Honda City [2011-2014]

We have had the City in India since 1998

Honda has recalled the previous generation City, Jazz and the Civic in India to replace the driver-side air bag inflators. The recall is part of Honda’s global initiative and is a preventive step over airbag inflators.

Honda has recalls 223,578 vehicles in India to replace airbag inflators as part of its global recall campaign. The vehicles included in the recall are previous generations of the CR-V, City, Civic and the Jazz. The replacement would be carried out free of cost at HCIL dealerships across India in a phased manner, starting from October 12, and the company will communicate with customers directly.

Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd., Honda Cars India Ltd. (HCIL) and Tata Motors are planning to increase the prices of their cars starting April. The decision has been taken due to the rising input and operational costs.

Honda Cars India registered domestic sales of 5,493 units in December 2013 as against 4,242 units sold during December 2012; this shows a growth of 30 per cent flat. The Japanese auto major registered an overall growth of 66 per cent in April – December 2013 with 85,656 units as against 51,478 units during the corresponding period last year.

On Indian roads, driving can be a physically tasking job. It may even tire you out. Changing gears, depress the clutch, brake… do put a strain on the driver; more so when it comes to driving in bumper to bumper city traffic. This is when you need to be introduced to an automobile with automatic transmission. It’s relatively stress free and a comfortable drive is usually guaranteed. Thus, American populace has amicably adopted all cars automatic. (in 2007 about 8 percent of the total cars sold in USA were manual). But we in India still hold a certain prejudice against automatics.

While the first-generation City established itself as the benchmark in the late nineties and set the pace for Honda cars in India, the second-generation City wowed all the performance