2023 Honda City Facelift India Reveal Timeline | V3Cars

14 February 2023
By Amit Saraswat
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Honda Cars India recently updated the Amaze sedan with BS6 phase-2 compliant petrol engines. Now the carmaker is all set to update their C-segment sedan — the City. Read further to know the launch timeline and other details of the new City.

2023 Honda City Facelift Launch Timeline

Honda will unveil and launch the City facelift in the first week of March 2023. Honda are likely to open bookings for the City facelift soon. The updated Honda City facelift is likely to come with a couple of design and functional updates.

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2023 Honda City Facelift Cosmetic Updates

Honda launched the 5th-gen City in India in 2020 and introduced the strong hybrid powertrain option in 2022. With the facelift, we expect Honda to offer a couple of cosmetic updates to differentiate it from the current City. These cosmetic updates could include a revised front grille, tweaked LED headlights and tail lights and revised bumper design. The top-spec variant could also get the RS-inspired body kit, which is currently only available with the City strong hybrid.

On the inside, the new City could offer a revised dashboard design with new colour for the upholstery and soft touchpoints. In terms of features, the current Honda city offers an 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system, a semi-digital instrument cluster, lane watch camera, keyless entry with push-button start/stop and rear window curtain.

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2023 Honda City Facelift Powertrain Details

The 2023 Honda City facelift is likely to come with a choice of 2 engine options — 1.5L normal petrol and 1.5L strong hybrid petrol. Honda have already discontinued the 1.5L turbo diesel engine from the existing City lineup and the diesel engine is unlikely to make a comeback with the facelift. While the 1.5L normal petrol engine comes with either a 6-speed manual or a CVT, the strong hybrid powertrain comes only with an e-CVT transmission.

Take a look at the powertrain specifications of the current City:

5TH-GEN HONDA CITY ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS
Engine	1.5L Normal Petrol	1.5L Turbo Diesel	1.5L Strong Hybrid
Displacement	1498cc	1498cc	1498cc
Power	121PS @ 6600rpm	100PS @ 3600rpm	126PS
Torque	145Nm @ 4300rpm	200Nm @ 1750rpm	253Nm 0 - 3000rpm
Transmission	6-speed MT/CVT	6-speed MT	e-CVT
Fuel Efficiency(kmpl)	17.8(MT)/18.4(CVT)	24.1	26.5

Currently, the Honda City hybrid comes in a single ZX variant, which comes loaded with all the bells and whistles. However, to make the City hybrid more accessible to the masses, Honda are likely to offer the strong hybrid powertrain in the lower variants of the City as well.

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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.