Honda Civic FD Body [ARCHIVED]

[AG4]

BTW they're offering to replace my car with a used and presumably abused 2nd hand City. What a joke

I hope Honda gets its act together when they launch their new gen Civic here on April.

[carlocaraddict]

btw, Reliance Motors (Honda HK) brought the USDM Civic to their market.

[AG4]

btw, Reliance Motors (Honda HK) brought the USDM Civic to their market.

Thats interesting.

Perhaps only ASEAN countries will get the ASEAN Honda Civic.

[vicoyski]

Hi guys! Just came from another visit to the Honda Cars Plant... Psylocke's City ain't there anymore.

Btw, they have test assembled 2 units of the new 2006 Civic there. But, they're not showing it to outsiders, yet. I've seen a pic in one of their banners, though. It's the JDM model alright. They're targetting 10,000 Civic units by the end of the year. Full production will start March. The guys at Honda are saying that a hybrid model will be released locally. But, it's gonna be CBU. Prolly assembled in Japan.

[Blackraven]

Btw, they have test assembled 2 units of the new 2006 Civic there. But, they're not showing it to outsiders, yet. I've seen a pic in one of their banners, though. It's the JDM model alright. They're targetting 10,000 Civic units by the end of the year.

This is scary.

Now even the quality of a brand new car could be ruined by reliability issues due to manufacturing deficiencies at the Sta. Rosa Plant.

Seriously, is HCPI doing something to make sure that build quality would be the same as that of Thailand-made units???

Kasi if HCPI won't give a sh*t, then I'm keeping the New Civic off my list of new autos.

[AG4]

The guys at Honda are saying that a hybrid model will be released locally. But, it's gonna be CBU. Prolly assembled in Japan.

CBU Hybrid Civic from Japan? Thats going to be very expensive.
I wonder how they will price it, my guess is in the P1.4M-P1.5M range.

[Automahn]

...Btw, they have test assembled 2 units of the new 2006 Civic there. But, they're not showing it to outsiders, yet. I've seen a pic in one of their banners, though. It's the JDM model alright. They're targetting 10,000 Civic units by the end of the year. Full production will start March. The guys at Honda are saying that a hybrid model will be released locally. But, it's gonna be CBU. Prolly assembled in Japan.

I hope they come out with a wider range of colors for the FD Civic unlike with current model where you only get black, white, silver and differing shades of gray & beige. They should always have basic colors like red, green, blue, etc.

[niky]

UPDATE:

Honda released flyers during the Fort Boni exhibit... details regarding the 2006 Civic as follows:

2006 Honda Civic
"Motor Trend Car of the Year"
"North American Car of the Year"

Now Accepting Reservations
1.8 V Manual Transmission
1.8 V Automatic Transmission

1.8 S Manual Transmission
1.8 S Automatic Transmission
1.8 COLORS:
Bluish Silver
Alabaster Silver
Habañero Red
Nighthawk Black

2.0 S Manual Transmission
COLORS:
New Racing Blue Metallic
Habañero Red
Nighthawk Black

2.0 S-L Automatic Transmission
COLORS:
Bluish Silver
Pearl White Mica
Nighthawk Black

1.3 IMA HYBRID CVT / Automatic Transmission
First in the Philippines!
HYBRID COLORS:
Alabaster Silver
Shoreline Mist
Galaxy Gray
Neutron Blue

* Tentative Information only
* Variants and colors are for information purposes only
* Prices, sepcifications and final model and color lineups to be announced

They still didn't have pics or showroom models at the show, pero kung JDM nga yung looks, okay lang.

Points of interest:
2.0 MANUAL... FINALLY!!!! Speed freaks, the SiR replacement has arrived. Unfortunately, it's going to cost a lot.

1.8 Manual: if this is going to be their bread and butter car, wow.
- 8.2 seconds to 100 km/h (as tested by Autocar, same as or a little faster than the Ford Lynx RS)
- official fuel consumption of 12/17 km/l city/highway... (may be even better in eco-challenges than the old 1.7)
- and it's coming in two versions, so there will likely be a sports version.

Even if this all pushes the 'base' Civic price into the 800's, I think I've found my "back-up" car.

1.3 Hybrid. Though the information is tentative, I think Honda is now daring Toyota to put their money where their mouth is. Toyota's been crowing about the Prius for almost a year, but no word on importation... now they have to step up.

No specifications as to price yet, and I'm betting they'll only bring the Hybrid in if there's demand, but kudos to Honda for jumping the gun. :D

[Automahn]

Hey! This is good news. Mukhang promising ang lineup, sana maganda pricing nila.

[eggman]

Hmm 2.0 S M/T,thank goodness at mayroon nyan pero im sure lagpas 1M price nyan lalo na yung 2.0 S-L at 1.3 IMA CVT(Hybrid).Yung 1.8 S at V ang kikita nang malaki dyan lalo na sa riceboys at Civic fanatics!