Honda entered the Indian market back in 1998 with their sedan, City, which received immense love from the people, and that day the sedan made a room in the heart of the people and a massive chunk from the sedan market which only increased over the years. So, what do Honda cars offer that they have earned so many fans in the country?
Also Read: 8 Features We Find Missing In The Honda City
The initial slogan at Honda was “You meet the nicest people on a Honda”, and we have seen people like Jeff Bezos driving one in an interview that went on the internet a while ago. In addition to that, Mark Zuckerberg also was one of the famous owners of the Honda Acura.
Honda then changed this slogan to “the power of dreams”, which suits very well as Honda cars handle like a dream.
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V-Tec Engines
Introduced back in 1989, VTEC stands for Variable Timing & Lift Electronic Control; this system caters to every performance requirement of the user with excellent fuel efficiency.
Since 1989, Honda has introduced and updated their VTEC engines so that the car dances at the user’s fingertips with outstanding driving dynamics and adds fuel efficiency, which is vital in India and the rising fuel prices.
Besides the most fuel-efficient petrol engine, Honda also gifted the Indian market with the i-DTEC machine. This innovative diesel engine was a little ahead of its time in 2013; being the lightest diesel element, it packs power & fuel efficiency in a refined manner.
The Indian Honda’s get i-VTEC, which caters more towards the fuel efficiency & with the two camshaft profiles, the power delivered adds a tiny sporty element to the car.
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Impeccable Reliability
Honda cars are built to last! We can still see early 1st & 2nd generation City on the roads running well. We have seen many Honda Citys passing to the younger generation as their first cars in our country.
Quality is the topmost concern at Honda due to which Honda cars have an endless running period, unlike their competition which starts to fade. Honda has built a massive audience on customer satisfaction & reliability; machines do age over the years but not if you have a Honda!
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Features & Safety
When it comes to technology, only two names come to mind: Japanese & German. We are all familiar with German technology, which comes with a price, but the Japanese tech, on the other hand, is affordable & reliable.
Considering the most loved sedan with the latest launch, Honda City 2020. Honda says, “The advanced Honda Connect platform has been developed keeping in mind
customer’s hyperactive lifestyle and their growing interaction with advanced technology, offering instant and seamless communication between the customer, car, his family and Honda”.Honda action on google offers ten features that can be accessed & enabled through google assistant enabled android devices, google nested speakers, and more.
The user can access these features with the text-based command performance of google; it also supports iOS devices. Some newly introduced features include fuel log analysis, valet alert, maintenance cost analysis.
Safety is essential and cannot be ignored, but when you have Honda, you are safe as most cars have a 4-5 star NCAP test rating. Indian buyers have now started considering safety as an essential aspect while buying cars, and Honda pays full attention and efforts to make every car safe.
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Potential & Resale Value
Honda cars pack immense potential, which can be utilized with some modifications and engine tunings. The modified vehicles we see around are mostly Honda Citys or Honda Civics which appeal even more both looks & performance-wise after some tweaks.
Indian buyers usually consider the fuel efficiency & resale value while buying a car, and Honda checks both the boxes. Well-maintained Honda cars can offer up to 60-70% of the original value, and even when the time is not correct, it will go for 50% as a minimum. Honda cars have a huge resale market due to their high reliability.
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Diverse Line-Up Of Cars
We all know the sedan trend Honda set with their City & Civic. Still, apart from being the sedan emperor, Honda caters everything from sporty hatchbacks like Jazz and compact SUVs like the WR-V, compact sedans like Amaze and the previously sold Brio, CR-V.
Was hoping to read something of an insight…no value add, pathetic article!
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Looks like a sponsored article. It may have been a decade or two ago. But they aren’t so unique or special anymore. Honda always gave India a step motherly treatment and the product mix so spartan, even the so called snobbish VW n Skoda are having more products.
Hi Kaushik
We don’t publish any sponsored articles on the blog as of now. We might not share the same views but what both of us know is that Honda is awesome and it will continue to be!
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We all support make in India & Tata is a significant part of the future of the Indian automobile industry.
Well said, honda city is really one of the most amazing car and way better and affordable than VW and skoda
That is true, Honda City is one the most amazing sedans with a huge number of fans.
🙂 exactly my first thoughts after going through this article. Whether you agree or not, it definitely looks like a sponsored article.
As mentioned previously, we don’t publish any sponsored articles. Our views might differ here but, we both know how amazing the Honda City is.
There should be more suv range of vehicles
Even if the article is sponsored, cannot disagree with whatever mentioned here.
But apart from city, Honda doesn’t have a competitive car in India