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Honda City ZX VTec

Finally, its here. Honda has decided to grace Indian roads with the elusive Vtec on the city. A motor that was lost to the old version of the city, has now been reintroduced in the City ZX. There is a marked difference though, the fact that the new city is completely different when compared to its cousin. There aren't too many parallels one can draw between the two cars. The old city had turned into a legend; it was a much needed taste of power to the masses; the masses of course endorsed it with both hands. The old city though was scrapped in favor of the new city, with the IDSi engine, which although sent the sales figures out the roof, didn't really impress the fans of the old city. The power and the response of the old city was sacrificed in favor of pleasing the state exchequer. All seemed lost, we thought that such a car would never ever grace Indian roads again, never. Then came the city VTEc, which was essentially the iDSI engine that was fitted with the Vtec head. 100 Honda horses, the return of the king.

DESIGN

The styling of the City ZX vtec doesn't differ at all from the Idsi model. On the outside, save for the addition of the new rear fog lamp, both the cars are exactly the same. The insides to get some treatment to show the fact that this is the most expensive City you can buy. The changes include chrome buttons for the HVAC vents, chrome replacing the wooden inserts in and around the dashboard and a 2 din MP3 and cassette player. The most distinguishing feature though is that small badge below the rear right tail light and it says Vtec. The relationship between the c-pillar and the boot of the city was rather odd in the outgoing model and seemed to make the city look rather different, this has been worked on and now the lines flow a lot smoother. A new look bumper and tail lights make the rear end of the car look far more desirable. Thanks to the new bumper, boot space which was always very good is further increased (from 490 to 500liters). I think thats big enough for an extended trip away from the citys' playground.

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