Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: Japanese carmaker Honda is likely to begin selling the diesel version of its popular selling 'City' sedan from January 7 next year as per media reports.
Honda unveiled the all new version of sedan 'City' in India in November this year and had scheduled a January launch but the date was not confirmed. The model will be available both in petrol and diesel variants in India. The price of the vehicle has not been officially confirmed as yet.
The diesel variant would have the recently launched 1.5 iDTEC diesel motor producing 100PS@3600rpm power and 200Nm@1750rpm max torque.
The car can reach100kmph in 12.8 seconds and boasts a mileage of 26 kilometre per litre.
Currently, Honda City comes with petrol engine only. The petrol variant of the new Honda City comes with the existing 1.5 litre iVTEC engine.
The company, which is present in the country through a wholly-owned subsidiary Honda Cars India, currently sells five models in the country, including the compact sedan Amaze and hatchback Brio.
The car maker is also looking to hike prices of its entire product range in the country from the first week of January as it aims to partially offset the effects of adverse exchange rate and inflation.
