The Honda City has been the steadiest flagship for the Japanese automaker ever since its launch in the early 1980’s. It is time for another major facelift for the car which can be expected to launch in the market around the festive season of this year.

This C-segment sedan has seen many facelifts and minor tweaks in over 3 decades of its shelf life. It has put up a strong fight with different rivals like the Maruti Ciaz, the Skoda Rapid, the Hyundai Verna, and the Volkswagen Vento over the years. Neither the popularity of the car among the buyers, nor the Company’s enthusiasm regarding the model has diminished over the years.

On 22^nd January this year, the Company had launched a new all-black themed variant of the Honda City and it soon became a part of the main flagship. However, it is now time for the base model to undergo some changes so that the shelf life of the car may be further increased as it gets ready to take on the new sedans of this generation.

There has not been much news about the details of the facelift. Honda has been taking feedback from its City sedan customers and its other customers to figure out what is in demand in the present market. From the surveys so far it has been found that the current owners and potential buyers would like an improved NVH package along with a more powerful engine for the diesel variant.

As far as the cosmetic changes are concerned, reports say that there will be a redesigned bumper to give the car a refreshed look. The rear bumper too will be redesigned to fit the style of the front fascia. There will be a new alloy wheel design and a few new options for the exterior paint.

The interiors will remain the same mostly, with chances of a few upgrades to the technology. There will most probably be a 6.2-inch touchscreen system with automatic climate control. A premium audio system with 8 speakers is also on the cards. Apart from these there will be an electric sunroof, cruise control, and start/stop button for the engine. A 7-inch infotainment system might also be on the cards as a pleasant addition.

The new generation Honda City will be optimized to accommodate the latest safety features which come as standard across the medium to top trims for most cars and also as standard for the base trim of the best cars. The features will include ABS with EBD. There will be the rear parking sensor facility, and anti-theft alarm features. Also, there will be child safety lock, and smart card entry, day-night optimized rear view mirror, and impact beams for the front and sides.

The rivals for the 2016 Honda City will remain the current versions of the same old archenemies, the Hyundai Verna, the Skoda Rapid, and the Volkswagen Vento, apart from of course, the primary rival, the Maruti Suzuki Ciaz. However, looking at the sales figures of the rivals through the past months, there seems to be no competition at all in the segment for the City.

Honda will be showcasing all the latest range of cars in the upcoming Delhi Auto Expo and one of these cars which has made has made news recently is the New Honda City VX(O) BL. It was in April, 2015 that Honda had introduced the VX(O) model which further enabled the company to expand its operations in India. This model was introduced to support and was placed a grade higher than the existing VX grade.

Nevertheless, the new VX(O) BL model which is the latest car to be unveiled from the Honda stable has stepped into the Indian automobile markets just when the car makers has decided to provide Dual SRS Airbags as standard equipment across all Honda City models. This brand new model will also be made available with the evergreen Honda Manual Transmission in both petrol and diesel variant.

A lot of new cars which is being launched in India are aimed at wooing the youth. Likewise, Honda also aims at attracting the young car buyers with the launch of the latest City variant, ‘’the Honda City VX(O) BL. Although being offered with the latest technical improvement the weight of the Honda City VX(O) will be equivalent to the V and the VX models which comes to about 1165 kgs in its diesel variant and 1065 in the petrol variant.

The City has always been known for its high safety standards and the new New Honda City VX(O) BL is no exception. The Honda City has always been known for its ultra-sharp features which is prominent throughout its body styling. The exteriors is well defined with the chrome grilles and brilliant set of high quality headlamps. The tail lamps also give a premium look and feel to the car which is widely appreciated by many car enthusiasts. To further beautify this car it also comes with a phenomenal electrically powered sunroof. Another aspect of this car which exhibits quality centric features and exposes its sleek looks are its alloy wheels. The car is available in a range of colours such as the Orchid white, Carneian Red Perl and Golden brown metallic.

The Honda City has been built to cater a niche category of car drivers and this can be seen with the high quality of interiors in the car. Just like its predecessors the VX(O) BL will be available with the best touch screen infotainment system. It also comes with an ISOFIX system which facilitates easy installation of a child seat in the rear. The focus of Honda has always been on offering cars which is quality centric and which exhibits safety.

The cost of the petrol version is Rs.10.75 Lakhs and that of the diesel version is Rs.11.94 Lakhs. As far as the iVTEC petrol engine and the iDTEC diesel engine is concerned, it is by far one of most advanced and efficient engine. The petrol engine churns upto 199 PS and is mated with a 5-speed manual transmission. Nevertheless, the diesel variant does offer a great deal with a decent 100 PS as its power output.

Japanese car major, Honda Motor is reportedly getting braced up to unveil its star performing sedan, City’s refreshed new model in the Indian market soon. The Japanese car giant’s Indian presence, Honda Cars India is said to be contemplating to take the wraps off its bestselling City sedan’s facelift model in India at the 2016 Auto Expo that will be held in the month of February.

Honda Cars India launched the 6th generation model of the globally popular sedan, City in January last year along with its first time diesel avatar. The new-gen Honda City became immediately immensely popular in the Indian car market and quickly regained its long lost top position in the Indian C-segment by overthrowing the popular Hyundai Verna. The upcoming City facelift will be thus, coming after two years in order to refresh customer interest in the car in the country with massive market competition.

Being a facelift model, the 2016 Honda City sedan is expected to be getting a number of updates which are only cosmetic in nature, while the car is not expected to get none or very little mechanical updates. Under its hood, the 2016 Honda City facelift model is expected to retain the same petrol as well as diesel engines, while its transmission choices are also expected to be same as well.

As per a recent report from a popular Indian car portal, the new facelift Honda City will be getting design cues from the Crider sedan model that is offered for sale in the Chinese car market. The car is expected to flaunt many updated styling elements. It will retain the same thick chrome horizontal slat radiator grille that is a patent styling element from the Japanese car major’s new design language, while it will be getting refreshed headlights as well as bumper design which will be similar to that of the new generation Honda Jazz premium hatchback. The facelift model’s rear design is expected to flaunt new C-shaped tail light design, while the reverse lights as well as indicators will be placed in the middle.

The refreshed Honda City’s interior will be getting a 15.7 cm touchscreen, audio system with hands free telephony, automatic climate control system, paddle shift, power panoramic sunroof, cruise control and satellite navigation system. The sedan’s safety features are expected to include front and side impact beams, airbags, ABS with EBD, anti-theft alarm, rear parking sensor and child safety locks.

The new 2016 Honda City facelift will be carrying over the same 1.5 liter i-VTEC petrol mill that is capable of developing a max power of 117 bhp and a peak torque of 145 Nm. The engine is mated to a 5 speed manual as well as a CVT gearbox. The car will also retain the same 1.5 liter i-DTEC diesel unit that can generate a top power of 99 bhp and 200Nm of peak torque and is coupled with a 6 speed manual transmission gearbox.

Car recall exercises have been so common in the recent past that they are not considered to stain a car brand’s name and fame, anymore. Car recalls, due to their heavy frequency world-wide, are now considered to be the auto makers’ efforts to correct its mistakes and precautionary measures to safeguard the customers. However, the risk of owing a faulty car remains, and the recalled cars’ owners can’t stop feeling anxious about the safety of driving such cars with potential malfunctioning parts.

Like many global auto majors, especially the Japanese car majors, Honda Motors has been also struck with a massive phase of recalls that involves multiple issues in several of its popular car models across the world. Recently, Honda Motors has been detected with the more serious case of faulty parts in its global recall exercise, and now the company is again calling back number of its vehicles in India.

The Japanese auto major will be recalling 90,210 vehicles including its popular premium sedan, City and the compact multi-purpose vehicle, Mobilio in the Indian car market in order to inspect and replace a faulty part.

The recalled vehicles from the house of Honda Cars India that involves its bestselling City sedan and the Mobilio MPV have been manufactured in the time period between the month of December 2013 and July 2015. These vehicles have potentially defective fuel return pipes. However, it is also to be noted, that only the diesel variants of these two vehicles are involved in this recall exercise and not their petrol counterparts.

Honda Motors’ fully owned Indian subsidiary, Honda Cars India Ltd has said in a company statement that the company will recall 64,428 units of the Honda City Diesel version that have been manufactured from December 2013 till July 2015, and 25,782 units of the Honda Mobilio Diesel models that have been produced from June 2014 till July 2015 in order to replace the potentially defective fuel return pipe of these models.

A company statement said that there is a possibility that in some units of these mentioned models, the fuel return pipe could come out that would result in fuel leakage and the resultant engine stoppage.

The statement added that Honda Cars India will replace the fuel return pipe and the related parts in the involved vehicles free of charges at the authorized Honda dealerships across the country, starting from 19th of December, 2015 in a phased manner and the company will individually contact the owners of such vehicles.

Very recently, in September this year, Honda India had announced to recall about 2.24 lakh units of its CR-V premium SUV, Civic sedan, City sedan and the Jazz premium hatchback models that were manufactured between the years’ of 2003 and 2012 in order to replace the defective airbag inflators which can be potentially dangerous and life threatening, as they may explode with tremendous force shooting shrapnel at the occupants of the vehicles injuring them fatally.

The Honda Amaze compact sedan is a very important car model that proved to be a huge game changer for Honda Car India. Prior to the Amaze’s launch, Honda India was always struggling to get a sustainable amount of sales volume, but post this entry level sedan’s launch in India, things changed rapidly for the company.

The Honda Amaze became the instant fortune changer from Honda Cars India. Being the company first diesel car in India, the Amaze not only marked the company venture into the Indian diesel car market, but also helped it to become one of the top car makers of India in a very short span of time. The Honda Amaze became an instant success in the domestic car market owing to its good looks, diesel engine option, great fuel economy and affordable pricing. The Amaze was also the most fuel efficient car in India before the new City and then the others came into the picture. Not only all this, the Honda Amaze also became the first car in India to challenge the indomitable ruler of the segment – the Marut Swift DZire.

Launched in 2013, the Honda Amaze compact sedan received overwhelming response, and Honda Cars India has managed to sell around 5,000 units of the car ever since. However, the launch of the other popular cars from Honda India seemed to have definitely impacted the demands of the Amaze. After the all new City sedan’s launch in early 2014, the Amaze’s glory dwindled a bit, and now with the launch of the new generation Jazz hatchback, the Amaze seems to be in a troubled situation. Honda Cars India has also shifted its attention from the Amaze to its bestselling model City and the new Jazz when production is concerned. This is because the company is not able to handle the market demands despite running both its facility’s on their full capacity.

The new-gen Honda Jazz premium hatch launched in July this year, and being the latest product it is currently enjoying Honda’s priority, while the City is always on top of the priority list, as it is the company’s highest selling model in India.

The fact that the popular Honda Amaze is getting hampered both on the demands and the production front is evident from Honda’s August sales. Honda Cars India sold 5,405 units of the City, 5,404 units of the Jazz and delivered only 3,260 units of the Amaze which is around 30-40 percent lesser than its usual average monthly sales. This is clear that the Honda Amaze’s sales is getting slaughtered by the rising demands of the City and the Jazz, while Honda is also producing lesser numbers of the car due to its production constraints.

However, Honda Car India is acting fast to solve its production shortage issue. The company is planning a new facility in Gujarat, which is expected to get operational by early next year, which would solve the company’s current production capacity exhaustion issue.

Japanese car maker Honda Motor just like its fellow Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor, has been troubled with faulty airbags issue for quite some time now. Every now and then, the Japanese car makers including Nissan are known to recall their cars in order to fix some defective part or the other, but the most common malfunctioning part has been the important safety feature – airbags.

Now, the Japanese car major’s Indian subsidiary Honda Cars India will be making a huge vehicle recall. The company will be recalling about 2.24 lakh vehicles from the domestic car market of India in order to fix the problem of faulty airbags. The recalled Honda vehicles in India which have the defective airbags problem include the Honda CR-V premium sports utility vehicle, the Honda Civic and Honda City premium sedan models and the Honda Jazz premium hatchback model. All the mentioned recalled vehicle models from the house of Honda were manufactured between the years of 2003 and 2012.

This will be Honda Cars India’s largest such recall exercise till date. The car major will be carrying out this recall drive in India in order to check and replace the faulty airbags that have malfunctioning inflators.

This major vehicle recall in India by Honda Cars India is actually a part of its Japanese parent company’s global recall initiative in order to replace the defective airbags. As per the company statement, Honda Cars India will voluntarily replace the airbag inflators of 2,23,578 vehicle units of the previous generation models of the CR-V, Civic, City and the Jazz in India.

This massive recall initiative will be covering 13,073 units of the Honda CR-V that were manufactured between 2004 and 2011; 54,290 units of the Honda Civic premium sedan made between 2003 and 2012; 1,40,508 units of the very popular Honda City premium sedan manufactured between 2007 and 2012; and 15,707 units of the Honda Jazz premium hatchback that were rolled out between 2009 and 2011, add the company statement.

Honda Cars India also said that the replacement procedure will be carried out free of charges at all the authorized dealerships of the company across the country in a phased manner, beginning from 12^th of October, 2015 and the customers will be directly contacted by the company.

Honda Motor had announced that the company is going to recall more than two million vehicles to replace the defective airbags that were manufactured by Japanese auto parts supplier Takata Corp.

Various car makers in India have been recalling the vehicles to fix the safety issues ever since the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) passed the voluntary recall policy in July 2012 to improve the safety of the Indian cars.

A total of 10,85,064 vehicle units have been recalled in the domestic India car market so far by several car manufacturing companies operating in the country, ever since SIAM initiated the recall policy in a bid to improve the safety of the Indian car buyers.

Japanese car major Honda Motor has charmed the Indian premium sedan buyers with the launch of the new generation Honda City, which not only brought back the car’s former glory in India, but also fetched its maker awesome sales numbers. The new generation Honda City launched in the Indian car market in January, 2014 and ever since has been the country’s topmost C segment car model. The previous Honda City also used to be the top seller in its class, but lost its position to the gorgeous Hyundai Verna which then ruled the segment for quite long. However, the new Honda City avenged itself and got its lost crown back, thanks to its great new design and of course its first time diesel counterpart. The competition has been becoming much more intense in this growing premium mid-sized sedan segment in India, but Honda City has been the invincible leader till now.

2014 New Honda City Rear White

And now, India’s most popular mid-sized sedan, the Honda City has achieved the superb sales milestone of 1.5 lakh units in the country.  Only earlier this year, the Honda City achieved the remarkable sales milestone of 1 lakh units, and within just few more months, the premium sedan has acquired the sales volume of another 50,000 units to further please its maker. This awesome sales rate has made the Honda City the fastest selling C-segment mid-sized sedan in the country.

The Honda City has a very rich heritage and holds a special kind of appeal and even reverence in the minds of the Indian car buyers throughout its existence in the country’s automotive industry. The City was first introduced to India back in the year 1998, which makes the car the longest surviving sedan in the country which never lost its charm and to hold its scepter over the market.

The ongoing model is the fourth generation model of the Honda City, and is the popular product from the house of Honda Cars India. The new generation Honda City was an instant hit and became the top car in its segment in its launch month itself. Other car makers have tried to dethrone the new City, but in vain. The City remains at the top despite stiff competition from many able cars like the refreshed Hyundai Verna, Maruti Suzuki Ciaz and Volkswagen Vento.

Honda’s trump card to regain the lost glory of the City and to make it a greater success was the new diesel engine option. The capable 1.5 liter diesel motor offering the mileage of 26 kmpl made the Honda City the most fuel efficient car in India when it launched last year. This certainly made the City a stellar seller immediately.

The new-gen Honda City gets powered either by the 1.5 liter i-VTEC petrol motor generating 118.9PS of power and 145Nm of torque or the 1.5 liter i-DTEC diesel mill delivering 100PS and 200Nm. The Honda City is offered in the price range of Rs. 7.6 lakh to Rs. 11.9 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).

Honda Malaysia is all set to recall almost 90000 cars thanks to the faulty airbags that were installed their cars. These airbags are all set to be replaced and returned to their owners as soon as possible.

2014 New Honda City Rear White

Honda has been the worst affected by this alarming safety crisis involving its airbags. Honda will not only recall cars in Malaysia, but it also will be recalling cars globally to check on the airbag systems.  Honda Motor Company has already recalled approximately 19.6 million vehicles and it is not going to stop there, it will be recalling almost 4.89 million more to make sure that no further deaths or serious injuries can take place on their watch.

Honda isn’t the only company that has been affected by this epidemic of faulty cars. Toyota Motor Corporation has also announced a recall of about 5 million cars and Nissan Motor Company will be doing the same for 1.56 million of their cars.

Honda has been the worst affected by this problem with cars like the Honda city. Honda Civic, Honda CR-V, Honda Jazz and the Honda Stream have been affected.  Cars were manufactured around the years 2002-2008 have been affected as problems were found.

Honda Motor Company has put out a statement apologizing for the problem and the inconvenience caused by this recall and has assured the customers that current models have been tested and show no signs of the same problems that they have been affected by in the last few months. The company has made an effort to inform all their customers directly that may have the problem.

This safety crisis has been plaguing the automotive industry for the last few months as Japan’s three biggest car manufacturers will have to recall an additional 6.5 million vehicles because of the same problem. This is a financial blow for the companies as they will lose millions of dollars and not to mention they will lose the faith that the customers have placed in them.

Toyota will recall about 5 million cars which were manufactured in and around 2003-2007 thanks to the abnormal deployment of the airbags in the advent of a crash. Nissan will also begin to recall approximately 1.56 million cars and will start informing their customers in June.

The Takata Corporation has provided all these companies with faulty airbags and an investigation has been launched by the regulatory and safety boards in Japan and US. These air-bag inflators deploy with too much force and have the tendency to shoot out little pieces of plastic and metal that have broken up onto the car occupants. These air-bag inflators have been manufactured at the companies Monclova plant in Mexico.

This problem was discovered in November 2014, when a car that had been in an accident was inspected and air leaks were found that could allow moisture to seep into the device and ruin the propellant in the device.

Thanks to the investigations by the US senate, they have found a total of 6 fatalities and 105 injuries that were caused by such as catastrophic failure of the airbags.

The auto sector of India is booming these days. There are many companies which have launched new models, but there is a news from the leading Japanese car manufacturer Honda which have filled the hearts of Honda fans with joy. The company has officially declared the success of one of its models in the mid-size sedan segment. The Honda city has achieved sales of 1 lakh units in just 15 months of its entry in the market. The auto market has welcomed this news and admired the model as well as the success story of the company.

2014 honda city

According to the company senior vice-president, Marketing & sales Mr., Jnaneswar Sen the model has registered 101299 units of sales since the launch of the model in January 2014. As per him the model is so popular among users that it has been the face of the company in the auto market of India. This model has successfully retained the old buyers as well as attracted new buyers by its look and features. As per a survey, almost 30% of the customers have bought the Honda city as their first car.

The company has another model known as Honda Amaze which is a diesel variant with 1.5L i-DTEC engine. This model is leading the market from the Honda side and the second number in this race is Honda City which is also having a diesel engine. The model of Honda City has seen a grand response from the customers as its previous three models had registered 4.3 lakhs of sales across the nation and it was declared as most successful sedan of the country. The first model of the Honda City was launched in January 1998 in India.

The company was set in India in the year 1995 to offer the best of its models with latest technologies and class of service to the customers. The company has since then made considerable progress and captured a huge market share in the sedan segment of India despite many competitors. There are two plants of the company functioning in India. One is situated at Greater Noida, while another is at Tapukara in Rajasthan. Both the plants have good manufacturing facilities.
There are many other models offered by the company which include Honda Brio, Honda Jazz, Honda Mobilio, Honda city and last but not least the Honda CR-V.

The company has a huge network for sales and service. It has 232 sales and distribution centers in various 152 cities across the nation. The company provides quality model and hence won the confidence of the customers with their services and products. There are a number of companies in this segment, but till date, no car in sedan segment is able to beat the model of Honda City. The Honda CR0v is also a leading model in the field of MPV segment. The company provides excellent after sales services and has designed beautiful cars which immediately attract the customers to have it and enjoy the ride in it.

Honda is an ace luxury car manufacturers, the esteem of the Japanese brand is visible all over the globe. A car that millions would desire to own at least once in their lifetime is the City, and as the years go by, the City just keeps getting more and more stylish. The new City is a source of fascination all over the world.

New Honda City Silver Color

City is positioned between Civic hatch and Jazz, and has been a top seller since inception in 2009. The earlier 2014 model was a blockbuster hit and is immensely feature rich, and has state-of-the art smartphone based multimedia, superb mileage power and efficient continuously variable transmission system. The new City according to sources is great value for money. For those who are hell bent on buying the car, take note of some of the interesting characteristics.

Design:

The 2015 City is as expected an exceptionally stylish car, and its first sight luxury appearance is phenomenal. The plush impact is visible on the deep character curve that blends the front with the rear. The flared wheel arches enhance the classy and sporty character of the car, and the tail lights are blended together by glossy chrome filled license plate. The design of bumper is innovative and is engineered with aero-style technology on top of which is air inlets.

The inner décor is splendid and enormously spacious and five occupants can comfortably sit with ease. There is more than sufficient space for ample shoulder, leg and head room, and the boot space at the rear is pretty gigantic at 536 units.

Engine:

The new petrol City is installed with an advanced 1.5 litre i-VTEC engine, and it is sold in three variants, a VTi-L automatic and manual transmission and VTi manual transmission.

Features:

There is no better feeling than sitting inside a luxurious 2015 Honda City, and it has too many plush and high-tech equipments, to an extent that it will transform anyone to a whole new world. The first sight of amazement is the premium seven inch colour touch screen fitted centrally on dashboard, and is within flexible reach for front and rear passengers. The touchscreen has Bluetooth connectivity along with video playback, HDMI audio plus and audio streaming.

The Display Audio system has Siri a humanoid software designed by Apple, and drivers can now maintain their full focus on the road. The audio system has phonebook and Bluetooth connections, and the Siri command is switched on with the aid of voice command, through a touch of Talk Button on steering wheel.

The Indian crowd was totally captivated by the arrival of new City in early 2014, and it turned out to be a blockbuster hit. Honda has designed the car with the ground breaking ‘Exiting H Design’ technology and it looks splendid beyond imagination. It is till today the key profit player for Honda Cars India. Buyers, who are keen on new City, just go for it, it is among the best luxurious car to own, and the ownership experience is too amazing to be true.