Join BIMS 2024, Honda Showcases City Hatchback Facelift With Hybrid Technology

Interior Honda City Hatchback RS e: HEV Facelift. (Doc. Honda Thailand)

JAKARTA - The 2024 Bangkok International Motor Show (BIMS) will start March 27 to April 7. The largest automotive exhibition in Thailand will be used by a number of brands to display its superior vehicles.

One of the manufacturers participating in this event was Honda by featuring the facelift version of the City Hatchback. This model features a number of the latest changes and equipment.

Reporting from Paultan, Tuesday, March 26, the facelift version of City Hatchback has changed the external part in the form of a thinner chrome blades on the top edge of the grip. The front bumper is also redesigned by having different accents on the variants of the hospital and non-RS.

While on the back, the non-RS type will get the latest black screen on the lower apron complete with a strip panel of body color. Meanwhile, the RS variant gets a more sporty diffuser and a black side mirror cover and a special RS emblem.

All variants get the Honda Sensing system as a standard, consisting of the Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS), Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS), Road Departure Mitigation System with Lane Departure Warning (RDM with LDW), Auto High-Beam (AHB), Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), and Lead Car Departure Notification System (LCDN).

The facelift version of City Hatchback comes in five variants, three of which will be equipped with 1.0 liter 3-cylinder gasoline with a VTEC Turbo that produces 121 dk of power and 173 Nm of torque and in collaboration with CVT transmission.

Then, two other variants are hybrid or e:HEV equipped with Intelligent Multi-Mode System (i-MMD) technology with a 4-liter DOHC i-VTEC 1.5-cylinder torque of 97 dk and 127 Nm torque combined with a 107 dk electric motor and a 253 Nm torque powered by single acceleration transmission.

Regarding prices, the Honda City Hatchback facelift in Thailand is priced from 599,000 baht to the highest reaching 799,000 baht (equivalent to Rp259.8 million to Rp346.6 million).