ok. for me Ativa looks too cheap, hard plastic everywhere. but overall value for money car.

City to me is not premium compared to Vios / Almera. they're on par at best. soft touch here and there, but got many hard plastic too. expected in this class. but the equipment is inferior compared to Vios / Almera. the cheap analog meter look make it worse

X50 interior is the best. no issue with engine and gearbox. everything is muted inside the cabin, can hardly feel any vibration. Ativa vibration is worse.
no issue for X50 gearbox for me too, since i've tested X70 before, i know how the gearbox behave. not lightning quick like VW dct, but on par with normal automatic gearbox - which is not an issue

Actually, people do buy the brand. They also buy based on resale/2nd hand value. To Msian old mindset, RS isn't a resale value for them because it has hybrid feature.
Honda has a lot of cash rebate promo than Toyota. Honda car has more sporty look except City because you can see their design is more conservative now. That's why they got more sales.

I own the new city 2020 car too. They changed the engine, and made handling much better. However, i wouldn't call Honda brand premium like how it was last time.
After sales service has dropped a lot compared to last time.

Actually i don't really see the new honda city on the road but i see more of the 2019 honda city.

I meant, compared to the previous gen of honda city.