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Road Test - Honda City 1.5 LX (A)
05 Jan 2009  |  Honda Reviews
The Honda City gets a lookover and while it does boast better build quality, is it worth its price? Read More
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The Honda City was facelifted on Jun 2012. Read more

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   Consumer Reviews of Honda City
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OVERALL RATING
 
20 Reviewers
4 out of 5
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Comfort
4/5 Reliability
4/5
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Handling
3.5/5 Features
3.5/5
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Exterior Styling
4/5 Interior Design
3.5/5
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Value for money
3/5 Engine Performance
4/5
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17 out of 20 (85%) reviewers said they would recommend this vehicle to a friend.

20 Reviews

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1.3 S Model Honda City
YosefAllain22    22 Jan 2013
Would you recommend this vehicle to a friend? Yes
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Comfort 3/5 Reliability 4/5
Handling 2/5 Features 4/5
Exterior Styling 4/5 Interior Design 4/5
Value for money 3/5 Engine Performance 3/5

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well, i recently bought the 2012 Honda City S and had no problems or regrets with it. for a guy who grew tired of japanese imports and street racing, this car's not bad. i use it as a family transportation because my old 1996 civic already had too many problems and the tuned engine and loud full catback exhaust was just too loud. the city has great features, nice audio setting, real-time gauges and safety features, sprtier look. but i guess in every situation there is a downside. the cornering is not that responsive and i have difficulties in steering on zigzag roads because of ride height, its a bit bumpy. but i guess there are no perfect cars, just personal preferences.

What I like
likes: style, comfort, boot and accessibility

What I do not like
dislikes: poor handling, a bit fuel-hungry

Overall Rating  
Basic car that lacks modern engineering for its price
SIA    31 Mar 2011
Would you recommend this vehicle to a friend? No
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Comfort 2/5 Reliability 2/5
Handling 3/5 Features 2/5
Exterior Styling 3/5 Interior Design 3/5
Value for money 3/5 Engine Performance 2/5

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Honda, a branding that my dad has been praising for years did not proof it to me. My first car was a Toyota neither was it problem free or though nothing major like a runaway car in recent Toyota scandal. Bought a Honda City due to my dad's recommendation, drove it for 3yrs and it did give me quite a few problems. After my 20K km service, my Auto gear starts to jerk when i accelerate from 0-70km/h. Had that fixed but the same problem surfaced again after 30K km… i decided enough was enough when i experienced loss of power occasionally. Anyway its highway handling is not good, in my opinion. i drove up North-South Highway almost every weekend with my 3yr old onboard, so my wife suggest i better find a car with better standards.

My baby girl don't seems to like my Honda City, it cries whenever we're on the NS highway, but probably it did not come with good sound-proofing. Well most 1.6 and below category cars do not, Honda City is one of them. When my wife drives a Honda Jazz, same thing happens whenever we were on North-South highway, my baby girl just cries out of no reason.

Anyway, Honda City didn't come with great features, it is pretty basic stuff u'll find in any other car. It's only best feature would be a large boot, but this car lacks power if it's given a full load with luggages. It is hard to understand when the car just weigh at around 1,100kg. My current ride a Chevy Cruze LS weighs 1,400kg and its able to give me the power i need on highways. It's exterior design is really up to individual, it didn't appeal to me at first sight but dealer gave me a good offer so there's kinda a trade-off since $$ is concern.

No iPod music is a let down, because i really don't like CD changers. Experience tells me CD changers will malfunction easily besides they are so old-sch now, i doubt anybody would even bother with it. Thankfully it came with USB connectivity, so not that bad.

Safety wise, i found out Honda City wasn't crash-tested by EuroNCAP. Anyway, most japanese cars in sg are not really 5 star rated and are only tested by JNCAP, which may not be of a higher standard as EuroNCAP.

What I like
Big boot
USB music input
Sports rim
Affordable

What I do not like
Make my baby girl cries
Steering wheel looks ugly
Not reliable gearbox
Suspension needs improvement
Loss of power on highway
So so Audio system

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Honda City LX
Mr__gb    03 Jan 2011
Would you recommend this vehicle to a friend? Yes
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Comfort 4/5 Reliability 5/5
Handling 4/5 Features 2/5
Exterior Styling 4/5 Interior Design 3/5
Value for money 3/5 Engine Performance 4/5

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Was on the lookout for a mid size sedan car (jap / korean made). A few was on my shortlist, latio, vios, city, cruze, cerato forte, impreza. but only managed to test drive the latio, vios, city and cruze only. After that i narrowed down to cruze and city. And in the end, i chose engine performance! :D

What I like
Ivtec Engine
1000km to syn oil (means you get the "real" car faster)
Exterior + Rims
Paddle Shift (reminds me of the good old days of a manual car)
Massive Boot Space (506L) - can dump my tennis bag in and still have loads of space

What I do not like
@ High Speeds - bumpy, high wind noise,
no controls on steering
compartment space in the cabin is very limited
non-retractable side mirrors
small fuel capacity (needa refuel often)
dashboard

Overall Rating  
Feedback on after 2 year driven
Vincent1023    15 Nov 2010
Would you recommend this vehicle to a friend? Yes
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Comfort 4/5 Reliability 2/5
Handling 3/5 Features 3/5
Exterior Styling 4/5 Interior Design 4/5
Value for money 3/5 Engine Performance 4/5

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Recently just went Kxx Motor Service for 40K service, after inspection found rear wheel bearing abnormal sound and louder when exceed 40km. Thought is still under 3 years warranty so asking warranty replacement instead but rejected and replied it was caused by impact( not cover in warranty). I felt that is unreasonable because my car never involved any accident and always follow schedule sending my car to their workshop for service and inspection. The 3 years warranty is meaningless some more currently still promoting 5 yrs warranty. No make sense at all. Just sharing my experience.

What I like
Nice Interior design, low fuel consumption.

What I do not like
- Non retractable side mirrors
- Original Wheel Tyre size have less option in the market
- Wheel bearing having higher failure rate than others.(feedback from workshop)

Overall Rating  
Impressive 1.5L Car
Babygal    21 May 2009
Would you recommend this vehicle to a friend? Yes
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Comfort 5/5 Reliability 5/5
Handling 5/5 Features 5/5
Exterior Styling 5/5 Interior Design 5/5
Value for money 5/5 Engine Performance 5/5

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Very excellent thai-made honda; good stability when cruising 130km on malaysia highway. VTEC opens like 250cc race bike
powerful pick up with manual gearbox.

What I like
Very good F/C
Powerful vtec
Handsome looks
Powerful aircon

What I do not like
pricey! But worthy car to buy.

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Honda City
4 stars - based on 20 reviews