well,im a honda city fan.nd let me clear this all to u.belta is a really nice car.its the same class as the city.its elegent,its loaded wid alot of luxuries,its safe,its economical etc etc.i hav been in one n drive too.the ride is really smooth,very soothing experience.the one i checked out was wid a full screen dvd player,4 wheel drive air bags n lots of other stuff.
but i wud rather ask u not to compare the two.city is local,belta is jdm.even a jdm alto is better then local city corolla etc cars.jdm cars r alot more reliable,they r very very safe n mostly worth the money.i dnt know y,but the belta was priced insanely.the one i drove,was bought for 970k.n it was 1000cc vvti i think.nd i those days(a year alomst) the price of cars was normal.city was priced at 880k n xli for 930k.n both r 1300cc.so can u please tell me how is a 1000cc belta worth almost 10lakh? hough its has many accessories that lack in xli/city.still man,the price factor was the only thing which made ppl not to buy it.other then that,i loved this car.
moreover,u shud never compare a jdm car wid local,for many reasons.1st is that u wont find the spare parts for jdm,or even if u find,it wud cost alot more then local cars.
2nd is that the local mechanics cant fix these cars.if they ever break down,most probably it wud end up lying in ur garage.
then comes the resale factor,though i dnt care abt this,but still its wat many ppl consider when buying a car.
so,these,my brothers,are the things which made city a hit among local markets n belta was not accepted.