Here’s the next car of the moment – the 2014 Honda City, which made its world debut in India last November before launching in Thailand only last week, has popped up on our sister classifieds site oto.my.
The ad estimates a Malaysian launch in March before the start of deliveries in April, and that four variants will be available. It goes on to say that bookings are open now, and lists an estimated ballpark price of RM85,900.
Motivation should come from a 1.5 litre i-VTEC engine that develops 117 hp at 6,000 rpm and 146 Nm of torque at 4,700 rpm. The mill should be mated to a seven-virtual ratio CVT. Will we get VSA across the range, like our northern neighbours do?
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At 4,440 mm long, the 2014 Honda City is just 25 mm longer than the current car but the new 2,600-mm wheelbase (matching the Nissan Almera‘s) is a significant 50 mm longer, minimising overhangs and affording more space inside.
The Malaysian-market 2014 Honda City is set to be locally-assembled at Honda Malaysia’s new No. 2 Line in Melaka, alongside the second-gen Jazz petrol and Jazz Hybrid. See the full oto.my ad here, or learn more about the 2014 Honda City here.
shouldn’t it go as cheap as the jazz into 70-80k range if it is CKD enough…
With this so-called new city the sales wd b siding vios 3 to 1 from the current 2 to 1…hail vios…the legend continues to conquer…sorry city…
Where is Najib’s promise of 30% reduction in car prices over a period of 5 years? Najib promised before the election that if we voted for him and BN, he would ensure that he would match PKR’s offer to reduce car prices. Najib himself quoted saying that the BN government would reduce car prices by up to 30% gradually over 5 years and we should trust BN. Infact he said BN always keeps to their word. 8 months have passed and nothing has been done.
Infact companies like Toyota and VW have increased their prices. Does not matter now whether a car is CKD or CBU. What matters now is where is Najib’s promise?
This car in Thailand starts at RM56,000. At this price it comes with VSC and so many more airbags.
Unfortunately when it comes to Malaysia, it will start at RM85,000.
bear in mind that at RM56,000, The Thailand governemtn already collected taxes and duties and the Honda dealership in Thailand also made their untung bersih.
Where is Najib’s promise of 30% reduction in car prices over a period of 5 years? Najib eat all already la….
Some money also gone to Las Vegas shopping mall and perhaps ‘roulette’s table’.
The price start from 70K++. RM85k is high spec version. Previous City start from 83K. I think prices start at rm70k is worth. Please dont be lazy and waste time loitering or play guitar in your village. If you choose lazy, you have to dare to bear hard
RM70k – RM80k.
That’s the way.
Sharing so many part with Honda Jazz.
and Honda should get EEV and City should get high tax exemption with high local part content.
Maybe RM85k is a marketing gimmick.
When Laucnhed, it may be RM70k to RM80k.
I just booked all new city.. the salesperson just finished the training for the new honda city and I already get the clear spec.. (just hindwritten in his note).. the exact date of launching is 18th of march and honda sets to fight against vios which now offers 4 variant.. as low as 70k+…
There are for variant confirmed.. s, s+, e and v spec…
yes, we will see 6 airbag for v spec and others have 2…rear vent also provided in e and v spec.. vsa also for only e and v spec.. but we will missed the paddle shifters which now not included in all variants…. there also no leather seats for all variants… maybe they reserved it for another spec (v+ perhaps) in some times after the launch…
the price range is gonna be around 70+ for s… e spec around 85k and v spec gonna fight with vios trd which I think with all the feautures given surely going to kill vios trd…(around 90k-93k).. with touch screen air conditioning control, 6 airbags, 7inch monitor, cruise control, vsa, hill assist, n many tech..sadly still without paddle shifters..:(..
Haha..sorry there’s a lot of typo… im using my hp only.. haha… :p
Too ambitious to kill Vios-lah, many Apek and Nyonya driving Vios, Honda must lower their expectation and fight to kill of Proton Suprima and Inspira, but then me think the Gomen won’t allow it to happen due to ‘negotiated incentive’ for Honda CKD cars.
What kill of? Suprima and Inspira are C-segment cars, Vios and City are from B-segment.
is the chasis the same, or entire new?
Based on the new Fit/Jazz.
Shouldn’t it be cheaper since it is CKD? Why still remain almost same as the old price…?
current CT is also CKD. the price will be nearly the same.
Even Honda want to sell cheap also cannot-lah, the amount of tax is controlled by Gomen and it varies from manufacturer to manufacturer and also from model to model.
For average people, this car is good enough -Space, fuel, highway cruising only steering bit soft.
Great car. Puts the elantra n cerato to shame in terms of chassis and drivability
do you know elantra and cerato is what segment ? city is what segment ?
Exactly! Elantra and cerato C segment but drives worst than a B segment 2009 Honda City let alone this new one.
Go figure!
Obviously u are another liar like Sam Loo. Like what pakcik said, fo clinic, take medicine and go sleep.
Maserati…go and test drive both of the car u bashed and give a clean and unbiased review here then u will know where it belongs….if not dare u r just another sam loo shadow hard core basher
FYI , i test drove both Elantra n Cerato and both never came close to the joy of driving a Civic or even the current city model.
Heck, even a Waja drove better than the above 2.
Pakcik Sam family member, you mimpi lagi atau massih sakit? Tolong pergi ambil satu malaysia ubat dekat klinik, lepas itu tidur diam diam.
Kimchi D-Segment owners will ask used car dealers for a trade in on their 3rd grade vehicles as replacement. They will go for either sushi B or C segmen, coz thats all they can afford with 15month old Sonata going at RM70k trade in value
Hahahahahah, Sam liar still Sam liar in year 2014
AiYoYo, Elantra is much bigger and spacious than this City, You need to compare City with Vios, Almera or Hyundai Accent (if there is new model coming).
elantra/i30/cerato/ ceed are sold in north america/ europe mkt…this city is only sold in 3rd world countries like asean, india ….go figure, which is a world class product & why city is not sold in developed countries?
city > vios =)
Honda is not working hard on the styling both interior and exterior for 2014 City!
Thats the time.
The ugly junk vios and almera can bungkus now!!
no u re wrong.. the one who only can bungkus is vios….
almera still has its own fans due to cheaper price and spacious cabin in its class….but between vios and city,,,,city is better…vios is a totally junk..
Wah…so fast. To find the truth, it is easy. Ask Honda dealer is there any more current City stock. Is there is no or only limited unit, then yes the new city is on the production line already.
Now,if Honda could price their City competitively loaded with features, I’m sure it could overtake the Vios and Almera sales which offer kosong specs.
My vote is they would follow the City specs in Thailand here, since there are expected 4 variants, I’d assume the S MT, V AT, V+ (with the 6 airbags) AT, and the SV+ AT (also with 6 airbags, and the touch screen nav and climatronic).
The S MT can help reduce the base price, and also give the Vios J MT a run for the money, cause the Vios J MT is the only manual Japanese car below the 100k mark.
Or it could be that they keep only 3 variants, and drop the Manual City.
Either way, Honda better be smart, Vios is not well equipped for the price.
Any ideas if the hybrid will come?
Almera manual e spec rm66k and mitsubishi attrage manual price rm61k for gL spec..much more affordable compared to vios j manual rm74k
Oh yea forgot the Almera MT. Attrage is smaller than a Vios/Almera I think. And most likely the Honda will get superior safety too…
VSA for 2 variant only…while all variant use rear drum brake..confirmed! true story
city baru tak cantik pon..vios baru pon tak cantik almera tak cantik..keta segment B skrg mmg design tak cantik ka?
Ok I understand you want to say your kancil is cantik right?
Lolololololololol
dont expect too much lor,2 variant only both come with vsa, dual airbag, no touchscreen, no climate control, and still better than vios, reliable enough than cerato
longer than almera? i’m eagerly looking for this in solid, almera is too long in its segment, and this is even longer…i’m really wants to see how city looks like
Back to CVT??!!! Is service interval still every 3 months? I’m gonna look elsewhere
Wondering… 100% same 7 Speeds CVT Gearbox or totally brand new gear box? Anyone know bout this? TQ.
Yeah, still remember the old dugong’s city CVT problems….lots of -ve feedback which prompt honda to revert back to normal torque converter gb for the prev City…now back to CVT?…btw, future jazz will be available wt DCT (honda’s term on twin clutch GB ala VW’s DSG)….guess, msian are bttr off wt a cvt due to our heavy traffic jams, DCT will be jerky in stop starts traffic
The price is more or less expected but I am more concearn of the spec. I am very certain of VSC available in all models but Honda Malaysia has never been promising with their airbags offering considering that in Thailand the Accord gets 6 airbags while Malaysia….it was depleted.
although not much different in-term of exterior design compare to current model, looks like have much changes, stop button, air-con switch, inside temp, indicator and etc. i think have a quite attractive feature to compete. uses of current engine is good enough but if have hybrid version is much better.
the price of new City is still unchanged I think… hmm, good move or bad?!
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This car could be the best value for money in the B segment judging from the specs.VW Malaysia must be scratching their heads now given the downgraded specs of the CKD Polo Sedan..
If honda smarten up, then give 6x airbags, vsa, all three-point seat belts etc safety features. And I hope buyers will buy the seller not just the product. Safety features shd not come in a premium, it shd be made standard.
There will be 4 variants of the new City. The lowest grade will be priced the same as Almera.
Welcome back rubber band gearbox! Good news coz more fc saving. Bad news is still same old engine la.. time to TC it la Honda.
HM already screwed up the City RV when they gave 8k discount selling current City since end last year. In used car market, the starting price for 2nd hand City dropped > 10k alone due to this. Selling the new City at original price can no longer revert the screwed up RV.
HM should start selling the new car at current discounted price, say 82k for the highest spec. In terms of overall package, HM still suck anyway. At this car segment, the final verdict will be on personal preference since all cars in this segment looks bland.
Dugong also had 7k discount last year…
No sunroof? :o
Dari belakang nampak macam Preve kan? Honda dah tiru design Preve nampaknya…
we want diesel varian.. 26 km/l
idtec with its strong 200nm of torque!!!
Is the new city build in China ?
Does city still required 3 month service(5k mileage service??). It was very bad. Vios can last for 6 month service. I think it will be part of the consideration to choose the car.
Hope not the same 100% from Previous CVT 7 Speeds Gearbox !!!