KIA Stonic vs. Honda City | 1-1 Comparison After Price Cut

KIA, a South Korean car manufacturer, recently dropped the pricing of its Stonic EX+ by 1.5 million PKR as a goodwill gesture of customer care and to boost sales. Previously, Stonic shared its price category with the Corolla 1.6X.

Surprisingly, now, after the price reduction, if you’re going to buy City’s base variant lineup, you also have a choice of the KIA Stonic EX+.

So, which car is now the best value for the money? We’ll compare their specs and reviews, and you’ll decide which one sounds good to you.

We’re using the Honda City 1.2 CVT and KIA Stonic EX+, as they both fall within the same price range.

• Honda City 1.2 CVT: PKR 4,689,000
• KIA Stonic EX+: PKR 4,767,000

Our POV on Both Cars

KIA Stonic is a combination of two words: “Stylish” and “Iconic.” This crossover is somewhat of a mashup of an SUV and a hatchback in a very compact design style. It seems like a generation upgrade of the Suzuki Swift with a more glamorous and better-looking interior, a bigger engine, a bit more ground clearance and length, and tougher styling for SUV taste. In our POV, especially after the price reduction, Stonic will now become irresistible to people who once drove little local and JDM hatchbacks. Also, while talking with the salesperson of KIA, we were impressed with its hi-tech features, and now under 4.7 million, it does make sense to buy!

Coming to the Honda City, it is a very simple sedan, especially, in the base variant; you don’t get anything fancy or hi-tech like Stonic. The only thing we like about City compared to Stonic is the boot space, so you can tell everyone that you now have a “diggi wali gari.” Styling-wise and interior-wise, Stonic is a much better model with a lot of hi-tech goodies and a hell-lot of safety features that even City’s Aspire variant doesn’t offer. But again, if you’re buying a car only for the family and you need a lot of boot space and don’t care about features, safety, and design, City can be a good option.

Exterior

Here we’ll do 1-1 comparison of both cars:

• City has 15” steel wheels, while Stonic has 16” alloy wheels
• City doesn’t come with fog lights, while Stonic comes with fog lights
• Even Stonic has a sunroof, but City has a plain roof
• Stonic offers adjustable headlights, while City doesn’t
• Even Stonic has a spoiler with a brake lamp mounted on it, but City has a simple brake lamp behind the back mirror without a spoiler
• Stonic also comes with parking sensors
• Stonic offers LED headlamps with LED DRLs, while City comes with halogen lamps and LED DRLs.

Interior 

Interior highlights of the Stonic:

• An eye-appealing and good-looking dual-tone piano black interior with yellow accents on the dashboard, center console, and on seat stitching, this yellow tone looks really nice, though.
• 6 SRS airbags, 2 on front, 2 on B pillars, and 2 side curtain airbags
• Dual-zone climate control
• 8” infotainment with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay
• Sunroof
• Cruise control
• Multimedia steering
• TPRS
• Auto light control sensors
• 6 speakers with tweeters
• Front and back USB ports for phone charging
• Push start
• Rear camera for parking assistance with parking sensors
• Overhead sunglasses cover

Honda City interior highlights:

• Multimedia steering 
• 7” infotainment with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay
• Front and rear power outlet
• Tilt and telescopic steering

We’ve only covered the highlights and not those basic things like center console, power steering, MID display and power windows, it’s not fancy when the price tag is round about to 5 million.

Under the Bonnet

KIA Stonic highlights:

KIA Stonic comes with 1.4L (basically 1,368cc to save tax)  multi-point injection technology mated with a 6-speed automatic that produces over 99 HP of power at 6K RPM and 133 Nm of torque at 4K RPM.

Honda City highlights:

Honda City uses a 1.2L (basically 1,199cc to save tax) MPI engine mated with a 5-speed CVT that produces 88 HP of power at 6,000 and 110 Nm of torque at 4,800 RPM.

Overall, power-wise, Honda City might feel underpowered, but the KIA Stonic’s power-to-weight ratio is well-balanced, and the Stonic also has better road grip.