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Ballade 1.5 (South Africa)

South Africa (City-based) · 2011–presentFWD

South African Ballade, a Honda City sold under the older Ballade name from 2011 until November 2025. A 1.5 L four-cylinder petrol engine makes 145 N m and drives the front wheels through an automatic gearbox. Honda had first used Ballade in South Africa in the early 1980s, when it was assembled locally.

118 hpPower

2011Year

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Ballade 1.5 (South Africa), every angle

Exterior

Interior

Exterior

Interior

Engineering passport

Specifications

Powertrain

Engineering details

Engine1.5L SOHC i-VTEC I4 (L15A)

Displacement1.5 L

Cylinders4

FuelPetrol

TransmissionCVT

DrivetrainFWD

Performance

Numbers that matter

Power118 hp

Torque145 Nm

Dimensions & body

Doors4

Seats5

STORY

Honda announced the Ballade on 26 August 1980 and sold it from 27 August through its Verno dealers, a four-door notchback sedan that was the sibling of the second-generation Civic. In Britain British Leyland built it under licence as the Triumph Acclaim, and Honda marked its launch in October 1981 with a Ballade Special. A second generation, a sibling of the third-generation Civic sedan, was announced on 22 September 1983 and went on sale on 20 October; Rover sold its version as the Rover 200. In South Africa the name returned in early 2011 on the sedan that other markets knew as the City, and was dropped in November 2025.

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