2026 Honda City Facelift: What Each Variant Offers?

Honda has recently given the 5th-gen City sedan a much-needed facelift update, bringing subtle design changes and feature additions, making it a more well-rounded offering than before. With the refresh, the Hyundai Verna-rivalling sedan is now available in four variants: SV, V, ZX, and ZX+. Here’s a look at what is available in each variant: –

Honda City SV

Key Features: –

• Exterior: Auto-LED projector headlights with follow-me-home and lead-me-to-car functions, LED DRLs, black finish for the grille, OVRM-mounted turn indicators, body-coloured handles, shark fin antenna, and 15-inch steel wheels with cover.
• Interior: Black and beige cabin theme, semi-digital instrument cluster with 4.2-inch MID, fabric seats, halogen cabin lamps, boot lamp, gloss black accent on steering wheel, leather-wrapped gear lever, ambient lighting, and co-driver vanity mirror.
• Comfort & Convenience: Keyless entry, push button start/stop, automatic headlamps, Front centre armrest with storage, rear centre armrest with cupholders, USB charging ports, two type-C rear charging ports, auto up/down function for driver’s window, power adjustable & foldable side mirrors, auto AC with rear AC vents, PM 2.5 air filter, tilt & telescopic adjustment for steering wheel, and height-adjustable driver seat.
• Infotainment: 8-inch touchscreen infotainment with wired Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, steering-mounted audio & calling functions, 4-speakers.
• Safety: Six airbags, ABS with EBD, electronic stability control, hill start assist, tyre pressure monitoring system, ISOFIX child seat anchors, rear parking sensors with camera, and rear defogger.

Honda City V

Key Features (over SV variant): –

• Exterior: 15-inch silver-finished alloy wheels and gloss black centre moulding on bootlid.
• Interior: Chrome inside door handles.
• Comfort & Convenience: Paddle shifters (CVT).
• Infotainment: Connected car tech (telematics), Alexa connectivity and wireless support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
• Safety: Level-2 ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems).

Honda City ZX

Key Features (over V variant): –

• Exterior: Positioning lamp, 16-inch dual-tone alloy wheels, and blacked-out finish on vertical air inlets.
• Interior: Sunroof, leather seats, leather-wrapped steering wheel, gloss black finish for the AC vent surrounds, LED cabin lamps, co-driver side seatback pocket, and soft-touch material on the dashboard, centre console, front centre armrest, and door pads.
• Comfort & Convenience: Type-C front USB charging ports and rear windshield sunshade, wireless charger and auto-dimming IRVM.
• Infotainment: 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment and 4 tweeters.
• Safety: LaneWatch camera and rain-sensing wipers.

Honda City ZX+

Key Features (over ZX variant): –

• Exterior: Body coloured bootlip spoiler.
• Interior: 7-inch TFT display.
• Comfort & Convenience: Ventilated front seats, auto up/down function for all windows, power-folding ORVMs, auto engine start/stop (hybrid only), and 360-degree camera.
• Infotainment: 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment and 4 tweeters.
• Safety: Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (hybrid only), all-wheel disc brake (hybrid only), electronic parking brake with auto-hold (hybrid only).

Powertrain Details

The facelifted Honda City continues to get the same powertrain options as the previous version, specifications of which are mentioned below: –

Rivals

The 2026 Honda City locks horns with the Hyundai Verna, Skoda Slavia, and Volkswagen Virtus.