Every working man’s unsung hero is his reliable daily driver. For many, it is the Honda Civic. In 2022 we got an all-new model ready to take on rivals like the Toyota Corolla and Hyundai Elantra in the competitive compact sedan segment.
The Honda Civic Type-R is a hotly anticipated vehicle. With the latest generation of the Civic already in the market, data about the new 2023 Honda Civic Type-R are out and about in bits on the internet. This generation of the hot Civic is the most powerful of them all yet.
If you are a fan of all things revving, you must know that there is a new Honda Civic that debuted earlier this year. While the UAE and wider GCC still hasn’t received the new model, it is all over the place in Canada, where we are chilling this winter. One of our relatives picked up a brand new 2022 Honda Civic Touring model, and we got a quick spin in it.
The Honda Civic has always been a key to the rising popularity of Honda across the world. With the crossover fad engulfing the market as we speak, the Civic is one of the few sedan nameplates that still stand tall. For the eleventh generation of the sedan, Honda had previewed a dialled-down design. The production version has now debuted, looking much the same as the concept, although in this case, it’s not saying much.
Honda Civic is a sedan nameplate that has survived the test of time and the ongoing crossover assault. With the new generation of the sedan just around the corner, everybody is eager to see what it looks like. Don’t get too excited, as leaked images of the China-spec 2022 Honda Civic are out now, giving us a glimpse of the sedan.
Since its introduction 50 years ago in Japan, Honda Civic grew into a familiar name for folks looking for a no-nonsense sedan. With the crossover wave raging around the world, the sheen of the Civic has lost its brilliance, but that did not stop Honda from churning out a new generation of the popular sedan. They unveiled the 2022 Honda Civic prototype, previewing what the next-generation Honda Civic is going to look like.
When we attended the Honda Meeting 2017 press conference in Japan, at the carmaker’s Tochigi R&D centre, we got an unexpected taste of some of the company’s latest products. The cars on hand to drive were the much-hyped Honda Civic Type-R, the new Honda Clarity range of hybrid/electric vehicles, and a Honda Civic Dynamic Study prototype. While our time with each of them was limited to a few minutes, if you ever get your hands on these on the same day, you’d have a completely different view of Honda as a carmaker than you would when walking into a local Honda showroom.
Honda exclusively invited us to an international press meeting in Japan where President & CEO Takahiro Hachigo discussed the future direction of Honda as part of their 2030 Vision plan.
Expanding the currently-popular Honda Civic family, the new Civic Si has been added to the line-up with an updated engine in the United States. The Si slots in between the standard Civic and the hot Civic Type-R. Honda claims the new model to be the “fastest, most powerful Si yet” even though its power output remains the same.
Honda has been busy trying new things lately, and while we may never see the fruits of their labour when it comes to the NSX or the Type-R, we are now getting a base version of the latest Honda Civic with a 1.6-litre engine. Spec it up for a few bucks though, and it’s hard to tell it apart from the 2.0-litre version.