Born Again Honda City?
The Honda City in the stable of Stallion Autos is still making waves. But does the manufacturer still have the humble owners and enthusiasts of the old City in mind?
As it is written in the Holy Book, when a man is born again, old things are passed away and all things become new.
The Honda City that we used to know was a ‘sinner’ in terms of design, consevativeness and equipment. Of course, compared to how much it was sold, its buyers definitely had adequate value for their money. But then, what has happened to the new City is a revolution. Comparison between the old City and the new one is more or less like that between the old Volkswagen Beetle and the new Volkswagen Bug. Now you understand: a complete new car is born.
Quietly, the car is cooling off at the 6th Lagos Motor Fair in Oceanview Restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Styling
The new City looks more compact outside than its predecessor. In the new City, Honda has successfully maintained the excellent track record achieved with the CR-V by coming fully loaded.
Displacing 1497cc, its L15A power unit is the new super company design utilizing Honda’s new i-Dsi technology. The engine is specked for 88ps max power.
It’s front and rear suspension are of McPherson struts and H-shaped torsion beam in the rear respectively.
Safety
The brakes are ventilated discs in front and drums in the rear. Reinforcing the brakes is ABS with EBD. Continuing on the safety theme, the new City chassis is designed on the G-CON platform which maximizes driver and passenger safety in a collision. Dual SRS (Twin airbags) is standard.
Interior
Despite the compactness of the new City, it is incredibly roomy within. Its legroom, headroom is quite generous. Its boot is a space reservoir. It can swallow six medium briefcases and still have enough space for other vital items. It’s like a living room.
The extremely generous specification for the City makes it a great value package. From all indications, the new City will become a huge success. And on whether or not the seven speed mode is practical with the City, analysts believe that Honda probably included it more for the enthusiast’s driving pleasure than for road condition requirements.
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