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Not a car to buy as it will be liability later. Dealer/Honda not listening at all, so no service.

A Review by Gopal Sah on Honda City 2008
20 January, 2009


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Pros : Good looking
Cons : less than 100mm Ground Clearance at laden condition, hitting every Speed-Breaker
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I drove this vehicle around 2500 km. Biggest flaw - its ground clearance (less than 100 mm) at laden (5-occupant) condition thus hitting all most all speed breaker in India. Till Honda improve on - this is a laibility. They are not ready to verify Ground Clearance while loaded. They claim it is as per Honda specs, but not divulging Ground clearance specs while vehicle is loaded. Honda engineer checked my vehicle - their comments, it is not hitting normal speed-breaker but hitting abnormal. Not ready to divulge details of normal / ab-normal speed-breaker. I am shocked with Honda / Service / Dealer response.


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11 Comment(s) on this Review

  1. on 21 Jan, 2009 at 11:36 PM Uigoggk (Navi Mumbai)

    try going on speed breakers in a diagonal fashion. might help.

  2. on 13 Feb, 2009 at 03:40 PM Romi (Chandigarh)

    i am also planning to go in for this car but after going through this grnd clearence i am doubtful. Indeed SX4 has better grnd clearence. Looking fwd for response.

  3. on 22 Feb, 2009 at 09:33 AM Ayan Ghoshal (Kolkata)

    The ground clearance is definitely an issue.
    Moreover the quality of plastic is bad as compared to the price of the car. It's not fully loaded either. Not value for money.

  4. on 27 Apr, 2009 at 12:02 PM Osram

    Excellent feed back,ground clearance is a real issue for those cars which will actually be used.I have myself decided to go for SX4 in view of ground clearance issue of City.

  5. on 22 May, 2009 at 06:16 PM Sumit Jain

    I have Honda City Zx Gxi and drove for more than 20000 Kms. No where i found a single problem and pretty happy with the Car and i was eagerly waiting for new Honda City as we were planning to buy another one. It totally disappointed me from the interior as well as Exterior POV. Interiors are horrible....It does not give you a royal touch as in the older City Zx ( Beadge finish) and i feel it little tight in space also. From the exteriors, First look definitely impresses you but again rear looks

  6. on 17 Jun, 2009 at 09:59 PM Aloklala

    I have the City iVTEC and Ground Clearance is realy an issue. You have to drive slow on breakers especially when loaded.

  7. on 24 Jun, 2009 at 03:00 PM Vinay Sha (Mumbai)

    2k kms of new Honda ride made me realize the worst to come in future, least ground clearance of its segment. Recommendation pls don't buy, SX4 would be better choice

  8. on 17 Jul, 2009 at 01:10 PM Sahlam (Calicut)

    SX4 is very good choice in this range.SX4 is more spacious also.Or spend some more and buy new Corolla orInnova.

  9. on 29 Jul, 2009 at 03:40 PM Manuj Sachdeva (New Delhi)

    SX4 cant be compared to HC.
    So what if SX4 has a good ground clearance.
    Overall HC is a good package :)
    Obviously, its waste comparing Maruti with HONDA
    I believe, all will agree
    For ground clearance, try moving car diagonally at the abnormal speed breakers...

  10. on 20 Sep, 2009 at 04:13 PM Shashank (Pune)

    I'm surprised to read all reviews against Honda City. I had finalised to buy it but if all experiences are so bad, I have to rethink & maybe opt for Linea or change track for Innova instead.

  11. on 28 Oct, 2009 at 09:37 PM Sanjeev Joshi (Hubli)

    sanjeev joshi/ in fact i was planning to buy honda city or sx4 but the aftert seeing all the reviews i am still in confulsed stat..

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