfaction on HONDA BENCH MARK.

Areas of improvement I am not expecting more then this level on 12 laks.

good style,confident driving at 130 km speed even curve pointsbefore buying this car i had reviewed all things so iam not found any.....

I have purchased the new HONDA city from Olympia HONDA - Chennai in the Apr 2014. From my purchase I used to face water leakage inside my car during the rainy season. Whenever I take to the showroom they used to say some positive comments as it's fixed/may be glass would left open/when we flushed water there is no leakage, their ultimate intension is to release the car with my sign on the same day.

Now, days went off and they are not ready to accept the water leakage issue and they say it as my fault and atlast now my car under chase has been completely rusted because of water leakage and that too I found it through outside Mechanic. From this I came as they are not ready to reveal the impact of leakage too.

Pros:

- Mileage (diesel if you are ready to drive between 60 - 70 Km speed per hour on Highway).

- Comfort (Only for the passengers and not for the drivers due to Indian road conditions).

- Reliability (Drive the car on highway and if any another vehicle like bus / heavy vehicle crosses you above 100+ Kms u may know the reliability of this car).

- Looks (Great - aerodynamics concept).

- Leg Room (Excellent).

- Steering (Awesome).

Cons:

- Very light weighted car.

- Low Ground clearance (It kisses the road like anything, that too when its fully loaded it will be awesome).

- You will not get the clear view of raods.

- Blind spot is there, while turning you may face this blind spot like you can't notice the person who is about to cross you.

Suggestion to Car owners:

- Better to do service at some private stations instead in showrooms, you can save half of the amount.

- Always during service you can notice one thing, your car smells fresh and clean however, not your car internal organs, please check it like engine oil / coolant oil / break oil.

- Go for a test drive, check your breaks, power and clutch of the car.

- Don't do down payments unless you select your car, beacause once down payment is done you are under the control of the showroom person.

- Please choose your car and go for a drive atleast 5 kms on the city roads so that you may know the suspension and drive quality then, sit inside the car and tell the showroom person to flush water on your car. Check is there any leakage or not because, it's very tough to identify later, it may rust the complete car.

- Please never compromise or listen to showroom people as it's your hard earned money you take your decision.

The reason for such a long conversation is because, I already messed up with my car and money by investing on HONDA and the consumer court in INDIA is not effective. I don't wanna waste my rest of money in cases or chasing the Olympia HONDA instead better to go with Maruthi or Toyoto (Worth for 5 lakh KMS).

Suggestion to HONDA:

- Please do a proper Quality Check on all cars as you guys are not giving it for free.

- Listen to customer feedback and issues.

- Provide customer's a link where they can reach you directly incase, the dealers service are not satisfied.

- For your kind notice, dealers are begging the customer's to give rating as 10. It's a shame for HONDA to beg customer. Tell them to do service instead of begging us.

FYI, my car number is TN 09 XXXX.

Never ever under estimate INDIAN customer's please value everone.

Suggestion to Olympia HONDA - Chennai:

- Never skip an customer complaint.

- Try to sell cars and don't do brokerage.

- Don't do cheap business, It's all everyone's hard earned money.

- We all come with a dream and don't spoil it for your benefits.

Mileage, Looks, Leg RoomReliability, Not fit for Indian roads, Blind Spot

Honda City is must buy car , no double think required for this car , comfortable very good looking and very tough car and even very powerful car so go and buy Honda City without any daught

Exterior Front and back the look is awesome.  Not even a single member of family or friends had a complaint on this area.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Spacing and Comfort very high. Comfortable back seat knee spaces if awesome for long journeys.  Current marketno  SUVs cannot beat this area.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Dont expect it to revup like sport car very quickly. But is decent. I'm just loving my car. Already drobe 1900Kms.

Ride Quality & Handling Ride is smooth, Engine noise is minimal. Need to check after couple of services again. Steering controls are user friendly. Cruise is good feature but Indian roads one might need to be careful as there will many distractions on highways.

Ground clearance is one serious negative mark I feel. I dont want my 12 lakh City touch/hit the ground during bumpy roads n truns. It realy hurts me.

Final Words Worth a Purchase. I'm thorughly enjoying it and would recomend others.

Areas of improvement Ground clearance.

Additional features from higher ends should be available on the alacarte basis to fit. Not all of them are available for additional fitting. The accesories need to be more friendly to the customer to enocurage the sale.

Styling, Comfort, features, can say Luxury to the Brand levelGround clearance is not impressive.

Exterior very good, i liked it. it is best part of it.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) No features like remote boot lid opener, cd player, etc there are a lot . it also don't have much road view but it could be manageable.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Good in this segment. this segment should be appreciated. i like it the interier alot. I drived it of my friend and gets a regular update on it. maintance is also not much so this section is going on soon.

Ride Quality & Handling It is good. i liked the handling and also the ride quality at the rear.

Final Words Can't pay this money without these basic features unless gets some discount. I would love to take the SV segment if dealer gives me these basic features intalled in this car. don't need extra features but features like cd player, covered boot lid and fog lamps.

Areas of improvement Just features otherwise it is good. if someone has a lot of money it is could be a good option but honda has to think which customer they need ?

Exterior, arevage, brand nameLacking features

Disclaimer : I am not an expert for writing Car reviews. Just putting down my thoughts and experience with my New Honda City I-Dtec, bought recently

 

Exterior

 Exterior of the Car is decent, H design implemented gives it a distinct edge over its previous version and rear look is astonishing. Front grill has been changed from 3 segment grill to a broad single piece grill. Styling as well as finishing of front grill is not as good as it was in previous version. This is the area which i think have a great scope of improvement. (3 star for exterior is largely due to front look, else it could have been 4 or 5) 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 Interior, as per me, is the USP of new honda City. Feather touch A/C control system, Wide screen music system, well mixed interior, Sunroof (feature only available in City, compared to its Peers in the class), dual colour LED light dial adds up to make its interior feel really rich. Honda has launched this car with More Man - Less machine concept and punch line is very appropriate. Interior as per me is 5/5.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 Fuel Economy is good. Got mileage of 22 Km/l on highway,driving at a speed of 80-100 Kmph.To avoid knocking when accelerator pedal is released, Honda has set sort of cruise speed for each gear (this might be what they call i-dtec/i-vtec). for novice it could be a good option but for regular user this is bit annoying as speed dont reduce beyond certain limit on releasing accelerator pedal. Can feel engine noice inside the car but as I understand it is inherent property of diesel engine.

Ride Quality & Handling

 Ride quality is good. Suspension has been made stiffer compared to older version to avoid car hitting bumps on the road. this has reduced comfort little bit but still is very much acceptable. Steering wheel is bit more smooth to give feel of a sturdy car. I am not more of a cruiser so wont be able to write more about handling at higher speeds

Final Words

Overall a good deal and Value for Money

Areas of improvement  

 For version with Alloy wheels, spare wheel is without alloy wheels. This is ridiculous way of cost cutting.When a person is spending 12+ lacks he could not expect this kind of cost cutting. Car seems to be designed for class who want to get car drove by Schauffer. A remote control for the music system would be much appreciated in such cases. Projector head lamp can be added to make feature list complete.

 

Space, Interior, MileageCost cutting techniques implemented.

Exterior Looks are great.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Good, feel premium.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Best part is engine pick up and smothness, gear shift is smooth, feel the power of engine whenever i drive on highway, petrol engine is the best. Initially got a low mileage in city conditions but after driving on highway for 600km, mileage of car suddenly improved even in city traffic. Now, Iam getting a mileage of 12-13kmpl in NCR (city conditions) & got 17kmpl on delhi-chandigarh highway. 😊 

Ride Quality & Handling Excellent ride quality, lovely to drive on curves, steering is light & easy to handle, i found it easy to drive in city conditions, doensn't hit the bad speedbreakers,  ground clearance is sufficient.

Final Words I am a happy man. My desicion to buy this lovely machine from honda was correct. Honda city is the king, ivtech is the best. Enjoying the ride!      

Areas of improvement Its only 1600km i have driven my car till date, coudn't find any shortcomings.

Really smooth drive, good fuel economy, excellent pick up, looks & style, comfortnothing

I have purchased car in march 2013, in oct 2014 its right side appron where Soccer is connected got cracked, it was repaired by Araceli honda lucknow but again in just one month again it got cracked so badly that car was not in position to be used. i contacted customer care and they told me that i can go to Araceli honda lucknow they will do need full. as it was repaired by them. i handover my car to Araceli honda on 28th december but so for no responce now they are  telling me that will not repaire. Araceli Lucknow are cheater be care full with then are fully money minded, they do not care for customer. the person who handel my car last time told me that last time it was not in position to be used but i handed over car to you, they are tech person they know it is ok or not, if it is not ok then how they handed over car to me half repaired to kill somebody.

I say again Araceli honda Lucknow are Cheaters do not give your car for service or repaire to them. service is very poor, no body there to listen you. They just want money and money without doing anything.

Be carefull with them. Honda customer care is also useless, they can do nothing, only talking.

Mohammad waseem siddiqui,

Car no. UP 32 XXXXXX.

confirtvery poor service defective part and no resonce even after complaing to customer care,

Exterior Nothing great; the side view mirrors are shock proof they say.  the doors were found poorly aligned, I had to really take it up seriously to get them corrected,  window shields waves during closure, excessive door bounce while shutting, poorly designed remote key as it opens up while is  trouser pocket without touching the keys ( there shoud have been a lock position for the buttons to stay inert until we press them).

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)  good rear seat legroom, the inner lining of the ceiling is of lowest quality and finishing, which I never expected. the speakers are good with hi-fidelity. The dealer capital honda avoids fixing the floor mats after every service, even though i got it after paying rs.8000.  

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox I own a iDTEC. Pickup is reasonable, fuel economy is overstated - i get only 20kmpl in city and hwy both, gear box not condusive for a smooth ride; the rubber flap cover near the hand brake has a lot of gap that even coins, metal keys  or such items can easily fall and get thru to the gear box assy below, the gap between the front seat ( L or R ) and central handbrake assy is very small that even if mobile phone or something like this falls, you cannot take them out easily.

Ride Quality & Handling It thows you up and down when you meet bumps and patches on the road. nothing to mention about pot holes you can imagine.  at the hwyway drive, the car throws up while driving over the road patches, not experienced with my honda exi city earlier.

Final Words I had the petrol city exi for 8 years. I never complained on it except for the occasional service issues. That is a lower drive quality and poor hard shock absorbers.  

Areas of improvement There is a difference between economical and cheap design. The dealer service quality is  not up to the mark of satisfaction currently with capital honda as i had to really talk to all levels to get a job done. They took my car before and after water service, thru the rainwater muddy sludge; currently the issues are under discussion wtih capital honda who has told me that they will raise the isse with honda mfrng to resolve my issues. afraid of getting the car serviced by such dealer since their insensibility to address issues should not results on our life.

Speakers, rear sear leg room, that is all.mileage 20kmpl, hard poor shock absorbers, ceiling linin interiors, hard steering, loud road noise