Honda Cars India on Monday unveiled the all-new fourth generation City to be launched in January.

The world’s first glimpse of the car also marked the introduction of the 1.5L i-DTEC diesel engine to be fitted in the new City. The new car will also be available with a 1.5L i-VTEC petrol engine.

Pre-launch bookings of the model have begun across the country, the company said.

“The Honda City is currently sold in 55 countries. With the fourth generation City, we aim to raise its popularity further and make it a significant future model in Honda’s global portfolio, which will be available in many more countries,” Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Managing Officer, Honda Motor Company, Asia and Oceania region told presspersons here.

Introduced in India in January 1998 (first generation), the City has 4.3 lakh customers across the country.

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