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    Honda City [2011-2014] User Reviews

    Looking for Honda City [2011-2014]? Here are the reviews and ratings by City [2011-2014] owners from across the country.

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    3.7/5

    186 Ratings

    5 star

    16%

    4 star

    51%

    3 star

    22%

    2 star

    9%

    1 star

    3%

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    Rs. 7,50,272
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    Categories (out of 5)

    • 4.5Exterior
    • 4.4Comfort
    • 4.4Performance
    • 3.9Fuel Economy
    • 4.0Value for Money

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    • 13 years ago | Karthik

       

      Exterior Excellent exterior see Hyndai is copying in model

       

      Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Very comfortable and excellent leg room both front and rear with lots of boot spce ( amazing for some boday moved from Maruthi 800 to this segment)

       

      Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Struday engine No maintenance constntly increasing fuel efficiency as you run Km currently after 7k it is hitting 12km/ lit in city and 16 to 17 in high ways ( very honest fact)

       

      Ride Quality & Handling Very good , gear box and steering so smooth a passive driver like me can manover easily

       

      Final Words Still a great car  I have seen in Hyderabad market still this car is great hit and I enjoy this car

       

      Areas of improvement May be ground clearance  but that is ok in good cities like Hyderabad , Honda city still command respect as best sedan with concept of man & machine maximum.

       

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    • 13 years ago | Anandswamy

       

      Exterior Great Finish.

       

      Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Very spaciuous.

       

      Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Very good.

       

      Ride Quality & Handling Excellent.

       

      Final Words This is a great car for Indian roads and I would recommend every one to purchase this  as the maintainance is very low and performance is excellent. Also the boot is very spacious which is handy in India. I have driven almost 50000 kms and am very happy with it. Even in mumbai traffic is performs very well and has been very efficient. Anyone who is looking for a car with minimum fuss and maximum efficiency should go in for this.

       

      Areas of improvement Price is slightly on the higher side and no discounts are available not that makes it slightly pricey. We have to be slightly careful with the suspension though as if it goes through prolonged potholed roads, there is a chance that the suspension would need to be replaced after a couple of years. But a great buy none the less.

       

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    • 13 years ago | Percy Talati

       

      Exterior Great feel of a Honda car's build. Looks swanky in its rich red colour.

       

      Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Very comfortable and elegant, but no CD player. You need to buy one and fit it for an extra price. The space is lavish and can seat 4-5 people comfortably without feeling cramped.

       

      Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Fantastic engine, great economy, smooth auto gear shift.

       

      Ride Quality & Handling Comfortable ride an complete control.

       

      Final Words Hands down the best car in its segment. I have driven it for 7,000 KM and am in absolute love with this car. The automatic gear shift is a dream rid in choked Mumbai Traffic. The After Sales service is great. Its been a great 12 months period using this car and the affair is here to last.

       

      Areas of improvement Please give a CD player as a standard fitment. Also add a bluetooth option. Please also add a sunroof option.

       

      Overall Experience, Fuel EconomyNo CD player
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    • 13 years ago | A Up

       

      Exterior Good looking car.

       

      Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Comfortable, being a passenger & driving.

       

      Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Mileage - Good on Highway and average in City Traffic, Good performance.

       

      Ride Quality & Handling A little bumpy, nothing to complain about.

       

      Final Words Overall a good package. Definitely overpriced. Not sure how it fares against the VW Vento.

       

      Areas of improvement Creature comforts missing. Climate control, alloy wheel on the spare, softer ride. CD player, dead pedal, thigh support on the seat needs to improve. Funny smell while gearchanges. Apparently on both the Manual & Automatic Transmission vehicles.

      Interiors lags way behind the Civic. Needs a stepup. Top end should come with an optional black interiors as well.

      When asked as to why Honda is not offering so much on the inside, the dealer proudly said that HONDA has invested a lot on the i-VTEC engine and that they have no funds left to offer back to the customer on other fronts.

       

      Paddle Shift, Good mileage on H/wayAverage Mileage in the City, Missing dead pedal, Climate Control, CD Player. smell during gearchange
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    • 13 years ago | R.Jagannathan

       

      Exterior Good and stylish. The shape of the dicky is very good and differnt from other cars in the range.

       

      Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Just OK, back seat comfort very poor.For this price the co. should give better quality seats and upholstery, better music system and a more stylish dash board.

       

      Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Excellent. It is a pleasure to drive the car.

       

      Ride Quality & Handling Easy to handle but ride quality poor on Indian roads.

       

      Final Words Should redesign rear shock absorbers and tyre size for Indian roads. The car is too bumpy along the length as weel as the width of the car. It can be back breaking in long journeys of 50 km and above.

       

      Areas of improvement To check the positioning of the rear seat vis a vis the rear tyre position to improve the comfort level at the back.Possibly introducing additional coil springs in addition to soft shock absorbers can help.

       

      engine ,gearbox and driving comforttoo bumpy in the back, poor rear shock absorbers, poor interor finish
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    • 13 years ago | Nk

       

      I own this car. I preferred this beauty on Linea, SX4, ford and Verna. I test drove these cars and my last choices were Linea and City. But, the test drive of Linea disappointed me. Moreover, City looks more sporty and modern. But I still feel only Linea can give competition with to Honda City no other among the cars I mentioned earlier. SX4 looks bulky no aestheticism, Ford looks cool but does not give lavish feeling while Verna gives a look of Hatchback.

      Linea comes very close to City in beauty but does not match the interior of City. Honda City's interior is stunning and more spacious. Ultimately, I stretched my budget as City is almost 1 and a half lakh costier than these cars in all variants.

      Till date ( 2500 km), I have not faced any problem, and enjoying its ride qualities. I am getting mileage of 12 in city drive, which I am satisfied with as my Maruti 800 was also giving the same mileage till I replaced it with my City. Honda City is amazing and looks gorgeous from inside as well as outside. The accelerator and gearshift is very smooth and brakes requires a little push.

      The car music system is soothing to ears as well as gives good beats and bass. there are various features in the music system which I am still exploring. Yes, ground clearance is an issue but this is not a faulty design, as most of the foreign car manufacturer keep the ground clearance low to provide better stability to the car. But, since we do not have proper roads we need more ground clearance on Indian roads. But, this is a minor issue, I feel if Honda increases the GC, it may loose the beauty hence, no need of touching this area.

      I am loving my new car and strongly reccommend for people to stretch the budget and take with them the brand image.

       

      GOOD STYLE, BEST MUSIC AND COMFORTABLE DRIVE QUALITIESNONE
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    • 13 years ago | Dinesh Kumar

       

      Exterior Quite a Good looking Car in its segment. Linea gives a tough competion on looks but any other car (SX4 etc) are way behind.

       

      Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interiors are good too. May be Honda Could have done a bit more going by the price but again comparing to other cars in this segment, HC is better. Music is supererb.

       

      Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine performance is satisfactory. Gear shift is smooth. Getting fuel economy as 14 Kmpl in Delhi NCR traffic & that too with AC, so quite satisfied in this regard. No other car can match that. Have driven about 15 K & on the whole quite satisfied. A very low maintainance car. Im owing it 4 the last 1 n half year and on an average spending only 2-2.5K per quarter on maintenance. As far as I knw, other cars maintenance cost is higher than HC.

       

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    • 13 years ago | B K T

       

      Exterior Best in its class. Though the paint chips off with minute scratches. Paint job can be improved... Not even in the same class of old M800, though the shining is better.

       

      Interior (Features, Space & Comfort Would have liked presence of rear AC ducts. AC is not at all effective in rear.

       

      Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Very smooth, much better than vento, its noise levels are very low.

       

      Ride Quality & Handling Very Good. No other car would be in this leauge..in similar price braket.

       

      Final Words Not a good buy, considering longterm maintenance & service costs. It has to go to service centre every 3 months. There the so called honda service advisers (I call them emerging business leaders) would greet your car with a big service list everytime to make your wallet light. Expect around 30K...50K for maintenance per year.

       

      Areas of improvement Tyres, Attention Buyers : - Do not take the delivery of the car, as long as Michelin tyres are fitted. My vehice has run just over 7K, and making screeching noise. The michelin tyre engineer says the noise it is due to cemented road surface. Do you want to hear same noise in your cars??? We all love cemented roads & the tyre does not like it, sounds amazing.

       

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    • 13 years ago | Priyash

       

      Exterior When you take a first look at the Honda City I-vtec You Just have one word in your mind-CLASS. The city looks Stunning in the newly launched Urban Titanium Colour. That colour was my Favouriate and still remains. but I enquired from 3 show rooms the guys there told that they were getting mixed reviews from the owners of that colour. so I made the decision that I will but the non-controversial colour BOLD-Beige. The Front Grill is the best feature according to me. Also the Arrow-shot form looks great.

       

      Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) As You Step inside the Cabin it looks spacious the rear legroom is something you cant ask more. It is huge from inside.The Dash is Awsome With Great AC and Volume Knobs Steering mounted controls etc Also the Ac cooling is impressive.

       

      Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Great Refinement. At First I used to get confused Whether the engine is on or Off.Coz there is absolutely no sound or vibrations you have to look at the Tachometer to sense whether it is on of off!. Fuel economy is only Thumbs down in this car without AC in city it gives me 9kmpl with AC it gives me 8 and my driving style is normal! The gearbox is smooth and you dont need an effort to change gears.

       

      Ride Quality & Handling Handling is Superb i have ridden the Accent and the SX4. THe manuerverability is awsome. THe ABS comes into play so easily and its so smooth. Great Brakes too they dont give you a jerk often!

       

      Final Words Worth it!

       

      Areas of improvement Sound System, Please Give us a good stock system with woofers indtead of the stupid system it currently has.

       

      Punchy Engine,Great Throttle Response, Great Looks ,Great Poser Value ,Great Interiors and DashboardLow Fuel ecenomy,A Bit over Priced, Absolute Shit Music System
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    • 13 years ago | Vinay Pandya

       

      Honda has atlast woken up from its siesta. The honda city is the costliest c segment car on indian roads. Apart from good looks and a respectable mileage (on highways only) there are many disadvantages to it. namely 1) Not a comfortable and wide sitting like to vento and dzire. ingress egress is difficult for senior citizens. 2) hump below the front seats (god knows for what) force you to keep your legs in one position , very uncomfortable in long drives. 3) The suspension is hard and a low ground clearance hits the car on lowest speed breakers 4) lack of turbo engine on car costing more than 10 lacs. 5) Vital CD/ MP3 player missing. 6) Average in city traffic is not more than 9 kmpl (mumbai) highway best is 14 -16 Kmpl. 6) Loads of gizmos missing like reverse sensors / cameras, electric folding ORVM, Bluetooth 7) The car gives good mileage because of lightwieght body. It does not give good grip at very high speeds of 140 plus. Though stable at 110 kmph.
      They should build a tough car like the etios / vento / dzire and provide top of line features like the fluidic verna. From past records it is seen that honda had to change city model 3 times in ten years. All 3 model were deadly and futuristic in looks and appeal. Cars like hyundai accent still sell with same looks and model just because of reliabilty and fair pricing. The looks appeal people only initially, then the competition seeps in. I would prefer honda to be a tougher car with more equipment, then paying 20 % more than the competiton will be justified. THOUGH, I MUST SAY HONDA SERVICE WAS GOOD.  
      I just sold off my new honda city I-VTec in less than 6 months and used it only 4000 Kms. I thought I would get a good resale for the honda name, but I was mistaken , it does not matter in today's secondhand market, as vento / dzire are more in demand. I lost a a valuable 2,10,000/- in six months. Wake up Call for you Honda.😦.

       

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