New all bare Honda City

3I test drove the New Honda City (NHC) at the Courtesy honda, Okhla. Service was very good no doubt

Now the car. Looks great no doubt, I wonder if there's a match.

Turning radius: 5.3, the guy made me cut a turn. it was pretty simple and sweet.

Power: of course @ 116bhp or somthing I couldnt complain but frankly i dint push it to limit.

Interiors are well, cheap and have the plastic finish. They could have done better.

The car is pretty boring, it almost has no gadgets. Ok to have a USB drive but a cd player should have been around too. also, most cd players now have usb input so clearly something is missing. Also means that everyone who uses the car must have his/her own pen drive.

At c.10 lacs for the highest version (NHC), someone advised me that I should bump up my budget to accomodate the all bare Altis 

I currently drive the Santro. I may not be able to compare the drive with other segment cars coz I haven t test driven them.

But moving up from Santra to the NHC has left me asking for much more. There is nothing in the car that excites me,

There's the Linea, great looks, great gadgets and even more luxurios. its diesel and all disel cars make noise. period, - some less some more. Linea owners please comment. I read all posts about the sluggishness of the car in the 2nd gear but I wonder how many times any one of us is in a drag race. Isnt the power more than sufficient for all practical purposes?

I hear users stating 11-12 kmpl at the most out of their NHCs. Linea states 15 for petrol and 18+ for diesel. I understand that resale may be an issue. but i ain sellin for 4-5 years.

So bascially, for someone like me who;s movuig up from a small car to a big car, I'm unable to decide which one to buy. I can go up to the NHC - automatic (some users have stated trouble with the position/whatever of the paddle shift).

Please advise whether I should go in for the NHC or any other car in this segment.

You help will be greatly appreciated.

a Confused enthusiast

Nishant

Honda badg and Legacy, Great style.poor interiors, no gadgets, no climate control, no fog lamps