Paul Tan on the Automotive Industry
The Honda City was displayed at the 2008 Sydney Motor Show as a SEMA-like concept, not surprisingly called the Honda City Concept. This tricked out Honda City features wing mirrors that use cameras instead of a mirror, LED headlamps and tail lamps as well as a bodykit and alloy wheels. Photos courtesy of Jeff Choo. More after the jump.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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Nice !
Very nice!!! Nice LED lights!!!
Wow! Very futuristic looking. Cool
Nice bodykits and rims!!! i want one!!!
wowwwwwwwwwww i want one white colour
WTF !!!! itz fantastic man !!!! If this car really gonna come up in our shore, im sure other car manufacturers competing with Honda city range, especially vios gonna have a big headache in their sales !!!!
really nice the design..
the new city really good to be modified…
nice…the rear stil looks awekward without the LED lights
nothing to shout abt.
So where they place the side mirror monitor?Center Dash?
can’t they just put this is mass production & kill the sales of vios?
2 thumbs up!!!
Vios? F**K OFF…..
just another big black baboon. useless car.
It looks nicer if modified in this way, even without the LED lights. The one we saw previously is less nice. Pricing the new City at RM91 000 will be too much, looking at the price of Elantra, which is a C-segment car with automatic air-con, leather seats, bigger comfortable interior with telescopic steering and pretty good exterior especiallly viewing from rear.
wow
neon paip taillight….
just like cpu mod
so ah beng
DRC said,
November 2, 2008 @ 3:20 pm
It looks nicer if modified in this way, even without the LED lights. The one we saw previously is less nice. Pricing the new City at RM91 000 will be too much, looking at the price of Elantra, which is a C-segment car with automatic air-con, leather seats, bigger comfortable interior with telescopic steering and pretty good exterior especiallly viewing from rear.
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the japs will never price their car lower, and especially why even bother to lower it till the level of the koreans? firstly, they dont even regard the koreans as competitors, secondly, they still outsell the koreans like crazy with a higher price.. one of the most important rules of marketing is, do not sell your product at the price you think is right, but at the price your customers are willing to pay.
So now can we confirm that new City will sell better than VIOS ?
with the economy like this, wonder how many customers are willing to pay for the high price. unless they are not affected by the recession and pretty loaded with $ka-ching$. good tips btw, B.M.W lol.
Lol…this car is damn nice..but if they bring it to m’sia how the hell is it supposed to compete with vios?
I am sure this car is not going to cost less than RM 100k…
will be priced higher the jazz and lower than civic in aust though. as far as the base models go.
White Jack said,
November 2, 2008 @ 8:30 pm
So now can we confirm that new City will sell better than VIOS ?
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yes Bro !!!!! It gonna hit our market soon and vios gonna blow down soon !!!!
niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee….
side mirror has been removed or what??….
Got cameras instead! It’s a concept car.
That’s so cool xD !!!
Fuiyooo
nice cool rims !!!
this is the only thing australians can do right
m4xspeed said,
November 3, 2008 @ 7:23 am
side mirror has been removed or what??….
Do you read before you type?
It says.. “features wing mirrors that use cameras instead of a mirror”
Anyways.. if someone ought to buy the Soon-to-come City, i bet it’d be a winner against Vios.
My 2 cents.
if they claim using wut wut recyclables materials…etc etc and sell it expensive, damn i will feel like im not a smart consumer to spend so much on a 1.5cc car.
they should make the rear lamps, front bumper and rims part of the module kit. much better than the module kit option it came with
W I C K E D…!!!!
Guy who shun this design must be …blind. He must have just like Myvi or Vios design. Likewise..he is not genuine GUY.
anyway, australia got honda city? i thought they like the v8′s?
I like the rims of the car. Cameras overkill, not sure the LED are that bright…
I’m not actually anti-Toyota but seriously anti towards the new ugly dugong vios…heh heh heh! And to be fair…when this new City hit our shore, the Vios is as good as doom (in terms of sales of coz)! Honda also should thanks most of those ah beng when they modding it like there’s no tomorrow!! SURE WAN!!
why can’t anybody design something proper, oh yea they can. they just reserved them for more expensive models.
Hi everyone, I’m glad you all liked the photos I took at the motorshow of the City Concept.
To answer some of the questions posted above from what I recall from reading the briefs and listening to the Honda PR peoples speak, the Honda City is being launched here as a slot-in model between the Jazz and Civic. It’s been touted as a Jazz (Fit) in a sedan form and hence is not really very fast, but it offers a lot of space practicality. The target market is young people who want a small car which is practical and stylish, and don’t need speed (in Australia, for the most part, we drive on suburban streets at 50km/h and motorways top out at 110km/h- legally of course).
Also should be emphasised that the car above is a tricked-out City. It’s nothing more than a concept which happens every year and is not representative of what we’ll actually get in the stores- all the large automakers release concept cars whether it be production ready (e.g. Lexus IS-F) or more hypothetical (e.g. Holden Coupe 60). Either way, they typically get done up in decals and random aftermarket parts to show what is capable. This year Honda did up their Civic Type R hatch, and Subaru did their trademark WRC Impreza. Mitsu showcased an Evo X with every single option ticked in the accessories list (i.e. all the fake CF trim, etc..)
Also FYI we don’t have a Toyota Vios here. The closest thing is the Toyota Yaris Sedan which I think is similar to the Vios from memory.
If you guys want to see some of the other pics from the motorshows just let Paul know and I’ll send him more! This year wasn’t that exciting unfortunately though- no BMWs/Benz. Mainly Aussie cars (yes the V8s).
jc.
jeffchoo, if i may, since you were there duing the mototshow, do you happen to know what sort of design or material that they use for the rearlamp? it looks very intriguing yet tricky to identify. Im sure its LED in there but the, outer shell looks like a pipe sort of like and it is covered with wiremesh some sort. Its amazing.
Forgot to mention the City will be priced at $19,000aud. Other cars in similar price range include Toyota Yaris Sedan starting from $18,000aud, Yaris Hatch starting from $15,190aud (3door manual), etc… The actual Honda Jazz here is starting from $15,990aud and Civic starts at $21,790aud.
I personally thought the City Concept looked awesome for what it is. Not a fan of the CF trim or the cameras for mirrors, but I thought the front headlamps made it look much more menacing. I think the car’s side profile also looks pretty good and it kindof reminds me of a BMW e46 side profile. This is based on the Honda City Concept poster which they handed out at the motorshow which is currently on the wall next to me
yea australia getting the new city. just wondering if malaysian students here would buy this or not. especially knowing that this costs less than the jazz in msia.
November 6, 2008 @ 11:38 am
Forgot to mention the City will be priced at $19,000aud. Other cars in similar price range include Toyota Yaris Sedan starting from $18,000aud, Yaris Hatch starting from $15,190aud (3door manual), etc… The actual Honda Jazz here is starting from $15,990aud and Civic starts at $21,790aud.
I personally thought the City Concept looked awesome for what it is. Not a fan of the CF trim or the cameras for mirrors, but I thought the front headlamps made it look much more menacing. I think the car’s side profile also looks pretty good and it kindof reminds me of a BMW e46 side profile. This is based on the Honda City Concept poster which they handed out at the motorshow which is currently on the wall next to me
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wats the aussie exchange rate ?
1aud = RM2.3738
Hi bro … U got any idea we could obtain the head and rear light ?here in Malaysia ? tq
Apologies for double posting but I realised my comment didn’t automatically reply to yours;
Hi, sorry I can’t be more use as I’m not sure what the LED tail lamps are made from. The only description provided at the motor show was that they were made with LEDs. Maybe try using more photos available online (e.g. http://www.themotorreport.com.au/9644/2009-honda-city-2008-sydney-motor-show) and getting a custom build? From what I can tell they were custom made for the show car and unfortunately look nothing like what is on the production model!
The Honda all new City is interesting. Sometime I will modify mine like the concept.
Where can i get those tail lights?front lights?and those rims..i like it damn much. i really need thse detail. anyone?
gua tggu city colour putih….lebih umphhhh….
i really like this city.. but how come no manual trans 4 malaysian market… i hate driving autos.. have manual trans i'll book it!!
where can i get front led head lamp and back tail lamp????
whr can i get this city led lamp???
Hi, sorry I can’t be more use as I’m not sure what the LED tail lamps are made from. The only description provided at the motor show was that they were made with LEDs. Maybe try using more photos available online (e.g. http://www.themotorreport.com.au/9644/2009-honda-city-2008-sydney-motor-show) and getting a custom build? From what I can tell they were custom made for the show car and unfortunately look nothing like what is on the production model!
my city wan convert to this city!!!
in malaysia whr can do this!!!
wer do u they do this in india..??
is there ne chance tht th company will release this modified version ne time sooner..??
i love this car
Goood look
can we buy those led tail lights , i realy want one , can any one tell me who made them . please , who modified this car .??
can we buy those led tail lights , i realy want one , can any one tell me who made them . please , who modified this car .??
i realy like them and please tell me who modified this car ,is it a aftermarket tuning company or something .??
can we buy those tail lights , i realy want it please help