When I was purchasing my City back in September, the dealer asked me if I could wait for the Civic, since I was primarily looking at D-segment cars. Now that the Civic has come out, I am thinking about what I have possibly missed:
i) Looks - it certainly looks a segment above the City
ii) Practicality- not sure, I guess its even- in fact rear headroom seems lower than the City. Boot space (430 litres) is definitely lower than the City.
iii) Performance- again, 1.8 litre matched with CVT, vs 1.5 litres for the City. In terms of power/torque to weight ratio, its equal.
iv) Features: a couple more interesting ones like lane camera, AA/ACP support : but is it enough to justify the 7-8 lac?
v) Safety: 6 airbags for the top variants of both cars. ESP is an addition.
Net-Net, I don't think Honda City (ZX) owners are much worse off !