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Honda Updates Pricing

By Matt Brogan |

Honda will pass on import duty savings to new car buyers immediately, from the 30th of November most of Honda’s lineup will reduce the Federal Government’s tariff from 10 to 5 percent.
This will give new car buyers a saving of $1,500 and $3,000 on Japanese and UK sourced models.

”We are pleased to pass on these savings on award winning models such as the Accord Euro and Odyssey to our customers a month early,” said Honda Australia’s General Manager Sales & Marketing, Mr. Stephen Collins.

The Honda City light sedan has a new starting price at $19,490 for the VTi manual.
The Hondas built in Thailand are exempt from the duty reduction because a Free Trade Agreement already exists between Australia and Thailand.

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Tuesday the first of December will see the duty savings start in all Honda dealerships, four wheel drive vehicles will not benefit from the reduction because they already have a five per cent import duty tax.


 
  • http://www.tireunit.com tirefan88

    $3 000 is not a bad discount!!!

    • Mark G

      Um, that’s a $3000 discount on the Honda Legend, which now costs $76,990.

  • Martin

    The City is still overpriced.

  • UK

    Still expensive

  • Mr D

    Now all they need to do is hurry up and release a performance car that is made in Japan…with the Integra Type R gone, the S2000 at end of life (at least for now), and the NSX project scrapped, Honda have really abandoned the performance car market. The UK built Civic Type R is unique and a fine driver’s car, but too quirky and simply outdone by the competition. Why couldn’t they give us the Japanese Civic Type R, or even the Accord Euro R? Just something to whet our appetites until the CRZ is released. Honda’s image will suffer until they have a new hero car. And this is coming from someone who has Honda blood running through his veins.

  • Mark G

    Yeah, funny how they don’t apply the duty savings to the cost of an automatic, which should in theory drop from $2300 extra to $2200 extra, and also the price of options such as metallic paint should (in theory) drop by similar amounts. Paying a $2300 premium for automatic on a $17,990 Honda Jazz is absurd. They claim to have lowered the base price of the Euro by $1500, but it’s still $500 more expensive than it was when it was launched last year. CR-V prices are the most ridiculous, with the Sport costing $42,290 – nearly $10k more than a similarly-equipped Mazda CX-7 or Captiva 5. Maybe they are waiting for the facelifted model before adjusting prices.

  • Jake02

    They’re still too expensive, especially considering that 80% of the range are made in Thailand which, you’d think, would mean a cheaper price and they still get very basic equipment levels. How about the Civic Type R sedan? The proper Type R that drives very well (the lack of IRS in the hatch means it’s much slower) and from Japan means quality/reasonable price. Do it Hona Aus!

  • 4:20 All Day

    Yep, still too pricey. If honda want to continue charging these prices, they need to start offering a bit more that toyota/nissan and even VW to remain relevant.

    Also, why can we STILL not post comments on Mercedes related articles? An explanation would be appreciated CA.

    • Mitch

      Apparently, merc and audi (cant remember) dont allow comments on there articles.

      I emailed them the other day.

  • mjjw

    Why are the comments closed on all the Benz articles…E Class review, SLK preview, SLS, and now S Class coupe??

  • Yianni

    Honda is just way too expensive for what they’re offering.

    All they’ve done is increase their prices during the financial crisis. I honestly don’t understand what they’re trying to achieve.

    There’s much better cars out there no point in going for a Honda!

    They basically charge more for a Thai build car than Toyota and Nissan are charging for a Jap built car.

    No thanks Honda.

    • Mark G

      Yup, and Honda are pretty much the only major brand that don’t offer a 6 speed (or better) automatic these days. None of their cars have engine start/stop buttons or keyless start, either, nor do any of their engines have direct injection. The fact that a base model Accord or CR-V only has 4 airbags and costs over $30,000 is insane. 15 years ago, you used to pay more money for a Honda because it was better equipped and was more technologically advanced. These days, Honda are ahead of very few, equal to some but behind most. One notable exception is cylinder deactivation in the V6 Accord, but GM and Chrysler offer this on their V8s, and the benefits of it are questionable. Meanwhile the nearly $40,000 Accord doesn’t have a trip computer or fuel consumption read out, something that almost all rivals offer.