Even after committing more than seven decades to the automobile industry, Honda still manages to surprise its fans with something new and exciting. Competitors of the Japanese manufacturer wonder how the company maintains its repo in the market.
Well, it’s simple; they follow their mantra of providing customers with top-notch products. And the soon-to-be-released 2022 Honda Civic Sedan is a much-awaited addition to their already impressive fleet.
Even before its official launch, the 2022 Civic is grabbing a lot of media attention for its leaked photos in final production form. Though there’s quite a lot about the model to be announced by Honda yet, what we’ve seen so far is quite thrilling.
Join us as we introduce you to some of the specs of the upcoming model.
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What’s unique about the 2022 Honda Civic Sedan?
The new sedan resembles its prototype shown in 2020, but with a cleaner and creaseless body, it looks better than the regular 10th generation model. With a broad upfront area, the vehicle has enough room for LED headlamps equipped with integrated LED DRLs and a matching body-colored grille. Its front body is similar to Honda’s HR-V, recently introduced in Europe and Japan.
The new sedan offers a front bumper with a bulky black fog lamp, and a backside with modest LED tail-lamps, another bumper, and a tailgate. The car’s interior represents a honeycomb mesh dashboard with minute buttons and a 9-inch HD touchscreen. It’s expected to have a fully digital gauge display with buttons for controlling climate.
According to Japanese media reports, the new Civic might feature Honda’s new Global platform, which was supposed to be a part of the HR-V models. Further, it will comprise of two new variants named the Si and R which might come with an integrated 306bhp, 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine.
Just FYI, the automaker is also testing a hatchback version of the sedan, which would feature a 1.5-liter 4-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine. This version would have the power to generate 174 bhp output and 220Nm torque.
Past figures reveal that the regular model’s price would start at $22,245, and the hatchback version’s price would begin from $23,195.
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Honda steps up its game in the automobile market!
During an online press event on March 4, 2021, Honda launched ‘Legend’ in Japan. Legend is the first automobile from Honda that’s equipped with Level 3 Autonomous Driving technology, and it looks like Honda understands the dangers of automated vehicles, which is why the company is taking a slow approach towards producing vehicles from the Legend lineup. According to reports, only 100 units will be produced for lease sales, and the asking price of these models would be 11 million Yen.
In a statement issued by Honda, the company explained Legend’s Traffic Jam Pilot system, which can control the braking, acceleration, and steering of the vehicle under certain conditions. FYI, the Japanese government had awarded a safety certification to Legend’s Traffic Jam Pilot system in November 2020.