Honda Malaysia is finally set to give the City RS e:HEV its market debut. The range-topping model of the fifth-gen sedan in the local line-up was formally introduced when the City made its local debut in October last year, but at point of launch it had been announced that it was due to go on sale in January.
That of course never happened, the delay in introducing the hybrid being put down to some issues with pricing. This has finally been resolved, and we understand that the RS is due to have its Malaysian market introduction tomorrow, when pricing for the car will also be announced. The RS will sit atop a four model City range that includes the S, E and V petrol variants.
The arrival of the variant was hinted at in the press announcement on the Honda Connect vehicle telematics system, which was launched earlier today. It was mentioned that the system is making its local debut on the City RS e:HEV from this month.
To recap, the RS e:HEV is powered by a intelligent multi-mode drive (i-MMD) powertrain. The hybrid system consists of a 98 PS/127 Nm 1.5 litre Atkinson-cycle i-VTEC four-cylinder engine, which does not power the car but functions mainly as a generator with the help of an integrated electric motor (which also acts as a starter).
A larger second motor, which churns out 109 PS and 253 Nm, provides propulsion. Because the electric motor mostly drives the car, the i-MMD system does away with a traditional gearbox, but the engine can provide direct drive at higher speeds using a lock-up clutch and a single-speed transmission, as it is more efficient than an electric motor at those speeds. More on the RS, including its price, when it is officially introduced.
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Impressive. 253Nm tork
All that torque is useless with 1spd tranny
One Motor or Two Motor hybrid?
Look like some of City bookings have cancelled
Honda spearheading the most brutal blockbuster EV launching ….and clean energy projek RM1.4bil Solar Park in Johor. Massive spillover effect for the state, with tens of thousands new jobs.
priced at RM100k++ ?
RM100k++ …. be smarter and get proton X50.
Very cute small sedan
That’s what makes our car market unattractive. Subjective evaluation on value. So how much bribe must car companies pay to get a good evaluation. Total rubbish.
Ativa got gr8 evaluation, so how much moar bribe did car company to get gr8 evaluation.
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Hi Anthony Lim, I read from somewhere the Honda Sensing that comes with this car doesn’t include the LSF to be used mainly in the traffic jam. Is this true?
To be honest, the only reason this thing would sell is because of the Torque. If you want to talk about appearance, I don’t think it looks good in the flesh.
Personally I feel that if a New Honda City drives past me, I may not even notice it.
Paying so muchoney for a (smallish) Honda, but ends up without even with a decent spare-tyre.
Just ask the car owners…and you’ll know the bbg hassle and costly problems…
saw a lot new honda city on the road comparing to x50
I’m actually kinda looking forward to this. There’s been some predictions that it’ll be around RM95k – a whole RM9k-ish more than the current top-specced NA City. But I wonder if they’ll try to use Honda Connect to justify pushing this into 6-digit territory.
Manual seat adjustment?
if this city rely on battery and electrical source the price should be cheaper from other variants as it get incentive from goverment
Only pure EV does not released CO carbon monoxide, NOX nitrogen oxide, hydrocarbons from exhaust….