Is this the new Civic 5-door?

[ocnblu]

Ran across this on a Honda U.K. preview site.  Doesn't look too bad, imo, although I wish a 2-door hatch were coming as well.  I think the coupe looks too weird in a lot of areas.  Click on it to make it big enough to study.  Hopefully it is not a photoshop.

 

 

Edited December 27, 2015 by ocnblu

[David]

Interesting, better than what it has been.

[Robert Hall]

Apparently the hatch coming to the US..  Honda seems to have stuck w/ only boring trunked Civics here for a decade or so...

 

Edit: found this article on R&T, with lots of pics of the Euro spec model http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/g6191/this-is-the-euro-honda-civic-thats-headed-to-america/

Edited December 28, 2015 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[ccap41]

Not too shabby, I was hoping a little more of a conventional style hatch though and less sloping rear, almost like a CLA or 6 Series "coupe". 

[furioustee]

I like the new Chevy Cruz hatchback better.

[Cory Wolfe]

I'm fairly certain that is just a photoshop. 

[Frisky Dingo]

After seeing it in person, the new Civic is damn ugly. I don't care how good the thing drives, the looks are a deal breaker.

[ccap41]

^ Yeah I saw one driving this past weekend... I completely agree. 

[David]

Yes they are flooding the dealer lots and are freaking ugly.

[cp-the-nerd]

I thought the new Civic's "4-door coupe" design was done to simultaneously offer a sedan with near-hatchback functionality. I didn't know they had any intention of doing a separate 5-door.

[Guest Wings4Life(BANNED)]

I wish Detroit would step up their compact styling game a bit, cuz this looks really good.

 

Type R just looks incredible to me.

 

[Suaviloquent]

(continuing the hot compact drink analogy thread)  

 

The Focus ST Tangerine Scream is Tropicana Orange Juice

 

The Focus RS is Pepsi Max

 

And the green Civic Coupe is Lemon-Lime Gatorade.

 

And the white/red Civic R is a lychee martini.

[Cory Wolfe]

After seeing it in person, the new Civic is damn ugly. I don't care how good the thing drives, the looks are a deal breaker.

 

 

^ Yeah I saw one driving this past weekend... I completely agree. 

 

 

Yes they are flooding the dealer lots and are freaking ugly.

 

I have to disagree. Seeing it in person, inside and out, the car just looks a class above everything else in the segment. Even in lower trims, it looks like a more expensive car than it really is. If I had to levy one complaint, it would be that in the body looks a bit big for the largest wheels Honda offers. It could use a nice set of 18's or 19's to really perfect the look. 

 

[ccap41]

The profile of it does look really sharp. It's the whole thing they did with the front end that I'm not a fan of. Those pics you posted I do think look really good. 

[frogger]

I think it looks pretty decent, makes most other compacts look cheap.  Similar to when the 2006 Civic arrived.

It does look big for a compact, like the Jetta.

Hopefully the hatchback model comes with some Fit-like interior tricks for cargo.

Edited January 21, 2016 by frogger