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 Paris 2008: Honda Civic Hybrid Facelift« »

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Honda reveals a revised version of its current lowest CO2 car, the Civic Hybrid at the Paris Motor Show. Even with sales still exceeding all targets across Europe, the economy and emission focussed Civic Hybrid is being given a mid-life facelift.

Most noticeable of the changes is the restyled front bumper, which now has a more aggressive appearance and incorporates a pair of fog lights. The headlights have also received a mild tweak, with a smoke chrome surround giving a higher quality look. This is complemented by a redesigned grille that blends with the new front lights.

In response to customer feedback, the current car's alloy wheels have been replaced with a newly designed 5-spoke wheel. Finally the rear-end of the 4-door saloon has been freshened up with a new lamp colour treatment.

Inside the seats have a new fabric design and the indicators are now one-touch items for easy lane changing. Mechanically the Civic Hybrid retains its award-winning drive train, which combines an economical low emission petrol engine with an electric motor for exceptional urban fuel efficiency and minimised emissions.

Like its predecessor, the new Civic Hybrid will have an 8-year warranty on the vehicle's battery pack and Honda will recycle any old batteries through its dealer network.

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 Re: Paris 2008: Honda Civic Hybrid Facelift (Wes@motivemag) »« »

The front end is a big improvement over the Civics of the last 8 or so years in my opinion.

edit: nevermind, I read too fast and didn't realize this was the Euro civic.



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 Re: Paris 2008: Honda Civic Hybrid Facelift (Wes@motivemag) »« »

With just those subtle differences, it looks a lot better than the U.S. version.



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 Re: Paris 2008: Honda Civic Hybrid Facelift (javablaze) »« »

Honda really needs to kill the Canadian market Acura CSX, or whatever it's called, and release this as the Civic Sedan in North America. Those headlights and bumper look much nicer than our Civic IMO.



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 Re: Paris 2008: Honda Civic Hybrid Facelift (jwaters943) »« »

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Honda really needs to kill the Canadian market Acura CSX, or whatever it's called, and release this as the Civic Sedan in North America. Those headlights and bumper look much nicer than our Civic IMO.

Agreed. Those headlights look pretty damn good.



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