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The Honda Civic has been updated. The Honda Civic, which is now at least four years old, gets a refreshed face, but is still recognizable as a Civic.
Time flies. The Honda Civic that you now find in Honda showrooms was first driven onto the stage in April 2021. The eleventh generation Civic debuted in the United States as a Sedan. That would not come to the Netherlands. The Civic Hatchback would, although we had to wait a little longer for it in Europe. The Civic Sedan logically was the first of the Civic family to be updated, and even the Civic Hatchback was already shown in refreshed form in August last year. At that time, it was still the version intended for the Japanese domestic market. Now the renewed variant of the renewed Honda Civic Hatchback intended for the European market has been presented.
The changes that Honda makes to the Civic are not earth-shattering, although a lot is different. Just look at the front bumper. It is completely new, has a larger cooling opening at the bottom and has vertical black plastic elements on both sides that visually extend into the bumper work itself. The headlights are separated from the grille placed in between by a plastic strip in the body color. The grille itself is significantly wider at the bottom than before. No Civic has fog lights at the front anymore. According to Honda, these are no longer necessary because the LED headlights have been improved.
The Honda CIvic before the facelift. Do you immediately see what has changed?
More optical news: there are new 18-inch alloy wheels and there is a new Seabed Blue color. This replaces the Premium Crystal Blue in which the Civic was previously available. We see no changes at the rear. A few things change in the interior, but here too the adjustments are not shocking. The headlining and the inside of the styles are now in black and Honda has added matchroom-colored finishing around the ventilation system outlets. The Advance version now has ambient lighting in the front footwell, the Sport version gets a new heated steering wheel and a 10.2-inch fully digital instrument panel. The Elegance versions get an induction charger at the front. The powertrain has not been tinkered with, which means that the renewed Honda Civic e:HEV simply delivers 184 hybrid horsepower again.
Honda Civic: mainly remained itself on the inside.
Honda Civic in the Netherlands
Prices for the Dutch market are not yet available. The pre-facelift version costs €43,150 as Elegance, €45,115 as Sport and €48,815 as Advance. The Civic Type-R is considerably more expensive with its starting price of €91,680. It does not have a hybrid powertrain, but is powered by a 329 hp strong blown 2.0 four-cylinder. The tax authorities naturally think something of that.