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>>The easiest way to make a car look fresh is to play with its looks – like Honda did
with the new City. It splashed on some chrome and added a few more variants to give the
City a wider appeal. The car you see here is the Honda City V Automatic, with the sunroof
option, that’s priced at rupees 10 lakh 22 thousand ex-showroom Delhi.
ON CAM: Let me take you through some of the changes…. The sunroof can either be tilted or slid open,
allowing for some wind-in-your hair motoring, when the weather permits, and does give the
car a bit of style. The added ground clearance hasn’t really
altered the City’s handling in any way, and the car remains fun to drive.
The automatic variant we are driving has two drive modes – D for normal driving with
the car shifting up early and S or sport mode, where it holds maximum rpm in each gear. One
can also use the paddle shifts to manually select ratios in this 5-speed automatic.
Honda has added cruise control to the City, which allows you to hold any speed above 40
kmph easily, with just a few clicks on the steering controls.
The City’s 1.5-litre 116 bhp engine continues to be one of the best petrol engines in its
class. The automatic variant we’re driving has a claimed mileage of 15.6 kilometers per
litre. And during our road test the multi-information
display showed we were getting about 10.8 kilometers to the litre – not bad for an
automatic with some pretty enthusiastic driving. Other features on the V variant include tilt
adjustable steering, height adjustable seats, leather upholstery integrated music system
that only has USB or aux-in options and electrically adjustable mirrors. Safety features such as
dual airbags and ABS are standard on all variants. Overall, the more things change, the more
they remain the same – the new city is the all-familiar car with a just a bit of added
style. Look it up, if you’re in the market for a good petrol automatic.