Honda City, BR-V, CR-V prices increased by up to Rs 90,000 post GST cess hike

Price increase was in line with the Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council's decision on September 9.

Honda Cars India has announced hike in the prices of popular models like City sedan and, BR-V and CR-V SUVs in line with the Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council's decision to increase cess on vehicles.

The council has fixed a cess of 2 percent on mid-sized cars, 5 percent on large cars and 7 percent on SUVs.

Listed below are new and old prices of Honda cars. All prices ex-showroom Delhi.

Delhi Prices wef 11th Sept'17			Old Price	New Price	Difference
City	Petrol	S MT	8,46,287	8,58,123	11,836
		SV MT	9,47,937	9,61,195	13,258
		V MT	9,92,897	9,99,900	7,003
		V CVT	11,43,418	11,59,411	15,993
		VX MT	11,54,169	11,70,312	16,143
		VX CVT	12,71,457	12,89,241	17,784
		ZX CVT	13,37,921	13,56,635	18,713
	Diesel	SV MT	10,68,857	10,83,808	14,951
		V MT	11,47,050	11,63,093	16,043
		VX MT	12,75,089	12,92,923	17,834
		ZX MT	13,43,508	13,62,300	18,791
BR-V	Petrol	E MT	8,93,050	9,05,540	12,490
		S MT	9,99,900	9,99,900	0
		V MT	11,08,726	11,24,233	15,507
		VX MT	12,00,378	12,17,168	16,790
		V CVT	12,15,004	12,31,998	16,994
	Diesel	E MT	9,99,900	9,99,900	0
		S MT	11,17,553	11,33,184	15,631
		V MT	12,01,892	12,18,702	16,810
		VX MT	13,04,270	13,22,512	18,242
CR-V	Petrol	2.0 RVI-I MT	21,53,676	22,28,980	75,304
		2.0 RVI-I AT	23,26,057	24,07,389	81,332
		2.4 RVSI-I AT	25,47,350	26,36,419	89,069

In the City sedan range, top-of-the-line ZX CVT petrol variant saw biggest hike at Rs 18,713, while the ZX MT Diesel trim becomes dearer by Rs 18,791. Honda BR-V's top-of-the-line automatic petrol trim witnessed an increase of Rs 16,994 while the Diesel VX manual trim is more expensive by Rs 18,242. Honda's flagship SUV, the CR-V, saw a hike of Rs 89,069.

Honda Cars India has been registering positive sales post GST implementation from July 1 that saw a slash in the prices of the City, BR-V and CR-V. Honda sold 17,085 vehicles in India in July 2017 against 14,033 units in the corresponding month last year-- a growth of 22 percent. In August 2017, domestic sales were 17,365 units against 13,941 units in August 2016-- a growth of 25 percent.

Source: Motoroids