Honda is at the IAA in the new Civic compact cars in aircraft design
Honda shows the new Civic at the IAA in Frankfurt, the ninth generation of the compact car retains the futuristic design of its predecessor, the front skirt goes deep down and can affect the sporty Civic
Frankfurt / Main, 14 September 2011
The ninth generation of the Honda Civic has been specially developed for the European market. The Japanese manufacturer is why the new model to the higher quality demands of the Europeans received. In the design, Honda oriented in a plane. See now is the compact car at the IAA in Frankfurt (15 to 25 September 2011).
Flatter and Wider
In the body design of the new Civic from Honda, the main focus was to maintain the futuristic styling of its predecessor, and yet the compact car to be elegant and dynamic look. Was inspired development director Mitsuru Kariya in the shaping of a so-called "flying wing aircraft," are merged with the fuselage and wings into a single unit. Should also be the sportier Civic with new proportions: He is 20 millimeters and five millimeters wide.
Higher Quality Interior
Honda has designed the interior emphasizes driver-oriented. Here too, the designers have based on the lines of an aircraft. "We wanted to give the driver the feeling of sitting in a cockpit," says interior designer Yukio Emi. To meet the increasing demands of European customers, Honda has used claims to even higher-quality materials.
From January 2012 in trade
At its market launch in January 2012, as a 1.4 engine - ready and a 1.8-liter gasoline engine with 100 and 142 hp and a 150-hp 2.2-liter diesel. The consumption of this diesel should be at 4.2 liters per 100 kilometers, which corresponds to CO2 emissions of 110 grams per kilometer. The prices are Honda announced at a later date.
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