2017 Honda City facelift review, test drive

    Honda's bestseller gets revised styling, more features and a new top variant but is more expensive too.

    Published on Feb 15, 2017 09:48:00 AM

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    Should I buy one?

    The Honda City has always been a great buy for the Indian buyer, thanks to strong core values. Reliability, performance, space, comfort and premium feel meant that if it ever wasn't the class benchmark, it always came very close. With the new 2017 City, Honda has gone even more premium and sophisticated, especially with the new ZX variant.

    This definitely shows in the pricing, where the City is now easily the most expensive car in its class.

    In fact, the City’s diesel top-end ZX variant is roughly around Rs 1.2 lakh more expensive than an equivalent Verna, and a whopping Rs 4 lakh more than the Ciaz’s top variant! So Honda’s premium pricing is certainly back, but is it worth it this time around? While some of the new additions are new to the segment, most are now par for the course. So while it is a more appealing package overall, Honda will have to once again rely on the City’s brand clout and core strengths to pull this one off. Let’s wait and watch.

    Mark Narakaden

    Honda Cars

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