New Honda Civic facelift launched in Malaysia!
After its initial launch in March 2006, the Honda Civic has been facelifted in Malaysia. It continues as a locally assembled model from Honda’s Pegoh plant and is available in two variants, the Civic 2.0S and Civic 1.8S.
There are not much changes to the car really, it’s only an aesthetics update. It could be a case of overengineering with the first edition with the aim for it to be so far ahead of its rivals, with not much budget or reason to change left for the facelift. Or a recession “facelift”. There is a new front bumper that is reminiscent of the Civic Type R’s, as well as a new larger grille. The headlamps are now smoked.
Minimal changes on the rear, only with a minor change in the tail lamp design where it uses a diamond-shaped design instead of a round one now. The alloy wheels for the 17 inch model have also been updated to the 10-spoke design you see above, and they look quite chrome-ish shiny instead of matte in real life.
On the interior, only the Civic 1.8 gets updated with a new design for the fabric seats. The colour remains similiar to the outgoing pre-facelift version but there is now a pattern, so no more bathroom towel interior (photo left, click to enlarge).
The Civic is available in Crystal Black Pearl, Alabaster Silver Metallic, Sparkle Gray Pearl and Bold Beige Metallic. As I understand there will be a new shade of blue coming later. As for pricing – RM 129,980.00 OTR with insurance for the Honda Civic 2.0S and RM 114,980.00 OTR with insurance for the Civic 1.8S. Warranty is a total of 3 years or 100,000km and there is also a 6 months or 10,000km free service package. The battery is warrantied for 2 years or 40,000km.
Look after the jump for a full gallery of the Civic.
March 19, 2009 @ 3:25 pm
nothing different…
March 19, 2009 @ 3:28 pm
i would say i love the previous tail lamp in round-shaped…
March 19, 2009 @ 3:29 pm
first? Cool car… wanted to buy it pre facelift but economy bad so need to cancel… haih…
March 19, 2009 @ 3:33 pm
Local is more expensive or CBU more expensive ?
March 19, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
haha.. i waited this long time.. 1st
March 19, 2009 @ 3:35 pm
I really don’t see a change here
March 19, 2009 @ 3:36 pm
my dream car….
March 19, 2009 @ 3:39 pm
I own a pre-facelift…lucky not much changes…
so my 2006 Civic is still cool…!!! Worth the buy
la like this..
March 19, 2009 @ 3:50 pm
the rims look like proton persona~@_@
March 19, 2009 @ 3:52 pm
should come with USB connection or bluetooth for the head unit…
March 19, 2009 @ 3:55 pm
i love that 2 storey dashboard panel.
March 19, 2009 @ 3:57 pm
waaah, no major changes? wasting my life waiting for new honda. Like this i’ll go for Lancer GT , responsive car, magnesium paddle shift and got 18 inch summore
March 19, 2009 @ 4:07 pm
Visit to one of the dealer last Saturday saw one 2.0 unit in thier warehouse.I think for 2.0, interior color as well as the seat leather color has change from blue to grey. A bit disappointed to the rear seat as no center head rest and 2 points seatbelt only while the Japan version does.
Color wise, I saw bluish silver still available. Why not in the color scheme? Honda website photoshop work is a bit not detail on touching up those picture, and not the latest picture is uploaded.
Anyway, new 17″ rims is nice.
March 19, 2009 @ 4:10 pm
ok la minor changes only
March 19, 2009 @ 4:26 pm
[quote comment="222497"]I own a pre-facelift…lucky not much changes…
[/quote]
so my 2006 Civic is still cool…!!! Worth the buy
la like this..
hahaha..mine is a 2.0 which i bought last year nov…thankfully i love the round rear lights,but the only thing i like about the facelift one is the rim…it looks fierce…..
neway,took my civic the other day for service,saw the new facelift civic at the service centre,a black one,which they were installing the modulo bodykit…and some of the staffs there said its “ugly”…no idea why….
March 19, 2009 @ 4:31 pm
New Civic comes together with Keyless entry and 17′ inch rim for both models….?????
March 19, 2009 @ 4:32 pm
Wan,
Wait till ur 18″ tyres worn out….u will know real cost of changing 18″ tyres….
March 19, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
just book 1.8s today
March 19, 2009 @ 4:40 pm
lebih kurang je. BOSAN.
March 19, 2009 @ 4:42 pm
Hmm, the face lifted civic does look more macho and gives a stroner presense than the pre-facelifted ones. Have seen many of them in Singapore as Singapore had thiers half a year ago. However i still fail to understand why the 1.8S in Singapore gets a 6 cd music playes and paddle shift as standard while ours comes with next to nothing in it.
Car dealers in Malaysia should allow greater customisation of cars instead of just allowing us the choice of one or two. Civics in Thailand cost nearly half as much as ours but comes with GPS and parking camera in the 2.0S version.
March 19, 2009 @ 4:47 pm
Facelift….what do you expect??..Honda engineers at least did some minor asthetic changes..for Mr. T, facelift models we cant even notice what are lifted!
March 19, 2009 @ 4:52 pm
Bro, the grey leather is the Civic Hybrid..No change for the 2.0S…Honda Malaysia..give us ur championship white as a color to choose from…since the bluish one has stop production..replace it with white laa..
March 19, 2009 @ 4:55 pm
changes not clearly visible….
March 19, 2009 @ 5:06 pm
Towel like seat fabric?
March 19, 2009 @ 5:09 pm
Why no ‘urban titanium’ colour? (Singapore has that colour)
2 tone interior again, why not come with black interior option like Civic Hybrid Japan?
http://www.honda.co.jp/CIVIC/webcatalogue/interior/image/inte-02.jpg
Although seats are more comfortably body hugging than most car of the same class. Just wonder why don’t they improve further more for kidney support.
Hopefully they have improve on the sound proof and overcome that irritating front tyres rolling noise.
March 19, 2009 @ 5:43 pm
so sad!!they changed the round tail lamp to the diamond shaped….the round look more far nicer than the new one….
March 19, 2009 @ 5:47 pm
if i buy this car, confirm i’ll change the tail lamp to the old one….
March 19, 2009 @ 6:31 pm
Not much of changes, so I guess it wouldn’t make pre-facelifted Civic looks dated.
But that is also the saddest part, no major improvement, at least from what we see here. For 2.0S, interior remains 2 tone color, hell difficult to maintain. Especially the door step portion, easily scratch and leave dark spot every time you move leg in and out. Big disappointment. Aside from exterior change, notice the gear now has description next to “S”. Maybe owners do not know they have paddle shift.
This time I hope no longer hear people complain about the cover near A-pillar falling, suspension cracking noise, gear sound during low rpm.
Anyway it is still a good car, the handling is good, thanks to its quite-okay suspension, but for cornering you still have to look for better one (it’s a family car okay). Acceleration is there (for 2.0S, unsure about 1.8), it’s just that the car is heavy.
Is it a potential car to become a track day machine? Hell yeah! Check out the Mugen Civic RR Advanced Concept, which based on this facelifted Civic. No, I am not joking.
Mugen Civic RR <– based on a Type R
Mugen Civic RR Advanced Concept <– based on a street Civic
Enhanced 2.2 liter engine producing 260ps, heavily use carbon fibre composite, total reduced weight 300kg, 6 speed gear box, dual exhaust, takes down Type R in Tsukuba circuit for 3 seconds. That is mean.
March 19, 2009 @ 6:41 pm
nothing much different…saw this morning when I went serviced my City at Seri Kembangan branch..Isharestuff was right, the door step is beige in color, so the possiblity to get dirty is high…moreover, the back lamp was ugly IMO as the previous one was nice enough..
March 19, 2009 @ 6:50 pm
Agreed with you guys…the pre-facelift rear lamp looks better. Love the front bumper which is much sportier than the previous 1.
Since the pre-facelift model is already consider modern and up to date, i guess there is not much reason for them to have a major makeover.
Patterned fabric seat in the 1.8S is a good change…as Paul said the feel of the fabric in the pre-facelift model is like seating in a bathroom during test drive…lol
Minor changes stil better than nothing…but y stil no electronic seat adjust?? =(
March 19, 2009 @ 7:17 pm
Wah… this car copy Exora steering wheel eh?
March 19, 2009 @ 7:53 pm
No much different, I think after I equipped my civic with mugen kit, it will look better than the new facelift civic…
Btw, I like the round tail light better on pre-facelift
March 19, 2009 @ 8:35 pm
the change is soooooooo MINOR that most of us think it’s still the same ..
March 19, 2009 @ 8:54 pm
mann…
thr is not much of diff compare to the old one..
my couz is gonna get one.
XP.
i prefer the 2.0cc rims of the old model. sporty. and grey. nice…
March 19, 2009 @ 8:56 pm
frankly speaking , thrs not much wrong with the car to begine with , not many problems,atleast not serious once , nice to drive,spacios,and the design stil freash , i tink honda ‘had’ to come out with a ‘facelift’ to keep interest from customers….
March 19, 2009 @ 9:17 pm
[quote comment="222524"]Wan,
Wait till ur 18″ tyres worn out….u will know real cost of changing 18″ tyres….[/quote]
haha yeah thats true. and regarding the magnesium paddle shifter..so whats the diff between civic 2.0 paddle shifter? magnesium more faster eh?
March 19, 2009 @ 9:25 pm
little disapointed, there are not big different and suprise. the only changes is back lamp re-design, (the square back lamp is almost same loke KIA Optima 05-06 models). the balance all is $$$ accessories. at least come out with keyless entry, GPS mapking + DVD player with reverse camera as well.
March 19, 2009 @ 9:27 pm
Thank you Honda for not making too much changes, otherwise the earlier buyers would be cursing….
March 19, 2009 @ 9:29 pm
Good job not changing it. If its good, don’t fix it.
March 19, 2009 @ 9:39 pm
Better get the Lancer lagi cun and better specced .
March 19, 2009 @ 10:05 pm
wat so special? after 2-3 years come a facelift, then 4 years change the whole design… no worth to buy! waste money.
March 19, 2009 @ 10:13 pm
the new tail lamp diamond-shaped design look ugly leh…
March 20, 2009 @ 1:02 am
personally i still prefers the old 2 litre sports rim, the new one looks kinda small to me and reminiscent to that of city. btw, was there a drastic increase in terms of pricing compared to the prior facelift edition?
March 20, 2009 @ 2:20 am
Seldom i came across a facelift that as lazy as this…..
March 20, 2009 @ 9:17 am
[quote comment="222709"]Seldom i came across a facelift that as lazy as this…..[/quote]
Totally agreed… and coming from Honda? Shocking!!!
(mengeleng kapla… (did i spell it right?))
March 20, 2009 @ 9:23 am
i rather choose Peugeot 308 Turbo..the torque is so much different..
March 20, 2009 @ 10:57 am
The revised brake lamps look awful, already too many angular designs on the back and they still add the diamond design to it.
Just awful.
March 20, 2009 @ 11:14 am
i will waiting 9th generation of honda civic by 2 years time !
March 20, 2009 @ 10:09 pm
autolock still tarak….what lah Honda?
March 21, 2009 @ 12:55 pm
No doubt this 8th gen civic is better than my new toyota altis regardless the new facelift…
March 21, 2009 @ 5:20 pm
Japanese car they will only change all new design in every 5-6 years. after2-3 years they only made some simple changes like; change diamond back lamp, led, sport rims and $$$ accessories.
this is true, most of my friends go to see Toyota Altis finally they buy Civic 1.8 or 2.0. base on the stylish design civic almost better than Altis.
Toyota also good, the only not good is the engine never change when you buy from low range – high range is same vvti. not like honda have v-tec and i v-tec and etc.
March 21, 2009 @ 11:58 pm
getting mine soon…can’t wait for it…..
any body know where i could get the GPS module like those in Thailand…looks nice….
March 25, 2009 @ 10:27 pm
Tak banyak perubahan….
Tapi tensen jugak…Honda patut setkan terus bodykit macam type R untuk civic 8th,ini tak…untuk Gen 8.5th nih buat penambahan skit-skit…..camni baik takyah buat minor changes.
Civic 2.0 aku masih lagi standard.Kalau gini lah Civic buat bisnes,aku rase buat bodykit kat kedai lagi baik daripada stail Civic dok ubah skit-skit….
Aku rasa kalau Civic buat survey 1000 orang,sure gerenti 90% mesti nak design cam Civic Type R (Walaupun sebenarnya orang mampu beli type R,tapi sebabkan tax tahap gilerr mahal…..bloody twat)….
March 29, 2009 @ 9:41 pm
Visited a showroom today, facelift was minor but still a decent car. Will test drive soon (after peugeot 308 turbo bumped their price up to 116k… ??).
Funny thing is I was almost set on getting myself the 308 turbo, really was fond of it at the showroom (something different & not like the usual suspects: Honda & Toyota) and just about to test drive it… until I was informed about the price hike. Civic 1.8 is 114k, and the Honda showroom is just 2 shoplots away. The real dilemma starts now. 2.0, leather seats and 17″ tyres is a real looker. Will have to see if finances permit. I quite like the new rear lights, as the previous round ones looked like lolly pops on a very angular car, facelifted one has more visual symmetry. Shame the 1.8 doesn’t have audio controls on its steering.
March 30, 2009 @ 1:40 am
i thaught this upgrade version will perfect but still poor is no auto lock. when press remote still no sound. suggestion to the buyers to change autolock + security GSM alarm system for safety, past few weeks when you see newspaper many Civiv been stolen. cost to install is less than RM1K….
April 5, 2009 @ 7:06 am
Just booked one 2.0S Bold Beige Metalic…
Futuristic looks….
April 8, 2009 @ 2:15 pm
FYI, new civic FL come with autolock.
April 12, 2009 @ 5:30 am
Anyone can confirm whether the new civic facelift comes with ducktail by default? Some pictures show that ducktail is included but some not.. And the modulo bodykit so expensive la..
Already booked crystal pearl black. Arrive in May.
April 16, 2009 @ 10:46 pm
the rims suxs…previous better…
April 22, 2009 @ 7:00 pm
the rim is nice already… u got this car or not??? dun suxs here suxs ther
April 23, 2009 @ 1:53 am
agreed with your statement : antiproton. u got this car or not???
if you dont own civic better keep quiet & if you think still not happy you can spend your RM well to change import rim from Japan.
April 29, 2009 @ 11:14 am
i booked the crystal black in the first place during the roadshow @The Curve in march. However its quite hard to get the black civic currently and I was told that mine will only be manufactured in may, and get the car in june.
Having waited for a month+ and considering the possible increment of HP rate, I decided to give in to the sparkle gray pearl which the car will be available in less than a week
April 29, 2009 @ 4:26 pm
hehe, this car is nice look! i will get one one !
May 25, 2009 @ 8:36 pm
[quote comment="222513"]Visit to one of the dealer last Saturday saw one 2.0 unit in thier warehouse.I think for 2.0, interior color as well as the seat leather color has change from blue to grey. A bit disappointed to the rear seat as no center head rest and 2 points seatbelt only while the Japan version does.
Color wise, I saw bluish silver still available. Why not in the color scheme? Honda website photoshop work is a bit not detail on touching up those picture, and not the latest picture is uploaded.
Anyway, new 17″ rims is nice.[/quote]
Yeah I saw a dealer having bluish silver with the new facelift but other dealers seem to be unaware of this color when I ask them.
June 12, 2009 @ 12:22 am
booked this car 1.8 today and cant wait anymore.. salesman promised i can get it before raya.. i opt for black colour.. the only thing i dont like is the rear tail lamp and interior color.. This is my first time buy non proton car..hope this car give me less problem..
July 12, 2009 @ 10:52 pm
Just placed an order last week…going for bold metallic, think other colours are already so common..cannot wait..and FLY, same here..first non proton car
July 14, 2009 @ 7:52 am
CAN I CHANGE THE METER FROM MPH/HOUR TO KM/HOUR.ALREADY CAME TO HONDA SERVS CENTER, THEY SAID CAN’T.
July 31, 2009 @ 8:26 pm
so that means, if i buy this car, i’ll get this kind of facelift?
no more the previous facelift?
coz i much prefer this car with lampu bulat at the rear..
September 1, 2009 @ 9:22 pm
just book. white colour.. only on October, cant use for hari raya.. aiyohhhh cant wait.. my first car
September 8, 2009 @ 10:03 pm
Anybody wants to sell 2.0 to me because i prefer the pre-facelift model.
October 16, 2009 @ 1:56 am
Mohsein, the white that you booked is normal Civic (1.8/2.0) or Hybrid?
October 20, 2009 @ 5:25 pm
hi paul,
just wondering any recommendaion for anti-roll bar for civic 2.0 year 2008(body roll is pretty bad on OEM when taking corners). tyres sound is pretty prevalent in the interior due to 17″ tyres. Thinking of changing to yokohama tyres, any suggestion???
appreciate your feedback.
cheers!
October 20, 2009 @ 8:18 pm
hello frend,
do you change your original rim. if yes, please check with the shop againts whether they install via-holes nuts during installation. normally when your speed up to 120kmh you’ll heard the sound…
October 21, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
nope. original rims n tyres but even on low speed can hear the tyres sound from the interior n i noticed that after car wash, when apply d brakes, noticed some sounds, told the service centre but until now cannot rectify…damn shitty man.
October 30, 2009 @ 12:10 pm
Ape2 pong uuutaaannnggg.. hehe.. Kete2 makin canggih, pemandu2 makin BENGONG !! SOMBONG !! PENTING DIRI !! INGAT JALAN TU MAK BAPAK PUNYA…
November 1, 2009 @ 6:09 pm
i hesitate either to buy civic or lancer.. still in research..
November 1, 2009 @ 7:26 pm
consider Mazda 3 sport & 6?
November 13, 2009 @ 4:49 pm
watever it is …just booked my last month …now waitin for delivery …..cant wait actually ……Civic 2.0 seeweetttttt!!!!!