The European market Honda Civic with the 1.6 litre i-DTEC diesel engine is now available with a nine-speed automatic transmission, which Honda says delivers impressive shifting refinement and official average fuel economy of 24.4 km/l in the latest NEDC test.
Available for all grades and across both four-door sedan and five-door hatchback models, this is the first time that a combination of a diesel engine and an automatic gearbox has been available on a Civic. The Civic Hatchback was introduced in Europe early last year with two turbo petrol engines, a 1.0 litre three-cylinder and a 1.5 litre four-cylinder. Gearbox options included a six-speed manual and a CVT automatic.
The 1.6 litre i-DTEC engine produces 120 PS at 4,000 rpm and 300 Nm of torque at 2,000 rpm. Combined with the 9AT, it can power the five-door Civic from 0-100 km/h in 11 seconds, and on to a top speed of 200 km/h. The new powertrain combo has also recorded low CO2 emissions of 108 g/km (sedan) and 109 g/km (hatchback).
Honda says that with a wide spread of gears, the nine-speed torque converter automatic is very efficient – the very low first-gear ratio delivers a smooth and powerful launch, while a high top-gear ratio ensures low engine speed while cruising, which reduces fuel consumption and noise.
Depending on the engine speed and throttle application, the transmission is also capable of ‘skipping’ gears for quick response, for example shifting down directly from ninth to fifth gear or from seventh to fourth, in addition to one- and two-gear downshifts.
Honda’s latest 1.6 litre i-DTEC engine features forged steel pistons for reducing cooling loss and ‘super plateau honing’, which lowers the friction level between the pistons and the cylinder bores to enable smooth piston movement and enhance the long-term wear characteristics of the engine.
The revised turbo features an efficient variable-nozzle design and its rotational speed is precisely controlled by the car’s electronics, minimising lag and providing an optimal combination of low to mid-range pull and high-speed performance. Energy loss from the system is lower than in the previous i-DTEC, thanks to a new design of compressor in the turbocharger. All of these upgrades contribute to an improvement in fuel consumption.
The i-DTEC is one of the first engines to be officially tested through the Real Driving Emission (RDE) procedure to validate NOx and particulate emission levels. The diesel powertrain has a new NOx Storage Converter (NSC) system with a higher processing cell density, which enables faster conversion and a reduction in emissions.
A silver thin-coated particulate filter further improves the combustion efficiency of particulate matter, extending exhaust component durability, due to shorter heat production in the particular filter.
The Civic Hatchback is made in Honda’s Swindon plant in the UK, while the sedan continues to be built in Turkey for European markets. By the way, the i-DTEC-9AT combo is available on the CR-V in Thailand.
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Ah Beng car….
Honda and Japanese are so ahead of its time. I look forward to it coming to Malaysia.
No wonder why Malaysians have so much of confidence in Honda and Toyota in Malaysia
This is why Toyota sales from 2000 in May jump to 11,500 in June.
Honda is Honda, Toyota is Toyota.
Honda lord is generous deswai sales going up. Toyota lord is kedekut, deswai sales waterfall.
What is the reason we can’t have small diesel engines’ small cars sold here? Can’t we set aside our uncle/auntie stigma for diesel engines and embrace the efficiency and torque of these diesel engines? All we’re stuck with is under torqued N/A petrol engine in small cars where we have to rev alot upwards of 4K rpm just to get enough torque…
1. Excise Duty structure
2. Road Tax structure
3. Current Green movement vis a vis Carbon emissions (hence the shift towards Hybrid, PHEV)
4. RV (Unless, Ah Son, Bengs favourite reason)
5. Negligible savings (RM) if drive short distances (the offset of higher Road Tax Vs lower fuel consumption)
6. Although Euro5 diesel is available, uncertain if engines are tuned for this as Euro2 diesels is the defacto standard here for now.
7. The bad press generated by VW Diesel-gate
Look SPORTY but is unsporty
HP only 120 PS
Even most cars can TAR PAU this easily.
Waste of money
Fuyoh, See-Big God-car now got turbo diesel wor.
But but hor, Bengs dunch buy diesel one lor.
Proton suprima s better!
Outdated already but Geely boyue will be better and Saga, Persona is not even outdated yet which both Saga and Persona have new facelift
So far behind honda…at present the hyundai tucson and sportage already propelling with 2.0crdi with 185hp 400nm at low rpm. While the sorento and stinger have the 2.2crdi with 200ps 443nm. Only concentrate on your halo model like nsx and type r..leave the cheap car for rakyat to drool.
Myvi 1.5 can do 0-100kmh in less than 11 seconds. 4 speed auto. Be surprised. Perodua didn’t shout out loud.
Meh. Pipu go oil burner for FC efficiency not to be ah beng and try smoke each other.
Maybe they are striving for the 24km/l. Think myvi can do 16-18km/l at best. Balance between slight performance and fuel efficiency is relevant for a lot of people these days.
new myvi can do 20km/L bro, entitled for EEV status.
Wow a Diesel Honda with 9gear tranny… Honda are giving us weird dreams bruh.
More like WET dreams.
Dude…these are ZF gearbox, mind you!
I dun buy car with big nostrils at back
11 seconds? Damn, even a myvi 1.5 can beat it.
Does myvi has 300Nm ? Bring this to Genting and it will put myvi outta breath.
11 seconds….what is this? 1978?
in 1978 Honda Civic even cannot do 0-100kmh in 13 seconds
Only after seeing the normal civic hatchback I understand why people thinks that the type r is ugly