The rear is a lot more visible than the front and is really reminiscent of the prototype we saw at the 2016 NY Auto Show back in March, when Honda senior VP Jeff Conrad said that this vehicle would attract new enthusiast buyers to the Civic brand. It feels big enough that it could nearly be an Accord, but its combination of value and fun make it a real return to form for Honda.
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Having the Civic overlook electrification while two other top-selling nameplates wouldn’t seem right, especially when one of them shares its platform. Until now! From our friends at the CivicX forums, here is your new Civic hatch.
There still aren’t pictures of the Civic hatchback’s interior.
Thanks to our friends in the know, we are now updated as to the arrival of the first manufactured in England Civic hatchback to grace USA shores.
As shared earlier with Torque News, while attending the 2017 Civic coupe media event, the 10th generation 5 door Civic hatchback will follow sedan, coupe variant availability, active safety packaging, and personal electronic device pairing and entertainment connectivity. And it will inevitably get compared to the Accord Crosstour, which is unfortunate.
The Hatchback will spawn the next track-oriented Type R a little later in its production run, and it sounds like it will be well worth the wait.
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Interestingly for our part of the world, the Civic hatchback has been confirmed for assembly in Thailand, which makes a Malaysia market entrance a possibility; Malaysia has typically only received the sedan body-style for Honda’s C-segment model.
