Here’s a surprise! Honda Malaysia has posted a teaser on its social media, and it’s for the Honda City Hatchback. No shady disguise this time – the new model is fully shown. The caption HM used on FB reads “Move aside. Y? Because This. Is. It”. Toyota used “Life needs a Y” for the Yaris launch – go figure.
UPDATE: The City Hatchback is now open for booking in Malaysia – details here
In case you didn’t realise, the latest fifth-generation City has a five-door hatchback sibling, which is effectively the replacement for the third-gen Jazz in our region. This B-segment hatchback is expected to have the same powertrains as the City sedan, and will go head-to-head with the Toyota Yaris, which is of course the hatchback sister of the Vios.
The City Hatchback made its world debut in Thailand late last year. There, the City sedan and hatch are Thai eco cars with a 1.0 litre three-cylinder turbo engine (122 PS/173 Nm) paired to a CVT. An e:HEV RS hybrid joined the Thai hatch range in June this year, with the Intelligent Multi-Mode Drive (i-MMD) hybrid system and sporty RS looks, just like our City e:HEV RS.
Over in Indonesia, the City Hatchback was launched in March this year, in sole RS form. But unlike in Thailand, the model does not have to do eco duties (Brio is Honda’s LCGC offering there) and therefore comes with a 1.5 litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder engine that makes 121 PS/145 Nm. This DOHC i-VTEC unit is our City’s engine, but Indonesians get an extra six-speed manual option on top of the CVT.
The teaser above shows the City Hatchback in RS trim and with an e:HEV badge on the boot, so we know for sure that there will be a hybrid City Hatchback. Our guess is that Malaysia will also be getting the new model with the 1.5L NA engine and CVT, as per the non-hybrid City sedan.
The City Hatchback is essentially the sedan without a boot. At 4,345 mm long (4,349 mm with RS bumpers), it’s 208 mm shorter than the sedan, while the 1,488 mm height is up 21 mm. No difference in width and wheelbase, which remain at 1,748 mm and 2,589 mm respectively. Compared to the outgoing Jazz, the City Hatch is longer and wider, but less tall. The Jazz’s wheelbase is 59 mm shorter.
Click on the links above to check out the what our Thai and Indonesian friends get. What do you think of the new City Hatchback?
GALLERY: Honda City Hatchback RS, Indonesia spec
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(Like) Iriz
(Dislike) City Hatch
You got nothing better to do than comparing this car with that car? After all, this is just a pic of the new car coming and nothing more to it than the basic info. So what to compare now. I noticed thee is another person who likes to do that whatever something new is posted here.
Datuk Indo,the like /dislike dude is a hardcore/diehard protong loyalist.
He will get dinasaur to attack you if you say Protong is Jurassic.
What’s wrong, this about b segment. Cannot meh?
Who care if he’s the same person with new entry or an imitator who follow senior footstep. Perception of believing highest poll are better = delusion. Whichever model/brand get the top pick = pointless as nobody will take this seriously. Netizen will juz LoL and treat it like a desperate 5sec commercial.
An evolvement from a norm newbie to becoming impatience for like and vengeance on dislike.
Normally a hypersensitive person won’t easily take criticism, expecting an oddly high dislike votes on you coming from him.
No one did first. Except for Lee yin, honda navy, she is the first for pressing numbers dislike votes when someone say good while press numbers of like votes when someone don’t like, since corolla cross japan article on 10 sept. She is a real champion and like to win by trying annoying readers and attacking other brands in day and night.
No mate, greenvote for ashes and redvote for you are not from proton side.that Kaki’s hid their presence very well
Dude, you are wrong. Ashes didn’t press numbers of likevotes and dislike votes. Do you know what Lee yin had done wrong since corolla cross japan article last month on 10th sept? Lee yin, honda navy, always unhappy and obsessed for attacking other brands in day and night and always never respected peoples opinion.
Honda likes to compare their cars to other cars, but Honda fans get triggered when Honda gets compared to Proton. Go figure..
P1 cvt is better. Service and riding is tiptop. Sorry to honda fans here, I drove jazz gm5 but already sold, it is too scared. Time for quality to improve.
If jazz is so bad and unreliable then why the resale value is so strong? Even Vios is no match.
(Like) City Hatch
(Dislike) Iriz activ with ugly black claddings
Good car but poor service center.
Saw this phenomenal number of trail votes before!
Toyota butthurt grp is here, but imposing as P1 fan, even the JohnGagal trollbait “Iriz with UGLY black clads” also you goon clicks 49x on it, a tell tales you’re not from P1.
Obviously Toyota loons = lowest scum of loser.
The true P1 fan won’t sold their soul like that. Confident is high on Iriz sales, they hate the comparison on P1 and other brand review too, they just stays cool, no need to sabotage other brand reps. Only clueless, desperatic grp did this.Toyolol feel intimidated by the Honda hatch which isnt here yet.
Everyone wasn’t fault. Sorry to all of you. You need to understand what happen. There is only one person named as Lee yin, honda navy. Lee yin must take her responsible for press numbers of likevotes and dislike votes since corolla cross japan article last month? Time for her to admit that she is her fault for annoying to those readers, can’t accept peoples opinion, trying to pull down sales and why Lee yin still have to attack other brands and perodua.
Agree
Support! Be proud of our nation
Look like A class?
Dreaming power
Same brother as City but still don’t really quite interior
Still liken with Jazz
Why not bring jazz in. Jazz is beautiful
Honda City HB, sleek n powerful. Merecikk abes
Actually city and jazz both use the same platform and power train.. And believe many many other parts are are also identical. So city hatchback is very much a jazz except for its appeal. So economically it makes sense to stop the jazz
City and Jazz shares nothing. The new Jazz/Fit is purely a JDM car now and its place in SEA is taken by this new City hatch. But it is a variant of City sedan meant for rest of Asia only.
The honda version of suprima.
looks very 2005
Later, Toyota Malaysia will sue Honda since they talk bad about Camry and show Toyota logo to the public
look weird like the current City sedan
Keep on promoting videos for teasing here, there and attack yaris but no use when aftersales service is bad.
You got nothing better to do than comparing this car with that car? After all, this is just a pic of the new car coming and nothing more to it than the basic info. So what to compare now. I noticed thee is another person who likes to do that whatever something new is posted here.
why honda malaysia don’t bring the new jazz/fit? not enough ahbeng or rempit look?
Unfortunately the new Jazz is too high tech, so much so that the price will be too costly if they ever bring it here, so if they do… they won’t be able to compete with Yaris and other hatchbacks within the RM70-90k price range.
Bring in the 6-speed manual please!
Myvi is the King!
mark my word, somebody will do something on rear light to be look like A class.
City Sedan rear = G20
City HB rear = A Class
I say it looks more like the current F40 BMW 1 Series.
Love jazz
The fact that they didn’t even bother to bring the 1.0L turbo for the City sedan at the first place is quite surprising. At least put it on the V variants just so that people could get a lower tax on the higher trim. Also, the GR Jazz looks way better than City hatchback.
honda 1series, but still lose Myvi
Bring back Jazz, not this one.
City sedan copied 3 Series. City hatchback copied bmw hatchback
Sure got quality problems like City
Biasa biasa saja ini Honda
6MT pls…
The rear looks strangely like Mitsu ASX
Honda City (Suprima edition)