carandbike Awards 2021: Honda City Wins Compact Sedan Of The Year

The seventh-generation Honda City, sold as the fifth-gen model in India, has won the 2021 CNB Compact Sedan of the Year award. Given the fact that the City was the only new-gen or all-new compact sedan to be launched in India in the calendar year of 2020, the car managed to bag the title this year unopposed. The Honda City has set several benchmarks in the compact sedan space in India over the years, and with the 2021 CNB Compact Sedan of the Year award in its kitty, the iconic moniker has set a new one yet again.

The new-generation Honda City sedan comes in three trim options - V, VX, and ZX

The new-gen Honda City comes with a pair of BS6 compliant petrol and diesel engine options. The former is a 1.5-litre i-VTEC DOHC engine tuned to make 118 bhp and 145 Nm of peak torque, while the oil burner, a 1.5-litre i-DTEC unit, offers 99 bhp and 200 Nm of peak torque. Both come with a 6-speed manual gearbox, however, the petrol option also gets the optional CVT automatic transmission.

Honda Cars India offers the new City sedan in three trim options - V, VX, and ZX, and while the petrol versions of the three variants also get an optional CVT automatic version, the diesel, variants, is manual-only. Currently, the car is priced at Rs 11 lakh to Rs. 14.65 lakh for the petrol variants and Rs. 12.45 lakh to Rs. 14.85 lakh for the diesel variants (all ex-showroom Delhi).