Honda City (2023-2026) Pros & Cons

Unlike the Hyundai Verna that only offers ADAS features in its top variant, the Honda City petrol and hybrid offer ADAS features right from the V variant, which sits just above the SV base variant. The Honda City petrol-manual, petrol-automatic, and hybrid’s V variant offers ADAS features such as auto emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning, lane keeping assist, auto high beam.

The V variant of the Honda City is available with all 3 powertrain options. The Honda City V petrol-manual commands a premium of Rs. 88,000 over the base SV variant. However, it offers significantly more features, including ADAS, fog lamps, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, 15-inch alloy wheels (petrol), 16-inch alloy wheels (hybrid), rear disc brakes (hybrid), paddle shifters with the CVT transmission, full-colour digital instrument cluster (hybrid), and walk away auto door locks.

Honda offer the 5th-generation City sedan with 3 powertrain options — a petrol manual, a petrol automatic and a petrol hybrid automatic. All powertrain options of the new City offer impressive fuel efficiency figures. The 1.5L normal petrol engine of the new City produces its peak torque at a lower RPM and also offers slightly better fuel efficiency than the 4th-gen City. The strong hybrid powertrain offers 27.13kmpl, which makes it the most fuel efficient sedan in its segment.

The Honda City offers several safety features as standard across all variants. The list of standard safety features in the Honda City include electronic stability program (ESP), traction control (TC), hill-start assists (HSA), 4 airbags, projector headlamps, rear defogger, rear camera, tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), and 3-point seatbelts for all 5 passengers.

The Honda City hybrid’s variants offer a class-leading fuel efficiency or mileage of 27.13kmpl. It even offers class-leading torque output from near-zero RPMs thanks to its electric motor.