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Honda to release new Civic in summer

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By Kaoru Kubono

Honda Motor Co Ltd will release its next-generation Civic in the summer. Honda will offer three models of the new Civic; a hatchback, sedan and sports car.

The power train of the new Civic is a 1.5L direct-injection engine with the "VTEC" variable valve timing (VVT) mechanism and a turbocharger. It is combined with either a continuously-variable transmission (CVT) or a six-speed manual transmission (MT).

The Civic is Honda's world car. Since its debut in 1972, the company has sold about 24 million units of the Civic. The sedan is manufactured at Yorii Plant in Saitama Prefecture. The hatchback and sports car are manufactured at Swindon Plant of Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd, which is the company's manufacturing base in the UK.

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Why write initials (WWI) after each technical term (TT)?

I understand if it's going to be a long article (LA) and you need to save space (SS), but when it only appears once (AO), what's the point (WTP)?

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"The Civic is Honda’s world car"

Not sure what that means but I was a big fan back in the day. First new car I ever bought was a '93 Civic hatchback. Went all over the US in that thing. Later I had a '99. Both were worth their weight in gold.

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Why write initials

Refreshing to see the acronyms defined in a country where unexplained (and unchallenged) jargon is the norm, although the article does border on priggish, especially the superfluous MT.

(Is the two-letter acronym ending the article unexplained because it defies definition these days?)

Back to the Civic, the brushed metal effect in the photo does little to camouflage the incongruent angles and conflicting curves of a car that has struggled with its identity for a few years now.

Is the Civic for boy racers or pensioners? Are pensioners the new boy racers? Are the engineers, like so much of Japan Inc. and a boomer-heavy northern hemisphere, clutching cluelessly at the coattails of the past?

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I have no problem with usage of VTEC, VVT or CVT as these are current & common car terms, just as long as they did not use acronyms like HB, SDN or SC.

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Bit of a Honda fan.

@jcapan

Its called a world car as this time its a shared platform and model in all countries, which is the first time for the Civic, there have simultaneously in the past been Japanese, european, US and developing nation Civic models which were only the same in name, chassis, dimensions, engines all completely different.

@sensenotsocommon

The Civic this time is suppose to cover the range, 1.5Litre Turbo standard car all the way through to a possibly 320+HP Type R, the prototype in the brushed steel wrap. Im not sure how successful that will be but so far the 10g Civic reviews are really good. I guess the idea being, build a good chassis, do the engineering once and then change engine, suspension components to suit other applications. I hope the Japanese side did have more to do with the design and engineering as the Japanese Civic models have all ways been the more focused and high performance models which is what interests me.

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I need a car and do not wish an used car. Wonders how this.is different from the Americsn model

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Honda: "Hey, Subaru, can I copy your STi?" Subaru: "Yeah, just change it a little so nobody notices..." Honda: "Okay, I got you."

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