The fifth-generation Honda Metropolis facelift has lastly made its debut in India, the place it’s accessible with petrol and hybrid powertrains – the diesel choice supplied with the pre-facelift mannequin has been dropped. Costs for the brand new Metropolis begin at 1.149 million (11.49 lakh) rupees (RM62,273) and peak at 2.039 million (20.39 lakh) rupees (RM110,486).
When it comes to visible adjustments, the facelift introduces a slimmer chrome bar to accompany the grille, which itself will get a brand new honeycomb mesh insert. Additional down, the entrance bumper has been redesigned to include black trim linking the fog lamp sections to the decrease consumption.
Unchanged are the LED headlamps and facet profile, though the latter does profit from a brand new design for the alloy wheels. As for the rear, there’s an up to date bumper with a black diffuser-like ingredient, relocated reflectors and a small lip spoiler on the boot lid.
For India, there’s additionally a brand new Obsidian Blue Pearl paint color to select from, which is joined by Radiant Purple Metallic, Platinum White Pearl, Golden Brown Metallic, Meteoroid Gray Metallic and Lunar Silver Metallic.
Like the outside, the revisions on the within are minimal as effectively. The dashboard format and controls stay nearly unchanged, with a beige and black theme relevant to petrol variants, whereas ivory and black are for hybrid choices.
On that point out, Honda has added new variants to the line-up, together with the entry-level SV that’s joined by V, VX and ZX. The Metropolis Hybrid additionally positive aspects a extra inexpensive V trim stage as an alternative choice to the returning ZX spec.
Relying on the variant, accessible options embrace a 7-inch full color TFT instrument cluster show, an eight-inch touchscreen infotainment system (with wi-fi Android Auto and Apple CarPlay help), six airbags, rain-sensing wipers, ambient lighting, a wi-fi charger, eight audio system, computerized air-conditioning (with PM2.5 filter and rear vents), keyless entry and engine begin, an electrical sunroof, a handbook rear windscreen sunshade and tyre strain monitoring.
Driver help methods which are a part of the accessible Honda Sensing suite are autonomous emergency braking, lane preserve help, auto excessive beam, adaptive cruise management with low-speed comply with in addition to and lead automobile departure alert – the final two are new additions. Additionally on is Honda’s LaneWatch and a bunch of passive security methods.
As for powertrains, the earlier 1.5 litre i-DTEC turbodiesel has been eradicated, with the one pure inside combustion engine (ICE) being the returning 1.5 litre i-VTEC petrol unit with DOHC that serves up the identical 121 PS at 6,600 rpm and 145 Nm of torque at 4,300 rpm. For the SV variant, a six-speed handbook is the one transmission pairing, however all different petrol-only variants (V, VX and ZX) might be optioned with a CVT.
The Metropolis Hybrid options 1.5 litre Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder i-VTEC DOHC petrol engine with VTC making 98 PS and 127 Nm. This acts primarily as a generator by an accompanying electrical motor for the hybrid battery, which powers one other electrical motor mated to the wheels that’s rated at 109 PS and 253 Nm.
Whereas the ICE primarily acts as a generator, it may possibly additionally immediately drive the wheels by way of a lock-up clutch and digital steady variable transmission (e-CVT) at increased speeds when it’s extra environment friendly to take action – the full system output is 126 PS. The Metropolis Hybrid additionally comes with an digital parking brake and rear disc brakes as an alternative of the petrol-only variants’ normal handbrake and rear drums.
