Honda City Old Vs Facelift — Updates And Changes Explained | V3Cars

Honda Cars India recently launched the 2023 City facelift in India with a starting price of Rs. 11.49 lakh ex-showroom. In this article, we share all the changes and updates the new City facelift received over the outgoing model.

2023 Honda City Facelift

2023 Honda City Facelift Design And Dimension Changes

The 2023 Honda City facelift offers a couple of design changes, making it stand apart from the model it replaces. Up front, the new City gets a redesigned grille with a sleeker chrome strip. The redesigned lower bumper gets new fog lamp housing. Around the side, the top variants of the City offer a new set of 16-inch dual-tone machined alloy wheels. At the rear, the new City gets a boot lip spoiler, chrome insert on the tailgate and a faux rear diffuser.

2023 Honda City Facelift

Furthermore, the length of the Honda City facelift has increased by up to 34mm over the outgoing model. A new design for the front bumper and an accentuated faux diffuser are the key elements that have resulted in an increase in length. The wheelbase and interior space continues to remain the same as before.

2023 Honda City Facelift

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New Honda City Interior Updates And Features

On the inside, the new City facelift doesn’t offer any perceptible changes. It continues to offer a dual-tone dashboard with soft-touch elements and faux wood inserts. A common complaint with the old City was the poor camera resolution and Honda are said to have resolved that issue.

2023 Honda City Facelift

The 2023 Honda City facelift offers the following new features over the outgoing model:

  • Wireless phone charger
  • Wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay
  • Rain sensing wipers
  • Improved camera resolution
  • Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)

2023 Honda City Facelift

Here is the list of ADAS features the new City offers:

  • Auto emergency braking system
  • Adaptive cruise control
  • Lane keeping assist
  • Lead car departure notification system
  • Lane and road departure warning
  • Auto high beam

2023 Honda City Facelift

Apart from the aforementioned features, the new City continues to offer features like 6 airbags, tyre pressure monitoring system, semi-digital instrument cluster, leatherette seat upholstery, tilt and telescopic steering wheel, auto-dimming inside rear view mirror (IRVM) and lane watch camera.

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New Honda City Powertrain Updates

Honda offer the new City facelift with 2 engine options — 1.5L normal petrol and 1.5L strong hybrid petrol. Both engines now comply with BS6 phase-2 emission and road driving emission standards. Furthermore, both engines are also E20-fuel ready, which will roll out for the masses in 2025. The 1.5L diesel engine is no longer available and is unlikely to make a comeback.

2023 Honda City Facelift

Take a look at the power and torque output of the City facelift’s engine options:

2023 HONDA CITY FACELIFT

POWERTRAIN DETAILS

Specifications

1.5L Normal Petrol 

1.5L Strong Hybrid 

Displacement

1498cc

1498cc

Power

121PS @ 6600rpm

126PS

Torque

145Nm @ 4300rpm

253Nm 0 - 3000rpm

Transmission

6-speed MT/CVT

e-CVT

Fuel Efficiency(kmpl)

17.8(MT)/18.4(CVT)

27.13

It is interesting to note that the fuel efficiency of the City strong hybrid has increased to 27.13kmpl.

2023 Honda City Facelift

2023 Honda City Facelift Variants And Prices

The new 2023 Honda City facelift offers new base SV and V variants for petrol manual and strong hybrid powertrains, respectively. Take a look at the prices of the 2023 Honda City:

2023 HONDA CITY FACELIFT

PRICE LIST

Variant

Petrol MT

Petrol CVT

Hybrid e-CVT

SV

Rs. 11.49 Lakh

-

-

V

Rs. 12.37 lakh

Rs. 13.62 lakh

Rs. 18.89 lakh

VX

Rs. 13.49 lakh

Rs. 14.74 lakh

-

ZX

Rs. 14.72 lakh

Rs. 15.97 lakh

Rs. 20.39 lakh

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Amit Saraswat

Born and brought up in Agra, he grew up reading magazines more than textbooks. With a keen interest in cars, he decided to make his future in automotive journalism and is currently helping in content at V3Cars.

2 Comments

  1. D DESHMUKH says:
    July 19 2023 11:37:23

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  2. D DESHMUKH says:
    July 19 2023 11:37:23

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