2022 Honda Civic (11th Gen)

REVIEW: New Honda Civic RS is not quite racy but certainly sophisticated and stylish

The Honda Civic RS is designed to be a comfortable sedan that’s equally at home on the school run as it is driving to a holiday destination. It may not have snap, crackle and pop but it performs exactly as potential owners want and that’s ultimately what drives cars off the showroom floor.

It’s priced at R669 000 and comes with a five-year/200 000km warranty, and a five-year/90 000km service plan as well as three-year AA roadside assistance.

FACTS: Honda Civic sedan 1.5T RS

Price: R669 000

Engine: 1.5-litre, 4-cylinder, turbopetrol

Gearbox: CVT

Drive: Front-wheel drive

Power: 131kW from 6 000rpm

Torque: 240Nm from 1 700rpm

0-100km/h: 8.3 seconds (claimed)

Top speed: 200km/h (claimed)

Fuel use, mixed: 6.2 l/100km (claimed)

Fuel tank capacity: 47 litres

Kerb weight: 1 348kg

Boot volume: 495 litres

Warranty: 5-year/200 000km

Service plan: 5-year/90 000km

 
2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Gets Sportier Styling, Will Be Available As A Sedan Or Hatchback

The company expects the Civic hybrid to make up 40 percent of the model's sales

2023 was a banner year for Honda’s hybrid lineup. Despite the brand’s only hybrid offerings being the Accord sedan and CR-V crossover, hybrids made up 25 percent of Honda’s total sales for the year, and those hybrid variants were more than 50 percent of each model’s individual sales totals. To capitalize on that momentum Honda will be releasing a new Civic hybrid this summer, the first photos of which were just released.

This marks the first Civic hybrid sold in the U.S. since the ninth-generation sedan exited production in 2015, unless you count the Civic-based Insight sedan that was sold from 2018 to 2022. The new Civic hybrid will be offered with both the sedan and hatchback body styles, which is awesome, and the pictured car is a Civic sedan in the top-end Sport Touring trim, so the hybrid won’t be relegated to base model status.

The Civic hybrid has a new front end with a larger grille that has a hexagonal mesh pattern, a bigger and more angular lower opening, and slimmer vertical intakes at the bumper corners. There will be new wheel designs, and while we can’t see the rear bumper it probably has been tweaked as well. The lights seem to be identical to the current Civic.

jalopnik.com

2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Gets Sportier Styling, Will Be Available As A Sedan Or Hatchback

The company expects the Civic hybrid to make up 40 percent of the model's sales
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