Vehicle
Honda City
The subcompact sedan that anchors Honda's range across Asia, the Middle East and Latin America — enormous fleets in exactly the markets Western code databases underserve.
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Generations
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Fifth generation 2008–2014
The global small saloon; conventional i-VTEC and a CVT on most markets.
- i-VTEC (badge, not an engine)
- L13 (L-series, 1.2–1.4)
- L15 1.5 L
- N16A (i-DTEC, 1.5 and 1.6) 1.6 L
- R-series
- Body styles
- Sedan
- Platform
- Honda Global Small
- Engines
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- 1.3 i-VTEC — L13Z1 · petrol
- 1.5 i-VTEC — petrol
- 1.8 — R18A · petrol
- 1.5 turbo — N15 · diesel
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 5-speed automatic · CVT
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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Sixth generation 2014–2020
Earth Dreams engines; a diesel in India at large volume.
- Body styles
- Sedan
- Platform
- Honda Global Small
- Engines
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- 1.5 i-VTEC — petrol
- 1.5 i-DTEC — N15A · diesel · India
- 1.5 i-DCD hybrid — hybrid · Japan, sold as Grace
- 1.2 — L12B · petrol · Pakistan
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · CVT · 7-speed dual-clutch
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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Seventh generation 2020–present
A two-motor hybrid joins in several markets, which is a different drivetrain rather than a variant.
- Body styles
- Sedan · Hatchback
- Platform
- Honda Global Small Car
- Engines
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- L15 1.5 — petrol · 89 kW (119 hp) · 145 Nm (107 lb-ft)
- 1.5 e:HEV — hybrid · 72 kW (97 hp) · 127 Nm (94 lb-ft) · two motors — the engine mostly drives a generator
- 1.0 turbo — P10A6 · petrol · Thailand
- 1.5 i-DTEC — N15 · diesel · India
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · CVT · e-CVT
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
Service information
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