The new Honda Civic‘s facelifted version was recently showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The new version comes with a host of design upgrades and a bevy of new standard features, while still maintaining the efficiency and value that has made the Civic an automotive icon for the past 40 years. The 2013 Honda Civic Sedan receives all-new front and rear exterior styling, along with extensive interior styling upgrades on all models. Retuned steering and suspension sharpen the Civic’s handling, while extensive body and chassis upgrades improve the ride comfort and interior quietness.
Powertrain-
The 2013 Civic lineup includes sedan and coupe models with a conventional gasoline engine and “Si” performance models. Civic also offers a high fuel efficiency “HF,” hybrid and exclusive natural gas alternative-fuel sedans. Under the hood of the new revised Civic it houses an 140-horsepower, i-VTEC 1.8-liter 16-valve four-cylinder engine, with 128 lb-ft of torque at 4300 rpm, and this unit is mated to either a 5-speed manual or 5-speed automatic transmission. The Civic Sedan and Coupe, this powertrain has earned an EPA fuel-economy rating of 28/39/32 mpg2 city/hwy/combined when equipped with the automatic transmission. In the Civic HF Sedan, those figures climb to 29/41/33 mpg2. The natural gas lead Civic features the 1.8-liter engine which is capable enough to produce 110 hp, and earns an EPA fuel economy rating of 27/38/31 mpg2 (city/hwy/combined). The 2013 Civic Hybrid features a 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine equipped with Honda’s Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) system, which when coupled with its Lithium-Ion battery pack, produces 110 hp and 127 lb-ft of torque, and when paired to a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), the Civic Hybrid earns a city/hwy/combined EPA rating of 44/44/44 mpg2. The 2013 Civic Si Sedan and Si Coupe models are equipped with an all-aluminum, 201-horsepower, i-VTEC 2.4-liter DOHC 16-valve engine paired to a 6-speed manual transmission, providing 170 lb-ft of torque, and a remarkable 31 mpg2 EPA highway fuel economy rating.
Exterior-
On the outside the body that has been used, is made up of 55%, high-strength steel, and thus the 2013 Civic’s body minimizes weight and maximizes strength for greater rigidity, and the new structure has been designed keeping in mind the new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) small overlap crash test. At the front, we see that there is an open mouth bumper with horizontal chrome accent and a sportier, black honeycomb mesh grille which is anchored by new integrated fog lights on EX-L and above trims. The grille is flanked by new clear-lens corner lights to provide a more premium look, and at the rear a new rear bumper design and new rear trunk lid are capped by a clean, horizontal chrome trim piece. The rear bumper features integrated reflector treatments and a new lower diffuser panel finished with a honeycomb mesh vent.
Chassis-
The chassis feature significant alterations which are aimed at standard handling refinement and noise isolation, a Electronic Power Steering program reduces the friction and provides a quicker ratio, while stiffer wheels, stiffer front springs and a thicker front stabilizer bar with new Teflon-lined mounting bushings have been designed for responsive cornering attitude. For 2013, front brake-rotor diameter on automatic-equipped Civic LX, EX and EX-L Sedans and Coupes jumps 20 mm from 262 to 282 mm for improved stopping performance.
Interior-
Inside the new revised Hond Civic, its extensive refinements in design and construction gives the entire car a whole different attitude. With an all-new tricot headliner, new soft-touch materials on the instrument panel and upper door treatment, and revised textures and panel junctions throughout the instrument panel and center console. Subtle silver accents in the interior lend a higher-quality look, along with door panel and seat fabric upgrades. Providing a more upscale environment, black carpeting and a trunk lid finisher are now standard on all Civic models, and for the first time, Civic is available in both cloth and leather with an all-black interior. Some other features include Bluetooth HandsFreeLink, Bluetooth Audio, rearview camera, color i-MID display, Pandora Interface, USB/iPod interface, SMS text message function, steering wheel audio controls, exterior temperature gauge and a sliding finished center armrest. Some features available on Civic EX, EX-L, Hybrid and Natural Gas models are, the Honda Satellite-Linked Navigation System with voice recognition3 now includes a multi-view rearview camera, which guides across more than 7-million points of interest within the continental United States. With its 16-GB flash memory system, it offers fast route calculation and includes FM traffic, a subscription-free service that alerts drivers to traffic conditions.
Safety-
And when it comes to safety, the new Civic comes standard with dual-stage, multiple-threshold front airbags, an anti-lock braking system (ABS), Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA)4 with traction control, a tire pressure monitoring system, and a pedestrian injury mitigation design in the front of the vehicle. The new Civic has been selected as the “2012 Top Safety Pick” by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), for its re-engineered Advanced Compatibility Engineering II (ACE II) body structure. The Civic features Honda’s new SmartVent front seat side airbag construction, the prior Civic’s Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS). The 2013 Honda Civic Hybrid will provide standard Forward Collision Warning (FCW) and Lane Departure Warning (LDW) systems.
Warranty-
The 2013 Honda Civic is covered by a 3-year/36,000-mile new-car limited warranty, a 5-year/60,000-mile powertrain limited warranty, a 5-year/unlimited-mile corrosion limited warranty and on hybrid models a 15-year/150,000-mile emissions warranty when the vehicle is registered and normally operated in California and certain states that have adopted California Zero-Emission Vehicle regulations.
The 2013 Civic arrives with only a modest $160 increase in MSRP across the lineup, with pricing for the exceptionally well-equipped 2013 Civic LX Sedan beginning at $18,1651. The 2013 Honda Civic Sedan and Coupe will be available in LX, EX, EX-L and Si models, with the Civic Hybrid, Civic Natural Gas and Civic HF also available in sedan form. The entry model Civic DX has been discontinued for 2013.
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