The battle on Indian roads was never so intense between Maruti and Honda. But the face to face challenge in premium sedan segment has charged both the players so much that even the segment volume is elevated. Not only that the straight fight also cornered Hyundai Verna which used to be segment leaders till couple of years ago.
Honda City has been one of the most admired car in India in its segment and the latest edition of Honda City has been a success story since its launch in January 2013. The sixth generation City is Honda's second model to incorporate the new "Exciting H" design which was first seen on the third generation Honda Jazz. The new City in its range topping trim features extensive premium equipments and kits, such as touch-panel auto climate control, rear AC vents, a 5-inch LCD display with navigation, Bluetooth audio, a reverse camera, eight speakers, and four power outlets. Based on Honda’s new “Exciting H-Design” philosophy, the sedan looks refreshing and more premium than its predecessor.
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Honda City vs Maruti Suzuki Ciaz
In Indian market Honda was able to maintain its leadership pole position for long time however the formidable challenge from Maruti Suzuki Ciaz pushed it to a corner. Since July'16 Ciaz has dethroned City from top position maintaining fair lead month on month. While Honda City Clocked double figure in Dec'15 (City 6366 units vs Ciaz 2841) over Ciaz, it got halved by November 2016 (City 2658 units vs Ciaz 5433).
On price front Ciaz is very tightly priced with its base variant starting at Rs 6.99 lakh while City’s initial variant comes at Rs 7.19 lacs. Moving towards the top end variant, ZDI (O) Ciaz is priced at Rs 9.80 lakh while on the other hand, City’s top end variant's price climbs to Rs 11.05 lakh, (all prices ex-showroom, New Delhi).
In terms of Size Ciaz takes a lead, with length, width and height - 4490mm, 1730mm and 1485mm vs Honda City’s 4440mm, 1695mm and 1495mm respectively. This create extra apace to play around in Ciaz. Ciaz gets massive road presence and at some angles resembles premium Kizashi, a plus point which is good enough to boost the style quotient. The boot space in both is 490 litres.
Under the bonnet Ciaz, gets 1.4 litre petrol that makes a max 91bhp and spins out a torque of 130Nm, while on the diesel front, it gets 1.3 liter VGT engine that churns out 89bhp and 200Nm of peak torque. These figures can disappoint people looking for performance but then again you get a class leading mileage of 26.03kmpl from the diesel, the domain which was long ruled by the Japanese sedan.
Honda City on the other hand packs a 1.5 litre petrol motor that has enough punch to leave everybody awe-struck. The petrol variant puts out a staggering 117.3bhp of max power and a peak torque of 145Nm. Its highly popular 1.5 litre i-DTEC diesel engine is very frugal and gets power and torque figures of 98.8bhp and 200Nm respectively. Mileage slightly lags behind at 26kmpl.
