I was definitely thinking Mazda 3 when i saw the rear end.

 

I dunno what to make of it just yet, but I'm interested in seeing where this leads.

 

It looks kinda like a Daewoo Lanos

 

No xenons!

 

Actually, if the roofline stayed higher, it would almost look like a "mini-RX330"

"half the size, four times as Evil!"

 

i dont know...reminds me of a ford focus

 

"Hot Type-R and fuel-saving hybrid versions are certain"

well there's an ok start, sticking to what they do best i guess. A Civic-R with a 2.0L is a winner any day, its just that they don't bring it here. I don't like the sharp TSX-like lights on the egg-shaped body, but then again, these are spy pics. Well see in due time.

 

http://www.channel4.com/4car/gallery...nda-civic.html








I find that back end highly offensve

 

back looks interesting... it's could be either good or bad. The lines look crisp to the back, and then unfurls, it seems. Honda's been slackin in the design department, let's see if they buck up and make this interesting.

Junkster, who likes the little A pillar-to-side mirror window

 

Well, it the looks are gonna be what they seem to be, euro sales are gonna suffer a bit from the Megane, 147, and the new golf.

Junkster, who doesn't like the roundness in the back

 

 

 

Moving to Automotive News.

And

 

Nope. Not feeling the love.

 

Of course the flip side is that in Europe the Accord looks a lot better than the USDM Accord.
There's no way the car in those pics is the USDM Civic.

Biker, who wonders if this thing will have its coming out party at the yearly show in Geneva.,

 

 

I like it.

Although the body lines can use more of a lift (not the perfect terminology), I like the simplicity of it.

 

IMO it looks like a 2-door Chevy Optra5.

 

Ugly as it might be, it's no match for such heavyweights from Fiat :



And Renault :

 

Its got a disproportionally big rear end. I bet Jigga likes it.

 

i just barfed in my mouth.

 

Found a bigger pic on TOV:

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^^ that would be a pretty sweet looking Civic...but we all know it's not gunna look like that

 

Looks like MT nailed the front end, the slant of the windshield, the small triangle windows on the doors, and the lights and bumper look very much like the spy shots - even though the back is a hatch compared to a coupe...

 

Looks to be pictures of the Civic Hatchback, or perhaps the CRX?



More Spyshot Pics

 

that has a nice shape to it for a compact.

 

I dunno anything is better then the boring outdated current version

 

The current 7th gen Civic needs to go away, it seems like its been around forever!

 

Looks like a Pontiac

 

Looks like another UGLY generation of the Civic.
They should bring back the late 90’s body style.
They haven’t looked the same since then.

 

I actually like the styling of the old Civic SI.

 

Looks like a re-incarnation of the CRX...

 

Can't see them going with a hatch again after the SI flop.

 

Although the hatch sells very well in Europe and the car in the photo is right-hand drive.

 

one of the mags says it is reverting to the coupe for the SI after the flop of the hatch.

but the sketch was kinda llike the pic above. So, who knows, we'll see.

Hopefully, they will spice up the look of teh regualr civics. The late changes made on the 05 models were a little more aggressive...just too late.

 

hmm, looking at those pics more closely. If that is the SI...its seems more of a natural evolution in design from the previous hatch, and not the current one.

kinda like the 3rd gen lude to the 5th gen lude, where the 4th gen didnt really fit in terms of exterior design evolution.

 

I don't think that's an SI...they're generally 2-doors. Look close enough and you can see door handles for the rear doors, mounted on the pillars.

 

You seem be correct in that statement. But we'll see. remember europe tends to get 4 door hatch models we dont. ie: GTI

Or perhaps honda is trying to radically change it up for once.

time will tell.

 

This is what the 2-door will supposedly look like:

 

Yes, thats the sketch i was refering to