On February 9, 2024, Honda officially introduced the upgraded version of the City Hatchback in the Thai market. This is a popular B-segment urban hatchback in the Land of Smiles.
Honda City Hatchback 2024 makes its debut, putting pressure on Mazda2 and Toyota Yaris
In the new version, the Honda City Hatchback has a sportier design. Specifically, it features a new grille with a wave-like mesh design. Even the size of the grille has been improved compared to before.
A close look at the new front of the Honda City Hatchback 2024
In addition, it features new front and rear bumpers with LED fog lights on the high-end RS variant. Another highlight of this B-segment hatchback is the alloy wheels with a diameter of 15 inches for the base version and 16 inches for the RS variant.
The Honda City Hatchback 2024 RS variant comes with new front LED fog lights
15-inch alloy wheels…
… and 16-inch wheels of the car
The RS variant of the Honda City Hatchback 2024 will have a sportier front/rear bumper, front fog light cavity, and sportier rear wing. In addition, it will have alloy wheels, black-painted cross-bar garnish, and black-painted door mirrors. The “RS” logo will still be present on the front grille and rear trunk lid as the identifying feature.
Front grille of the Honda City Hatchback 2024 RS variant
The RS variant has a sportier front/rear bumper
Another change in the exterior is the new Brilliant Sporty Blue paint color for the premium variants. This color is paired with a contrasting black roof.
New blue color for the Honda City Hatchback 2024
The remaining features such as LED headlights, integrated LED daytime running lights, automatic on/off headlights, LED taillights, body-colored door handles, shark fin antenna, and electrically adjustable/foldable mirrors with turn signal lights are still retained.
Inside the car, the Honda City Hatchback 2024 is equipped with some new features such as leather seats in the RS variant instead of fabric seats with red stitching as before. The rear seats can be folded 60:40 and can be arranged in 4 modes, including Utility Mode, Long Mode, Tall Mode, and Refresh Mode, to increase interior flexibility.
Interior of the Honda City Hatchback 2024 RS variant
Interior of the lower variant
Rear seats of the Honda City Hatchback 2024 can be folded in 4 modes
Next is the 8-inch touch screen with higher resolution and support for wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto. Behind the steering wheel is an analog instrument cluster with a 4.2-inch TFT color screen, while the rear seat has 2 new USB Type C ports.
Honda City Hatchback 2024 features an 8-inch touch screen…
… and 2 USB Type C ports at the rear
Significantly, the Honda City Hatchback 2024 is equipped with the standard Honda Sensing active safety package in all variants. This package includes features such as collision mitigation braking, lane keeping assist with lane departure warning, road departure mitigation, adaptive cruise control with low-speed follow. The car also features a new feature that warns when a vehicle in front starts moving.
In addition, the car also has other safety features such as Honda LaneWatch blind-spot monitoring system, multi-angle rearview camera, electronic parking brake, auto brake hold, 6 airbags, and auto door lock when the key is out of the sensor area.
Standard version of the Honda City Hatchback 2024
Unfortunately, the engines of the Honda City Hatchback 2024 in the Thai market remain unchanged. First is the 3-cylinder, turbocharged, 1.0L gasoline engine, producing a maximum power of 122 hp and a peak torque of 173 Nm. The average fuel consumption of this engine is 23.3 km/L (about 4.29 L/100 km).
Second is the e:HEV hybrid powertrain with a 1.5L Atkinson Cycle 4-cylinder gasoline engine, producing a maximum power of 98 hp and a peak torque of 127 Nm. This engine is combined with a strong electric motor of 109 hp and 253 Nm. Additionally, the gasoline engine integrates another electric motor that acts as a generator and starter.
The hybrid version of the car has an average fuel consumption of 27.8 km/L (about 3.59 L/100 km). Moreover, the hybrid variant has 3 driving modes: EV Drive, Hybrid Drive, and Engine Drive.
In the Thai market, the Honda City Hatchback 2024 is available in 5 variants with prices ranging from 599,000 to 799,000 Baht (approximately 407 – 543 million VND).
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