The first generation Honda City was asubcompact car and is now a compact carsince the fifth generation, and is manufactured by the Japanese manufacturerHonda from 1981. Originally made for the Japanese, European and Australasian markets, the City was retired in 1994 after the second generation.
The nameplate was revived in 1996 for use on a series of compact four-door sedans aimed primarily at developing markets, first mainly sold in Asia outside Japan but later also in Latin America and Australia. From 2002 to 2008, the City was also sold as the Honda Fit Aria in Japan. It is a compact sedan built on Honda’s Global Small Car platform, which it shares with the Fit/Jazz ( a five-doorhatchback) , the Airwave/Partner ( awagon/panel van version of the Fit Aria/City) , the Mobilio, and the Mobilio Spike—all of which share the location of the fuel tank under the front seats rather than rear seats. By mid-2009, cumulative sales of the City has exceeded 1.2 million units in 45 countries around the world since the nameplate was revived in 1996.