Following its debut in the United States, the 2022 Honda Civic has now been featured in a walkaround video tour with Carl Pulley, public relations manager at American Honda Motor Company, guiding us through what’s new with the 11th-generation C-segment sedan.
The video, which runs for close to eight minutes, starts with a discussion on the success of the previous, tenth-generation FC model that sold 1.7 million units North America. For the latest model, the designers looked back at Civics of the past and landed on the third-generation model, also known as the “wonder” Civic.
This is why the new model has a much cleaner and lighter look than its predecessor, Pulley explained, hence the elongated bonnet that “spills” into the nose. The team also looked to give the Civic a more athletic stance with cues like the sleeker headlamps and a wide lower intake, the latter bookended by the angular fog lamp sections.
Along the sides, a distinct character line runs between the door handles and lowered beltline, while the windows are larger to improve visibility from the inside. Dimension-wise, it’s 33 mm longer than before at 4,674 mm, while the wheelbase is up 36 mm to 2,736 mm. The width (1,801 mm) and height (1,415 mm) remain the same as before. This particular Civic in white also sports Honda Performance Development (HPD) accessories that adds on a body kit.
Moving inside, the centre of attention is the honeycomb mesh that spans the width of the dashboard and helps to conceal the air vents. Again, this is meant to promote a cleaner look while remaining functional – those stalks control the vent’s direction. Pulley also notes upmarket touches like soft touch material on the upper dash to cushion the hand when using the infotainment touchscreen, and those HVAC dials sound good to operate.
We also get to see the Civic’s fully-digital instrument cluster and available drive modes (Normal, Econ and Sport). Pulley explains that some parts of the cabin like the centre console gets a houndstooth-like material to reduce fingerprint build-up, while the gear lever is purposely cantered towards the driver for a more natural feel in hand. Putting the cupholders to the side of the gear lever also makes things more ergonomic so the arm doesn’t hit any stored drinks.
For the US market, the base and second Civic variants – LX and Sport – soldier on with a 2.0 litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder DOHC i-VTEC petrol engine that serves up 158 hp at 6,500 rpm and 187 Nm of torque at 4,200 rpm.
The 1.5 litre VTEC Turbo four-cylinder is also carried over in the EX and Touring variants, but has been tuned to deliver slightly more power. It now makes 180 hp at 6,000 rpm (+6 hp) and 240 Nm from 1,700 to 4,500 rpm (+20 Nm) when running on 87 octane fuel. Both engines are paired with a CVT driving the front wheels.
Now that you’ve been given a virtual tour of the new Civic, what are your thoughts on it? With Singapore set to welcome the model soon, hopefully we’ll get to see it for ourselves in person in due time, based on Honda Malaysia’s hinting comments.
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This is really nice car. Well done Honda! I hope that they will launch it here sooner.
merging Accord and Civic
meh
from futuristic design into this ugly little copycat honda accord junior
From a design that appeals to 16-year-olds to a design that appeals to mature executives. Bravo, Honda. Those that are still mentally 16-year-old can go ahead any buy Myvi and slap on some stickers.
topkek
from futuristic design into this ugly little copycat honda accord junior
the price of this civic in malaysia will definitely be more reasonable than Hyundai Elantra as Honda Malaysia practice fair pricing.
The car so ugly…walkaround explaination also won’t do it any good
Are you old enough to have a driving license yet? Or have you hit puberty yet? Better go and play with your Gundam toys and enjoy ricer cars from the first Fast and Furious movie. Cars with evergreen matured design are not for kids.
Sorry but what? This 11th Gen is ugly as sin 10th Gen look way more aggressive and reasonable to this wanna be accord/camry hybrid crap
I think it’s beautiful. Hope the seating position inside is elevated higher from existing model despite the same height dimension. if not, i will have to skip it once more.
how is the owner going to cleanup the mesh covering the aircond outlets? is it detachable?
This 11th Gen is way better compared to over styled boy racer look of the 10th Gen. This new Civics’ interior is more premium and the side profile is symmetrical unlike those of awkward character lines and fake vents of the 10th Gen and lastly no more crab-tail lights.
It s neat, but uninspirational overall design. Not a head turner definitely… The current accord is the proof.
no more ah beng design yehaaa
Very good ride really dream
Meh 10th Gen look so much better overall not to mention the how does deal with placement of that tacky infotainment center personal favorite here was the cup holder rib made me laugh so hard as I have a 10th Gen SI and beverages never seem to be in the way when throwing thru the gears with the cup holders being right behind the shifter and since these are CVT only how much shifting are you even doing park to drive what a joke