[blackasta]

Prices announced

Petrol

V cvt - 17,69,900
Vx cvt - 19,19,900
zx cvt - 20,99,900


Diesel

Vx MT - 20,49,000
Zx MT - 22,29,000

[SR-71]

Originally Posted by volkman10

Honda launches the 10th Gen. Civic at a starting price of ₹ 17.69.lakhs Pan-India

So what I heard from the dealer yesterday is indeed true, OTR Bangalore is between 22L and 29L. ZX (P) will cost about 26.4L OTR Bangalore & ZX (D) will cost about 28.4L OTR Bangalore. The petrol is only slightly expensive than the corolla but you get a much more modern car !

[tarik.arora]

City ZX CVT is priced at 14 lacs and Civic takes it to 21. A whooping 50% difference, pretty overpriced.

[Krishnan83]

Atrocious pricing for a model that will soon be replaced in the international market + the same old Vtec

[ashish2135]

The pricing seems way too much for what they are offering! Honda can't just expect it to be a success due to its heritage.
Octavia seems like a more VFM product as compared to this.

[nikipedia87]

Originally Posted by tarik.arora

City ZX CVT is priced at 14 lacs and Civic takes it to 21. A whooping 50% difference, pretty overpriced.

Agreed. The City V CVT (at under 15 lakh OTR B'lore) is suddenly beginning to look extremely value for money. It has pretty much everything that the V CVT of the Civic has. The power to weight and torque to weight ratios of the City and Civic are very similar too.

[daf23]

So, for all the bells and whistles, you will have to shell out 25 lacs, the base "v" will be bland and will not give any sense of luxury.

Same old engine, without a manual gearbox and that too at 25 lacs is way too much.

Sorry Honda, not impressed !

[AYP]

As expected, bad pricing from Honda. More so for the diesel variant. Even though the diesel variant lacks an automatic, it is still priced around 1.5L more than the equivalent petrol automatic which is truly atrocious. The Elantra looks so much more VFM now and has higher power output(both in diesel and petrol) and comparable features as well(unless you are aiming for the diesel manual).

Another concern which I have is that a segment which used to have a norm of 150Bhp diesels is now full of diesels which have power output in the 120s. Not to forget the Corolla with 87Bhp. It is only Skoda which has stayed true to the earlier norm. Even the petrols have more or less stayed the same, with similar engine capacities and power outputs from NA engines. This is definitely not good for a segment which is already dying. So tomorrow, if a manufacturer decides to launch a car in this segment, he is going to look at the Octavia as an exception and not the norm. This wasn't the case earlier and cars like the Elantra and Corolla were seen as the exceptions with the Jetta, Cruze and the Octavia leading the pack with their power and torque figures. How the times have changed.

[Aaron:)]

Pricing seems to be as per my expectations. They are gunning for the Corolla, while undercutting the Octavia by a decent margin. The diesel could've been priced a little lower though.

The petrol variants are very well priced. They know that the Octavia has an upper hand, so they have smartly positioned it against the Corolla. The base variant actually undercuts the Altis.

Overall, decent pricing from Honda. I wouldn't call it overpriced, but it's not VFM either.

[Redline6800]

I think this is pretty good pricing considering Honda's historic pricing blunders. The CRV's crash and burn must have had some impact here !

Considering all the features, the new Civic in VX Petrol or Diesel are my picks.

A 3 year old pre-worshipped car would make for a very tempting buy indeed.

Comparing the pricing of the el-cheapo current gen Honda City with the Civic would not present the true picture.

The Civic is built to far higher standards as is evidenced from the exterior fit and finish and interior quality. It will also be a big leap ahead in how it drives, handles and rides as compared to the City.

I would prefer to wait till the end of the year and see where the car settles in the market and there will be some likely discounts then.

I find the car to be pretty well specced in VX trim

• 16-inch Diamond cut alloy wheels
• 17.7-cm touchscreen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
• 17.7-cm TFT instrument cluster
• Steering mounted audio controls
• Keyless entry and go with Push button start
• Remote engine start – Petrol only
• Rear AC vents
• Dual front and front side airbags
• Vehicle Stability assist
• Hill start assist
• ABS with EBD
• Electronic parking brake
• Halogen projector headlamps
• LED daytime running lamps
• LED tail lamps
• Paddle shifters (Petrol only)
• Remote open/closing windows
• Electrically adjustable and folding wing mirrors
• Front and rear armrest
• Ivory leather upholstery
• 8-way power driver’s seat
Dual zone climate control
• Cruise control
• Auto dimming rear view mirror
• Power windows with auto up/down (all four)
• Auto-retractable wing mirrors
• Four tweeters
• Leather wrapped steering wheel
• Interior ambient lighting
• Reverse camera with multi-view
• USB and HDMI ports for front row

[ajmat]

Originally Posted by nikipedia87

Agreed. The City V CVT (at under 15 lakh OTR B'lore) is suddenly beginning to look extremely value for money. It has pretty much everything that the V CVT of the Civic has. The power to weight and torque to weight ratios of the City and Civic are very similar too.

There is a big difference between the build quality though

[zxcv444]

As usual, Honda has priced the car optimistically, especially the diesel which is unjustifiably overpriced. The petrol CVT (though not overpriced) makes the Elantra petrol MT look bargain in comparision. The Octavia 1.8 is clearly a superior package. The diesel is priced higher than the petrol Civic ( variant to variant) despite having no automatic transmission. The segment is not generating any significant sales and with this price, the Civic will find it hard to sell 200 units monthly.

If reviews are anything to go by, the car is better than the dated Corolla, on par with the Elantra and Octavia 1.4 but certainly not a benchmark.

The only advantage over Elantra and Octavia (diesel and 1.4) is independent rear suspension. Corolla will be replaced next year, till then Civic has to compete with a better priced Elantra and a justifiably higher priced Octavia, let alone cross-shopping from likes of City, Verna, Creta, Compass.

[chiro3110]

Watched the launch program a while ago. There is absolutely no doubt that the Skoda Octavia is still the best option in this segment. However, it's minuscule delivery/service network is also woeful. (Skoda has only 1 dealer in my state - WB). Elantra too has more features over the Civic.

That being said, my current car is a City Petrol, thus a soft spot surely is there for Honda. The coupe stance looks very appealing. Some features I would miss in Civic would be the memory seat, ventilated seat and rear power socket. The City's iVtech works good with the manual transmission, I never felt any shortage of power while overtaking something on the highway. Perhaps a manual offering on the 1.8 iVtech of the Civic might have been better.

[Redline6800]

Honda is back to its innovative ways.

In a diverse country like India - multi-lingual suspension is certainly the way forward

[rajshenoy]

Knowing Honda, this pricing was expected I guess. However top-end Elantra petrol AT is priced at Base V civic and that to me is called as VFM. While Honda is a Honda !!

My pick would be the Petrol VX. Pretty much has everything.