The 2012 Honda Civic is only remarkable in how much it looks like the current model. The biggest change can be seen on the sedan, which abandons the old hockey stick taillights (aka: controvertial; fugly) in place of some more generic, previous generation Camry type taillights. While they aren't as strange, the also manage to make the car look older.
The revisions to the coupe look even less drastic - but somehow manage to make the look of the previous sleek little coupe a bit more chunky and ungainly.
Although occasional mild redos may be typical Honda fashion, this segment is suddenly en vogue now that gas prices have been and are still rising. Competition is only going to get more fierce, and it's competitors know this. Kia's recent Forte and Forte Koup are lookers, and Hyundai's Elantra is a bombshell. Ford's Fiesta and the Chevrolet Cruze are also substantially better looking and have upped the bar for interior refinement. Hyundai is also planning an Elantra coupe and hatchback/wagon (something Honda doesn't even offer). This might be the wrong time for a mild redo.
2 comments:
I think this Honda comes with very well hatchback and too cool to see. I'm interested to know what are the colors of this Honda.
Nobuki Ebisawa who took over as chief designer of Honda motors in 2004 should resign. In the 80's, 90's and early 2000's, although Honda cars weren't show stoppers, they still looked acceptable. Since the mid 2000's, they have been just plain UGLY. Sure, many people still buy Honda cars but for the famed Honda engine and definitely not the design. Nobuki Ebisawa, please resign. Do what you are good at, maybe engineering. Thank you.
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