What's New in the Honda City 2017?
Auto Tech Review|March 2017

The iconic Honda City, for long Honda Car India’s flagship model in the country, has received a midlife upgrade, primarily to add vigour to its persona. The new City 2017 gets no mechanical changes, but there are significant changes made both to the exteriors and interiors to bring about freshness in to the product, which of late has lost market share to newer introductions in the market. We take a look at the major changes the Japanese manufacturer has brought into the popular midsize sedan.

- Deepangshu Dev Sarmah
What's New in the Honda City 2017?

Launched in 2014, the current City model is in its fourth-generation and has sold over 2.2 lakh units in the past three years. Whether the City 2017 edition will eventually lead to Honda reclaiming the top spot in the premium midsize sedan segment is for future analysis. With the 2017 edition, Honda has added a new ‘flagship’ ZX variant to the City line-up, one that is aimed to “address customers that want everything in their car”. We drove a petrol ZX variant during the drive organised for the media, and this feature would highlight the changes as well as the new additions made to the popular midsize sedan.

Bulk of the changes in the new City is visible on its front. The bumper has been reworked to give it a wider stance, and the grille is all-new. Honda designers have focussed a lot on the lights – both at the front and rear – to add not just aesthetics but functionality. The integrated LED daytime running lights are being offered as standard across all variants, an industry first.

Then, on the ZX variant, there are inline LED headlamps, LED fog lamps, LED rear combination lamps, trunk spoiler with LED stop lamp. The ZX variant also gets LED interior lamps. Headlamps get automatic control with light sensors, and are featured with auto-off timer. Two other additional features on the ZX include automatic rain sensing wipers and rear adjustable head restraints.

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