4. Honda cars India has now officially announced the
launch of the much anticipated Honda City Diesel[21] in
2014. This was revealed by president and CEO of Honda
Car India, Hirnori Kanayama in an exclusive media
interview. Reports suggest that City will get a complete
facelift in the year 2014 and it will be launched with
two engines, 1.5L i-VTEC and newly developed 1.5L i-
DTEC, the later also powers the newly launched Honda
Amaze.[22] Honda, unveiled the new City sedan for the
global markets and it will go on sale in January
2014.[23] The two main rivals of Honda City Diesel are
Volkswagen Vento and Hyundai Verna[24]
5. Exports of the City were only of naturally
aspirated hatchback and van versions. In
Europe it was renamed Honda Jazz, due to
Opel having the rights to the City name after
having used it on a hatchback version of the
Kadett C. It was marketed in Europe from
1982 to 1986, but was generally priced too
high to compete. The European Jazz was only
classified as a four-seater, and offered either
45 or 56 hp depending on fuel grade. The City
was also sold in Australia (in two seater 'van'
form, to circumvent Australian import
restrictions on passenger vehicles at the time)
and New Zealand (where it was locally
assembled).
