Honda has taken a very calculated move.
i-VTEC Civic starts at 13.3 lacs and there is NO EXi.
SO the middle gap is filled by 1.5 City Steermatic.
People who can't afford a civic yet love anything with an "H" will be seen around roaming in smaller car.
How pathetic. Its the Atlas Honda that deserves to be interrogated here.
@hsnmz:
"But if you look at the price of Altis, where you are just getting an ENGINE for 1.32 million and nothing else then I think Civic is priced very rightly. "
Baseline Altis costs around 12 lacs and has Airbag, In Dash CD player, and hence the luxury and safety.
Baseline Civic costs 13.3 lacs and does not have even a single Airbag, let alone Honda brags about safety with its G-CON. Something which almost every manufacturer has. Even santro has its crumple zones defined. No CD player, etc.
Now you do the math and i think its the civic that just has an engine and a chassy.