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#36 of 4597 Early release of '06 Civic? by otis12 Jan 20, 2005 (11:45 am)
What's the liklihood of the '06 Civic coming out before September? I ask because the competition has gotten stronger (Mazda 3, Kia Spectra5) and Civic sales are down. The spy pix of the'06 Civic look great. Replies to this message: blueiedgod (Jan 21, 2005 5:23 am)
#37 of 4597 Re: Early release of '06 Civic? [otis12] by blueiedgod Jan 21, 2005 (5:23 am)
Replying to: otis12 (Jan 20, 2005 11:45 am) Very unlikley. Honda is a very lean manufacturing process. They would need to retool and update the machinery to start production of the the new model. This means that they would have to stop current production, and start re-tooling now for summer release. I think June/july is the last order for one year's model, and then the new years models start being produced some time in late July/early August to be delivered by September 15th. For Honda to release the new model in June, the factories would have to stop in February/March, very unlikley.   Acura's are usually released in April, so the new EL may, and I say MAY, be released in April. But that would kill the suprize factor that Honda likes, and will drop the current Civic sales, as people will be waiting for the new model.   If the new Civic is as revolutinary, and not Honda ususal EVOLUTIONARY change, there will be some deals on the current Civic come fall. I see a loaded EX/SE 4 door being sold for $15K or close with dealer incentives.
#38 of 4597 Civic debut in Feb? by otis12 Jan 22, 2005 (10:25 am)
According to an article at Edmunds, the '06 Civic will be publicly unveiled at the Chicago auto show next month. That is highly unusual for Honda and in part makes me wonder if the '06 Civic will also go on sale earlier than normal.
#39 of 4597 Antanov transmission? by otis12 Jan 22, 2005 (1:29 pm)
I also read that Honda licensed the Antanov transmission for use in future models. Any word if this tranny will be in the '06 Civic? That would truly make the vehicle revolutionary.
#40 of 4597 Chicago Show Announcement by jrct9454 Feb 10, 2005 (11:26 am)
Carefully parsing the press release of the Civic SI Concept coupe at the Chicago Show pretty much confirms what I already suspected: all rhetoric to the contrary, we are once again not getting any hatchback bodies in our market when the new Civic debuts. Four door sedan, two door sedan [they can call it a coupe if they want, but same thing...] and the SI, which is just the two door sedan with a wing and lots more hp. No 5-door hatch, and no 3-door hatch. So much for the risk-taking on the new car.   Engines and transmissions are supposed to be much improved, the interiors usefully larger, and that is welcome...but the rest of it is just more styling fru-fru. I was hoping for the full range of worldwide body offerings here, but apparently, not in the cards. Replies to this message: raychuang00 (Feb 10, 2005 9:15 pm) bamaflum (Mar 10, 2005 10:17 am) carguy58 (Mar 11, 2005 11:44 am)
#41 of 4597 Re: Chicago Show Announcement [jrct9454] by raychuang00 Feb 10, 2005 (9:15 pm)
Replying to: jrct9454 (Feb 10, 2005 11:26 am) I think while we can forget about the three-door hatchback, there is a good chance we may get the five-door hatchback Civic, if only Honda has recognized the success of the Mazda3 and the Ford Focus ZX5 five-door hatchback in the US market.   Besides, Honda created the two-door coupé specifically for the US market because American-market Civic buyers wanted such a model. Replies to this message: bamaflum (Mar 10, 2005 10:17 am) carguy58 (Mar 11, 2005 11:44 am)
#42 of 4597 by claudius753 Feb 10, 2005 (9:59 pm)
When first seeing the spy shots of the civic a few months ago, I was a bit worried. I really didn't like the hood slope nor the rear of the hatch. I decided to wait until I could see one without camo or one that wasn't a hatch at least.   Today I found some of the pictures of the 2006 Civic Si concept, and I must say, aside from the normal autoshow junk they add to spruce up the cars looks, I really like the way the new civic looks. If they keep the same sort of lines in the sedan, it would go to the top of my current list of cars I am considering to purchase. If not, I could settle for a coupe if they took off the wing and different color hood, and added clear head-lights.   Any ideas what the base powertrain might be? I'm hoping for a 1.8l i-VTEC making about 130-140hp, 125-135lb/ft with fairly similar gas mileage as current models, and hopefully a 5speed auto borrowed from the RSX. I think all of Honda's vehicles are iVTEC and all offer 5speed for the auto tranny, except Civic, so hopefully that will change with the new generation.
#43 of 4597 by claudius753 Feb 10, 2005 (10:50 pm)
I just found a transcript of the introduction by John Mendel for the Si, and he talks of the other areas of the Civic line up as well. Apparently the new Civic will offer iVTEC, though I'm not sure if it will be reserved to the EX models as current VTEC is, or will be in every trim level:   "Both the Sedan and Coupe will feature the latest generation of our intelligent VTEC technology that improves performance while setting a new standard for fuel efficiency and low emissions in the compact class."   the rest of the transcript is here: http://www.vtec.net/news/news-item?news_item_id=328513
#44 of 4597 Couple could be 3 door by fdanna Feb 11, 2005 (11:47 am)
Ever seen a Scion tC? It looks like a coupe, but it's really a 3 door hatch. Any chance the Civic would have this kind of configuration? Then you get the look of a coupe with the versatility of the hatch.
#45 of 4597 by claudius753 Feb 11, 2005 (12:15 pm)
I guess thats not totally impossible, the RSX is considered a hatch, but it looks like a normal coupe, so they could do that for the civic. I highly doubt a 5 door would look like that though, based on the spy shots of the 5 door, but a 3 door maybe.   Most likely we will just get the coupe, sedan, and Si coupe without any hatchback. Hatches don't do well in America normally. Personally, I don't like the lines of the Civic 5door from the spy shots. I don't like hatcbacks in general, save for a few that I think are nice looking such as the Mazda 3 and VW Golf.

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