2009 Honda Civic Facelift for US market
Official details of the facelifted Honda Civic range in America has surfaced, which should lead to an announcement pretty soon on an updated Civic for our market. Though essentially the same car under the sheet metal, our Civic and the American Civic has a few styling differences especially on the rear end where the Civic has a totally different rear lamp shape compared to ours.
In the US, the base non-Si Civic is only available with the 1.8 liter inline-4 SOHC i-VTEC engine, while we have both the 1.8 liter SOHC and the 2.0 liter DOHC i-VTEC. The only 2.0 liter Civic there is the Civic Si with a high-revving 197 horsepower DOHC i-VTEC engine. For the 2009 model year facelift, the power output for the 1.8 liter motor remains unchanged at 140hp, mated to a 5-speed manual or a 5-speed automatic with dual overdrive ratios.
There are also not much changes to the interior except that the integrated head unit now features USB input as well as a built-in Bluetooth hands-free system. As for the exterior, the front gets a new grille and bumper while the rear gets a new tail lamp lense design as well as a large chrome panel between the headlamps.
Look after the jump for videos and a hi-res gallery of the US-market Civic facelift.
PHOTO GALLERY: American 2009 Honda Civic Facelift
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VIDEO: USDM Honda Civic Sedan 1
VIDEO: USDM Honda Civic Sedan 2
August 26, 2008 @ 11:22 pm
nice!!!
i prefer this one to the one we have here. looks more ‘muscular’..
August 27, 2008 @ 12:05 am
nice front and rear lamp.. but Honda got to lose the chrome grille. Not very ‘matchable’ to this good looking car. Wonder what it looks like if fitted with the new honda city grille.. Mmmm.. it’s time to call the SuperTheoooooooooo!!! Heheh…
August 27, 2008 @ 12:32 am
this is good stuff
i like the digital speedometer and the rims looks like some man eating shark,wahhh not bad
August 27, 2008 @ 5:42 am
Prefer bigger headlamps like the one we have in Msia.
Wah, got bluetooth, but what is it for? So that passenger can use their wireless headphones and listen to loud music without disrupting driver?
August 27, 2008 @ 8:25 am
Just got my civic 2 months ago, looks like we going to have new facelift on our market pretty soon…
August 27, 2008 @ 9:36 am
Ugly rear light for USDM…
August 27, 2008 @ 9:57 am
manual gear?? love it..
August 27, 2008 @ 10:17 am
the front lamp is typical design similar to other common Honda model such as Odyssey & Airwave. Which I remember it is all similar in US market even with current Civic.
the rear light reminds me the older (and unpopular) generation of Civic.
I prefer the current model with badass (and unique) design front lamp and bold rear light.
IMO, the asian Civic looks much better than the US version. hopefully they stay it that way. I am getting one very soon.
August 27, 2008 @ 10:52 am
seriously.. overall our civic is better looking.
the only thing i like bout US civic is the front bumper..
August 27, 2008 @ 6:25 pm
I like the current rear lights as well. Overall does not seem it had changed at all
August 28, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
japan version the better one
August 28, 2008 @ 3:03 pm
Not sure when JDM version will facelift too.