- Doors and Seats
4 doors, 5 seats
- Engine
1.5i, 4 cyl.
- Engine Power
88kW, 145Nm
- Fuel
Petrol (91) 5.7L/100KM
- Manufacturer
FWD
- Transmission
Auto (CVT)
- Warranty
3 Yr, 100000 KMs
- Ancap Safety
5/5 star (2014)
Honda City Review: 2014 VTi-L Automatic
August 16, 2014
Vehicle Style: Light Sedan
Price: $21,390 (plus on-roads)
Engine/trans: 88kW/145Nm 4cyl petrol | CVT auto
Fuel Economy claimed: 5.7 l/100km | tested: 7.6 l/100km
OVERVIEW
Some may tell you there’s no such thing as a bad car these days - and to a certain degree they’re right.
Even budget buys now are more respectable, safer and more capable than they were just ten years ago. But that doesn't mean every car is a good one - there are some that struggle to make par.
But there are also some that are pleasantly surprising.
Take the new Honda City for instance: it won’t set the world on fire but it is good enough to make the competition sweat.
With a quality interior and a strong features list the City boasts plenty of appeal.
In top-spec VTi-L guise, the $21,390 sticker-price may be more lofty than the impressively-priced $15,990 VTi entry model (with manual), but this car has quite enough going for it to allow it to carry that burden.
THE INTERIOR | RATING: 4/5
Quality: A quality interior certainly helps. Inside the City VTi-L you'll find things are both well-finished and well-presented.
Even in the absence of softer-touch surfaces, the plastics are of a high standard and panel alignment is excellent.
There’s also a unique silver decor panel running the entire span of the dash, that not only adds some visual width, but also helps define the City as something more than a Jazz with a boot.
Looking at the expansive touch-screen panels for climate controls and infotainment, you could easily be persuaded into the thinking the City costs more than it does.
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