Author Topic: Honda Civic hatchback to return to North America (Read 7428 times)

Autos_Editor · « **on:** March 17, 2015, 02:56:15 pm »

Rumour mill says excess UK plant capacity the key to Civic hatch's return to NA market
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Noto · « **Reply #1 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:06:40 pm »

*yawn*

sorry, but they're not going to use the 'overstock' and switch over all manufacturing to make it now a left-hand driver. The re-tooling would be too expensive.

chrischasescars · « **Reply #2 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:15:21 pm »

But how economical is it to have idle assembly lines? Admittedly, the current Civic Euro-hatch might be a bit weird for Canadian and American tastes, but it gets them back into a popular segment. Watch, though: they'll start selling the hatch here, and bottom will fall right out of the market for hatchbacks.

jyarkony · « **Reply #3 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:21:16 pm »

Quote from: NoTo on March 17, 2015, 03:06:40 pm

*yawn*

sorry, but they're not going to use the 'overstock' and switch over all manufacturing to make it now a left-hand driver. The re-tooling would be too expensive.

while I don't know the details, the UK plant must already build left-hand drive for continental Europe...

redman · « **Reply #4 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:21:45 pm »

Odd, I thought that the Fit was the replacement to the Civic hatch. Don't get the logic of two similar vehicles being carried by the same manufacturer just because there is room for more production oversees to boot.

Schmengie · « **Reply #5 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:22:41 pm »

Quote from: NoTo on March 17, 2015, 03:06:40 pm

*yawn*

sorry, but they're not going to use the 'overstock' and switch over all manufacturing to make it now a left-hand driver. The re-tooling would be too expensive.

^^Yup. And if by some miracle it does find it's way here, hopefully it won't be before Honda calls an oncologist to excise that big red tumour growing on it's ass.

Noto · « **Reply #6 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:33:14 pm »

Quote from: jyarkony on March 17, 2015, 03:21:16 pm

Quote from: NoTo on March 17, 2015, 03:06:40 pm
*yawn*

sorry, but they're not going to use the 'overstock' and switch over all manufacturing to make it now a left-hand driver. The re-tooling would be too expensive.

while I don't know the details, the UK plant must already build left-hand drive for continental Europe...

Could very well be. Good point.

CSH · « **Reply #7 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:33:54 pm »

They have to price is much higher than the regular civic too as its being produced in a country with higher costs

Sir Osis of Liver · « **Reply #8 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:35:18 pm »

It's such an ungainly looking thing. I'd be glad to see it back, but it would have to blow my socks off to actually buy one.

quadzilla · « **Reply #9 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:39:19 pm »

How about the Civic Tourer instead?

Northernridge · « **Reply #10 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:39:49 pm »

Is that pic from Honda or some photoshop hack?

I think they've been showing a non-R Civic hatch around themselves and it looks different than your post.

The R hatch looks good...remember that popular video where you could scroll form good guy to bad guy Civic...R to regular?

Snowman · « **Reply #11 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:44:57 pm »

Good news, hatches are where it at

quadzilla · « **Reply #12 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:57:49 pm »

Quote from: Northernridge on March 17, 2015, 03:39:49 pm

Is that pic from Honda or some photoshop hack?

If you are talking about the picture of the Tourer, its real and off the Honda (UK) website.

http://www.honda.co.uk/cars/civictourer/discover/#gallery

Snowman · « **Reply #13 on:** March 17, 2015, 04:18:01 pm »

Quote from: quadzilla on March 17, 2015, 03:57:49 pm

Quote from: Northernridge on March 17, 2015, 03:39:49 pm
Is that pic from Honda or some photoshop hack?

If you are talking about the picture of the Tourer, its real and off the Honda (UK) website.

http://www.honda.co.uk/cars/civictourer/discover/#gallery

That thing will sell like hot cakes.