Honda City CNG Prices announced

Honda Cars India has launched the City CNG in the Indian car market. The CNG-Petrol dual fuel version of the City sedan will be available only on the top end V MT variant. Honda will ship out CNG kit ready cars with all the necessary modifications to dealerships, who will install the CNG kits into the cars. The modifications that will be made at the factory level includes a modified 1.5 Liter i-VTEC naturally aspirated petrol engine, beefed up suspension to handle the additional weight of the CNG kit and a modified fuel filling inlet, which will have separate inlets for CNG and petrol.

 2012 Honda City C-Segment Sedan

Honda has priced the CNG kit at INR 50,200 and car buyers opting for the CNG equipped Honda City will have to pay the dealer extra money as installation charges. The installation charges haven’t yet been revealed by Honda. This effectively means that a car buyer option for the Honda City V-MT CNG will have to shell out about INR 9.44 lakhs, ex-showroom Delhi and also pay the dealer for the fitment of the CNG kit. The CNG powered Honda City’s engine will be mated to a five speed manual transmission. The addition of the CNG kit is expected to make the City sedan much cheaper to run than on petrol.

So, the CNG kit equipped Honda City is mainly targeted at buyers looking for low running costs. Honda will offer a 2 year/24,000 kilometer warranty on the CNG kit equipped Honda City, which is much lower than the regular warranty that the Japanese automaker offers on the petrol powered models. Also, Honda has introduced a new variant of the Honda City which comes with an “Interactive Intelligence” AVN system. Deconstructing this term for you, it essentially refers to a brand new infotainment system that select trim levels of the top end V-variant of the City gets.

2012 Honda City C-Segment Sedan

Here’s the complete list of new features that the City V-MT and V-AT with the AVN package get

Touch Screen infotainment system
* Audio Visual Satellite Navigation
* Bluetooth
* DVD player in addition to CD Player, USB/I-Pod/Aux-in connectivity
* Leather upholstery with Leather wrapped steering wheel and Leather wrapped Gear Shift Knob

The Honda City V-MT with only the leather trim is priced at INR 903,400
The V-MT model with the AVN system is priced at INR 9.72 lakhs.
The V-AT model with the AVN system is priced at INR 10.46 lakhs.
This effectively means that Honda is charging between INR 70,000 to 80,000 for the additional infotainment package. All prices reflect ex-showroom Delhi figures.