New 2014 Honda City review, test drive

Though the new City continues to ride on weedy tyres, that doesn’t make it a dud dynamically. Throwing the City unrealistically hard into corners does result in the tyres fighting for grip, but it isn’t half as bad as you may imagine from such slim rubber. Even the electric power steering has been reworked to be more accurate and is now more realistically weighted. However, it does feel inert, and the feedback from the front tyres is very limited. 

 

 

At expressway speeds, the City shows rather noteworthy composure, even when suddenly confronted by a rough patch. It’s the improvements underneath that contribute to this. Honda has beefed up the front anti-roll bar by 2-3mm and the stiffer suspension helps in keeping spring rebound in check. Conversely, at low speeds, the ride isn’t exactly plush and sharper edges thump into the cabin quite easily. Honda’s attempt to eliminate the issue of scraping over speed breakers has been largely successful, but we did see the underbody scrape over one large-ish speed breaker.