Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has started selling the all-new Honda City in Thailand today. It will be sold in Thailand for between 524,000 to 694,000 Thai baht. We don’t have much details on the wheelbase and some other details yet.
The new Honda City is powered by solely by a 1.5 liter i-VTEC engine mated to either a 5-speed automatic or a 5-speed manual It is 4,395mm long, 1,695mm wide and 1,470mm tall, so it is slightly longer (+5mm), slightly wider (+5mm) but not as tall (-25mm) as the previous model. Making it wider and not as high reduces the whole hatchback with a boot tagged on look that the City it replaces had.
It’s quite an attractive car
and the lines flow alot smoother than the model it replaces. I hope that for those who don’t fancy the grille at the front all that much (as expressed in some previous posts), there will be a replacement Modulo grille that they can opt for. This was an option that Accord owners who preferred not having an “empty” grille – they could opt for a Modulo grille that had a little bar running through it.
UPDATE: More photos including high resolution photos of the new Honda City have been added after the jump. The new City is sold in Thailand in three variants: S, V and SV. The S and V variants come with a beige interior while the top of the line SV model comes with a dark interior and all 3 variants also come with different alloy wheel designs.
Six colours are available – Habanero Red Pearl, Deep Lapis Blue Metallic, Alabaster Metallic, Polished Metal Metallic and Bold Beige Metallic and Crystal Black Pearl. Sadly white is not available but maybe it will be in Malaysia if Honda Malaysia deems it as a potentially popular colour, which I think it would.
More details to be updated soon, for the moment please have a look at a collection of photos of the new City after the jump.
From Bharian Honda City cost around RM 84 K wow!!
HONDA Malaysia Sdn Bhd semalam melancarkan generasi ketiga Honda City yang dijangka terus membantu memacu jualannya di negara ini, di sebalik kemelesetan ekonomi global yang menjejaskan pasaran automotif.
Pengarah Urusan merangkap Ketua Eksekutifnya, Atsushi Fujimoto, berkata City yang menjadi model keluaran Honda paling popular di Malaysia, kini bukan saja memberi tambah nilai kepada pembeli tetapi dilengkapi reka bentuk dinamik dan penuh gaya, praktikal, berprestasi serta unggul dalam kelasnya.
Katanya, menerusi City baru itu yang ditawarkan dalam dua variasi iaitu Grade S dan E, Honda berusaha memperkaya dan menambah baik spesifikasi model sedia ada dengan kualiti serta nilai yang melangkaui jangkaan pelanggan terhadap jenis sedan sekelasnya.
Beliau berkata, Grade S dilengkapi segala keperluan asas dan penting, manakala Grade E menawarkan tambahan seperti pedal penukar, tempat duduk belakang yang boleh direbahkan dan ruang bawah tempat duduk belakang untuk keselesaan lebih praktikal.
“Kami mensasarkan jualan 1,500 unit sebulan model terbaru ini di pasaran tempatan pada tahun pertama selepas pelancarannya,” katanya kepada pemberita pada majlis pelancaran City generasi ketiga itu di Kuala Lumpur, semalam.
Hadir sama, Ketua Jurutera Honda R&D Co Ltd, Takeshi Nakamura.
City baru ditawarkan pada harga atas jalan berserta insurans RM84,980 untuk Grade S, manakala Grade E RM87,000.
Ia boleh didapati dalam lima warna iaitu Bold Beige Metallic, Polished Metal Metallic, Alabaster Silver Metallic serta dua warna baru iaitu Deep Lapis Blue Metallic dan Crystal Black Pearl.
Bagi tempoh Januari hingga November tahun ini, Honda Malaysia mencatatkan jualan keseluruhan sebanyak 30,888 unit, peningkatan 17.2 peratus berbanding tempoh sama 2007.
Honda Malaysia awalnya mensasarkan jualan 33,000 unit tahun ini, sebelum ditingkatkan kepada 35,000 unit susulan prestasi jualannya yang memberangsangkan pada suku pertama tahun ini.
pasaran lebih positif di kalangan masyarakat Malaysia amnya,” katanya.
Saya ingin bertanya ,masih adakah lagi stok honda city 1.5 i vtec Gred S yang berwarna Bold Beige Metallic,,,,