New Honda City Launched!!

Thursday, September 25, 2008

As speculated Honda Cars India have launched the all new Honda City in last week of september, that is almost 15 days after its official launch in Thailand. It has been launched in three variants: E, S & S A/T which is the fully loaded model with paddle shift feature like they have in Honda Civic.

The front is definitely inspired by the likes of the European Honda Civic and the Honda FCX Clarity. The headlamps feature reflector lense instead of the more expensive projector type, which is expected at this price range. The Rear of new city looks like a mini-ish BMW 3-series with aggresive looking bumper and tail lights.

The interiors of new Honda City are light. Some markets may get a dark interior, hopefully. Our current City model come with either a dark interior for the VTEC & a light interior for the i-DSI. It features a clean and simple interior with integrated audio and the new design Honda steering

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