Silky Smooth/Speedy Siren - EDIT SAD ENDING. Review on Honda City

Hello all,

I am delighted to write the review on my favourite car - Honda City.

Prelude:

My previous car was the peppy and lovely Maruti Swift which served me for 8 great years. When I was about to replace my 9 year old Santro in 2009, that time I had only one choice - Swift and I bought in one day.

But when had to replace the Swift, I was totally confused with so many options available. My budget was max 12L and to my surpirse there are so many cars available upto that price point.

All in all I took a test ride of 18 cars(from Brezza to Creta to Jazz to Ecosport to i20 etc etc) with endless hours of internet research and finally shortlisted the Honda City and the Maruti Ciaz. As I wanted an upgrade to the Swift in all ways.

Ciaz Booking:

Having extensively driven my friend's Honda City 2009 version I was mighty impressed with the engine and the vtech feel. But the Ciaz, with its mouth watering price and features, gave me 3 sleepless nights in deciding between the City vs Ciaz. I booked the Ciaz as the Maruti Salesman was really very persuasive and skilled.

The Honda Experience:

But when I visited the Western Honda(Chembur) dealership, I was heartily welcomed by the staff. The total experience was really premium and so much pleasant. Even when I told them I am only here to inquire they welcomed me warmly and answered all the doubts that me and my wife had.

We went for a test ride again and the test car was really wow. Even after test ridden by almost 100s of different people and in rough rash ways it still was great car to drive. This made my decision about Ciaz weak.

After this, me my brother in law and his friend all of whom were about to buy a car got together and asked the Honda dealer about the deal they could offer. We got an awesome discount deal with lots and lots of goodies and lots of stuff(esp as the facelift launch was near) and hence I cancelled the Ciaz booking and we all 3 bought the City in January 2017.

The service centre:

In the last 9 months of ownership we have loved each and every moment of the car and the icing on the cake is the service centre. Western Honda staff is really very well trained and they give the customer very detailed attention. All of this adds to the pleasant ownership of the Brand along with the vehicle and hence Honda is preferred by many. They remind me of my cars service schedule and all the smalll niggles and issues which I have had were solved by them during the service.

The Car:

It has a host of features as I own the V-Mt version. The engine is opening up very nicely lately and everytime I drive it I have a smile on my face. The refinement level of i-vtech engines is such that at traffic signals you wont even notice that the car is on or off. On highways the car runs awesome. The torque is spread in such a way that in each gear you get that a power push when you ride it hard above 2500 rpm in each gear. But also whenever its driven sedately it will make sure that you have the silkiest smooth ride. The total average fuel consumption is about 12 in the city and 17/18 on highways and I am happy with that. Conclusion:

I have really loved owning the vehicle right from the booking experience to the service experience to the total ownership experience and the level of satisfaction is extremely high with Honda, not only you get what you pay for but beyond that the total overall experience makes it premium than other brands. I hope they keep it this way.

EDIT:

I have sold the car as it had a lot of problems since the first year itself. I could not imagine I will have to use my warranty so much and once the engine cylinders and head had to be changed I was so fed up and sold it in 2020.

Honda Service has become worst in recent years and the place where I purchased has also shut down(western honda mumbai)