Spy Pic: 06 Civic

ifcar · Moderator

Spy Pic: 06 Civic

thewizard16 · V-12

Well, the uh.. wheels look nice? Otherwise you can't see much from that picture. Potential of TSX-ish headlights, though, maybe?

Fire It Up · Moderator

Big brakes. Good sign. I hope.

thewizard16 · V-12

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Originally posted by: Fire It Up
"Big brakes. Good sign. I hope."

It's a compact car made to compete with the Focus and Corolla. I'd expect a sport version, but don't expect it to be a sports car.

MX793 · V-6

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Originally posted by: thewizard16
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It's a compact car made to compete with the Focus and Corolla. I'd expect a sport version, but don't expect it to be a sports car. "

The version to be shown (debuts today, in fact) is the Si, which is the performance version. Hence the large-ish brakes. Should be interesting to see how this car stacks up to the Mazda3. As it stands, a 3s gets you similar performance and significantly more goodies for about the same money as a Civic Si Hatch. Have to see if Honda either does a significant bump in performance or content for the same price, or drops the price and keeps the rest of the stuff the same, for the new car.

ifcar · Moderator

Here are the official photos of the Civic concept (Si version):

Kevin · GMPenguin

Kewl, kinda. I don't know, it looks nice, but it's really ricer-ish and it has that unrealistic preproduction thing to it.

thewizard16 · V-12

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Originally posted by: Kevin
"Kewl, kinda. I don't know, it looks nice, but it's really ricer-ish and it has that unrealistic preproduction thing to it."

I agree about the preproduction thing. I don't like the wing, black hood, completely black headlights, or the foglights, for some reason. With some toning-down, it could look pretty decent.

ifcar · Moderator

quote:
Originally posted by: thewizard16
" I agree about the preproduction thing. I don't like the wing, black hood, completely black headlights, or the foglights, for some reason. With some toning-down, it could look pretty decent."

Honda concept-to-production usually changes exactly those things, so you're in luck.

I still don't like the profile myself though.

thewizard16 · V-12

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Originally posted by: ifcar
" Honda concept-to-production usually changes exactly those things, so you're in luck. I still don't like the profile myself though."

The front portion of the car looks strange on the side profile, but other than that, I didn't find it too strange.

ifcar · Moderator

I definitely agree, the hood looks too short in the profile (itching to photochop the whole roof and pillars back a bit) but attractive from other angles.