NE BUSINESS BUREAU
NEW DELHI, JULY 10
Honda Cars India on Thursday launched the Civic BS6 diesel for an introductory price of Rs 20.75 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The new Honda Civic BS6 diesel is the automaker’s second important introduction of the month after the 2020 Honda WR-V. The company will now drive in the 2020 Honda City on July 15.
Commenting on the launch, Rajesh Goel, Senior Vice-President, and Director, Marketing and Sales, Honda Cars India Ltd said, “Honda is committed to bringing its latest and advanced environment-friendly technologies to the Indian market. With the introduction of BS-6 Diesel version of our iconic sedan Honda Civic, our entire sedan lineup will offer the choice of both Petrol and Diesel to cater to our esteemed customers. The Diesel Civic is available in Manual Transmission and will appeal to customers looking for sheer driving pleasure.”
The BS-6 compliant Diesel variant of Civic is powered by the 1.6L i-DTEC Diesel Turbo engine of Earth Dream Technology series offering the best combination of excellent fuel economy of 23.9 km/l and a maximum power of 120 PS@4000 rpm with a maximum torque of 300 Nm@2000 rpm. It has been mated to a 6-speed manual transmission.
The new Civic BS-6 Diesel will be available in VX and ZX grade.
Along with the BS-6 upgrade, the diesel Civic in VX grade also get additional Curtain Airbags and now both the Diesel grades in VX and ZX come with 6 Airbag as standard.
While the petrol variant of the Civic was BS 6 compliant since its launch in March of 2019, the compliance of the diesel engine with new emission norms would come as a relief for those who may want to opt for this version in the executive sedan segment.
