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For the City AT, Honda have ditched their conventional torque-converter transmission for a CVT unit. Before you start to think about the endless engine drone and rubberband effect, there is a silver lining here. Unlike other CVTs (such as the Scala/Sunny CVT), the City gets paddle shifters with 7 speeds.
[Note: Since this is a CVT, the transmission has seven stepped ratios. Gears as such are non existent in a CVT.]
What this means is that you can avoid the rubberband effect by simply pulling a paddle behind the steering wheel. The paddles work so well that I was driving in 7th at 70 km/h. And then there’s the added advantage of cruising in the highway in seventh gear.
In the normal ‘D’ mode, the engine revs to about 5,000 rpm each time you put your foot flat down. Then on, it takes a while until the speed of the car reaches the speed of the engine. This is perhaps the downside of the Nissan X-Tronic CVT found in the Scala and Sunny, as it takes an endless amount of time until you actually get going. Honda on the other hand have done a rather remarkable job in masking this rubberband effect, and even without the paddle shifters, the City CVT feels quick.
Manual:
By now, you would have known that the new City petrol outputs 119 PS and 145 Nm of torque. While that may seem like a minor improvement of 1 PS and 1 Nm, there is no denying that it makes a small difference while driving the car.
The new City feels a bit more willing to rev than the older model. Though redlined at 6,500 rpm, the engine will comfortably rev past that to 7,000 rpm. To put that into perspective, the new City hits an indicated 100 km/h…in second gear! To put that into even larger perspective, even the Skoda Laura 1.8 TSI managed only 105 km/h in second.
Ride & handling :
The petrol variants of the City are lighter than the diesel model by about 100 kg. While steering the car, you have a feeling that the petrols are more nimbler and react quicker to a quick change in direction compared to their diesel sibling. Ride continues to be on the stiff side though.
Fuel Efficiency:
The City petrol MT claims 17.8 km/l, while the petrol CVT has a claimed 18 km/l. While driving the petrol MT flat out (like how it should be driven), we saw an average of 10 km/l. The CVT’s figure was in the region of 12 km/l.
Last edited by amfibi on Sun Apr 20, 2014 13:13, edited 1 time in total.
menurut ane tampilan depan plain, belakang lumayan bagus ga kaku kaya model sebelumnya yg kelihatan nungging banget imho, bakal laris manis seandainya harganya lebih wajar untuk sebuah mini sedan. wih serius 300jt++, John peace udah ga main sunat fitur lagi tapi making the already overpriced car more overpriced : ckckck jonpis, jonpis tobatlah kau jonpis
Harga mahal , sunatan masal .... jonpis disuruh tobat
Nyunatnya udah gak kebangeten , harganya lebih mahal lagi ..... jonpis disuruh tobat lagi .....
hahaha kasian ya . Gak bisa mbayangin harga vezel dah ( 1500cc >320jt ) .
Kalau gini opsi beli mobil bagus tp harga miring oke ya . 280jt sptnya juga masih dapat mazda6 2010-an yak . tinggal direkon dikit udah jauh lebih cakep dari city anyar.