Honda has teased the City facelift forward of its launch and value announcement on March 2, 2023. We’d not too long ago reported that the refreshed City will probably be accessible for check drives from March 3 onwards and deliveries will start someday after.

1. Honda City SV variant to solely get a guide gearbox
2. City facelift to get ADAS
3. No diesel engine on provide

Honda City facelift: what does the teaser present?

The teaser exhibits the entrance three quarters of the City facelift and the thinner chrome slat within the new entrance grille in addition to the LED headlights. The teaser additionally hints on the new design of the bumper.

While the teaser barely exhibits the design of the City facelift, we had reported earlier that it’s going to get mildly refreshed seems. The entrance and rear bumpers get a brand new design and the chrome bar within the entrance fascia that spanned the width of the car is now thinner. The 16-inch alloy wheels within the larger trims get a brand new design, whereas the decrease trims will proceed to be provided with 15-inch alloy wheels. With the replace, Honda will add a brand new Obsidian Blue paint shade as nicely. 

Honda City facelift: new variants, options

The City facelift will even get a brand new entry-level SV trim with solely a 6-speed guide gearbox on provide. The remaining trims – V, VX and ZX – will even have an possibility for the CVT gearbox. In addition to the brand new City SV variant, Honda will even introduce a brand new City e:HEV VX trim in an effort to convey down the beginning value of the hybrid sedan. 

The City facelift will even get ADAS options akin to adaptive cruise management, lane maintain help and autonomous emergency braking. Earlier, the ADAS suite was solely accessible with the City hybrid and can trickle right down to the petrol variations as nicely. Other security options embrace as much as six airbags, rain-sensing wipers, TPMS, wi-fi charging and wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. 

Honda City facelift: powertrains

With this replace, the City facelift will change into a petrol-only sedan. It will proceed with the 121hp, 1.5-litre petrol engine mated to both a 6-speed guide or a CVT gearbox. It will even have the 126hp, 1.5-litre Atkinson cycle hybrid engine mated to an e-CVT gearbox. As of now, the City is the one car within the midsize sedan to supply a strong-hybrid powertrain. 

Honda will improve each engines to fulfill the RDE (actual driving emissions) norms and E20 compliance. However, there will probably be no diesel engine on provide as a consequence of a scarcity of gross sales and RDE laws. 

Honda City facelift: rivals

The City facelift will proceed to rival the Volkswagen Virtus, Skoda Slavia, Maruti Suzuki Ciaz and the soon-to-be-launched next-gen Hyundai Verna. 

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