Honda City Hybrid spotted testing in Malaysia

Earlier this year, Honda confirmed that it would bring in a hybrid version of the City for the Malaysian market. Set to be locally assembled at Honda’s Pegoh manufacturing facility, the City Hybrid will be built alongside the regular versions of the Jazz, the City and hybrid versions of the previous gen Jazz.

According to a few reports, the City Hybrid was initially slated to launch this year, however, issues pertaining to the hybrid system and the ECU meant Honda was enforced to iron out the issues first before introducing the car to the local market.

The City Hybrid is expected to get the familiar 1.5-litre, i-VTEC petrol engine mated to an electric motor. While the latter itself is good for 29bhp of power and 160Nm of torque, the petrol engine develops another 108bhp and 134Nm.

The City Hybrid will be assembled at Honda’s plant in Pegoh, Malaysia. As for the Indian market, it is safe to say that we won't be seeing the vehicle here for now, largely due to virtually non-existent demand for hybrid cars.

Source: Paultan via IAB