Honda City- The legendary Car!

Honda City! I think every person is aware of it. It's been more than 22 years and Honda city is still pulling and pulling its vtec engine. In 1995 when Japan Automobile Giant Honda entered India with joint-venture of Usha Internation Ltd. (UIL). After 16 years, Honda Motors co. bought 3.61% of the stake of UIL, which was in August 2012. The company is called Honda Cars India Ltd. (HCIL). The first-ever city was born in newly built Greater Noida in early 1998. A mid-size sedan that didn't only become 'The Most Popular Honda' in-country, it is still in production after 22 years of launch.

First Generation City 1998-2003

First-gen city was out on sale from 1998-2003. It was available with 2 engines1.3L and 1.5L, no diesel unit was available. In 2000 Honda launched Legendary Vtec engine producing whopping 106bhp. This much power is still cant be seen in many cars in India in today's date, think about that time. It was incredibly popular among youths and car geeks. People even in 2020 is mad for this beast. This particular city can be seen in many local rallies around the country. Honda sold 59,378 units of this generation city.

Second Gen City 2003-2008

This one was also famous as "Dolphin wali city". In 2003, Honda gave the city a comfortable, and more mileage giving facelift. The company introduced a new engine with this facelift, i-DSI ( intelligent Dual and Sequational Ignition). Power was reduced to 77bhp and car enthusiasts started a protest (just kidding). Though it was the biggest disappointment from the car enthusiasts' point of view on the same hand, from the company's perspective its product was economical and refined. In 2005, the company launched a v-TEC engine and named it City ZX with new taillights                                                                              

This generation also saw a CVT variant ( continuous variable transmission). First in any car of India. Even in 2007 a 10th-anniversary edition was launched with ABS. This car was ahead of its time. Honda sold overall.

1,77,42 units of this generation.

Third Generation of City 2008-2014

As always Honda does, 3rd generation city came with an all-new look. It came with abs and airbags standard. This time Honda increased the power. The same vtec engine was now producing 117bhp. This was an overall good package with superb power, space, comfort, efficient and adorable looks.

This generation got a mid-life facelift offering segment-first Sunroof and an AVN system (Audio Video Navigation). Honda sold more than 1,92,939 models of this generation.

Fourth-generation city 2014-2020

As the city was among the first of Indian Buyers, it was losing some sales because of the absence of diesel motor. 2014, again Honda launched the new generation of its legendary car. Diesel motor was launched. This time to looks was absolutely different. The city even got a new CVT gearbox which was more efficient than the manual variant. Though fun is in manual Vtec only. In 2016, the Isofix child seat was also added. 

While in 2017, City got a mid-life facelift with new drls as standard and new alloys, new model, 6 airbags and a 20th-anniversary edition.

This looks more aggressive than its predecessor. But City this time was getting outdated. Honda was busy with other cars in the last 2 years, but the company can't ignore its iconic car. In keeping context to that Honda will launch the 5th generation of City.

Fifth-generation of city 2020- unknown 

Its the time for the launch of the 5th generation of the city in the country but due to novel coronavirus it has been delayed. It will be priced between 9lakhs to 14 lakhs ex-showroom price.

Only 3 variants will be offered v, vx and zx. It will come with the same 1.5l vtec and idtec motor whereas 121bhp for vtec and 100bhp for idtec engine. Diesel CVT variant will also launch. As per the leaked brochure, it will get a sunroof, 8-inch infotainment system, semi-digital cluster and many more segment-first features such as lane watch, Alex control etc. It is expected to be 'dhamaka' in the market. 

This was the history of the legendary car The Honda City.

I hope you liked it, if you read till here please comment and let me know.

Thanks for Reading