Honda Malaysia’s first new mannequin introduction for 2025 will occur from the get-go, with the Honda Civic facelift set to make its native debut in January. The timeline for its Malaysian launch was revealed by the corporate when it opened the order books for the C-segment sedan final week.
The refreshed FE was alleged to have been launched in Malaysia earlier than the 12 months was out, as one of many two new fashions HMSB had deliberate to introduce right here this 12 months. The delay is minor, provided that it’s simply 4 months on from its entry into the Thai market.
What can we anticipate from the facelift of the Eleventh-gen Civic, of which greater than 28,000 items have been bought because it was launched right here in January 2022? Effectively, there’s no point out of variants that may include the refresh as but, nevertheless it ought to successfully mirror that provided by the pre-facelift.
The outgoing automobile was introduced in 4 variants kinds, with these being three petrol items, the 1.5L E, 1.5L V and 1.5L RS, and a sole hybrid, the e:HEV 2.0L RS, which sat on the prime of the civilian Civic vary domestically.
That 4 model line-up needs to be retained with the refresh. There have been whispers going about that one of many decrease variants could possibly be dropped, on this case the E, given that the majority consumers away from the RS – which led the best way for the petrol powertrain when it comes to gross sales – tended to go for the V, however the base model is for certain to stay in place, since it’s integral to fleet gross sales (the PDRM makes use of the E as a patrol automobile). So, very a lot established order when it comes to variants provided.
In fact, a facelift means precisely that, and new exterior revisions abound, led by a redesigned entrance bumper. The adjustments on the entrance finish introduce a extra distinguished protruding decrease part in addition to a thicker grille that reduces the automobile’s distinctive massive ‘brow’. The grille itself is now a hexagonal honeycomb mesh design for each the primary and decrease sections.
The look was first introduced by the RS Prototype at Tokyo Auto Salon 2024 in January earlier than being seen in sequence manufacturing kind days in a while the facelift’s debut within the US. Point out has been additionally made that the e:HEV RS will function a brand new 18-inch matte gray alloy wheel design, and it stays to be seen if there are any adjustments to the petrol wheel design.
As indicated on the facelift for Thailand, the current powertrains will carry over into the refresh unchanged mechanically and when it comes to output. On the petrol variations, a 1.5 litre VTEC Turbo four-cylinder engine providing 182 PS at 6,000 rpm and 240 Nm of torque from 1,700 to 4,500 rpm, mated to a CVT, continues to carry court docket.
In the meantime, the e:HEV RS is provided with the automaker’s Clever Multi-Mode Drive (i-MMD) system as seen beforehand. This combines a 134 PS and 189 Nm 2.0 litre naturally-aspirated Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine, appearing primarily as a generator, with an electrical motor, which affords 184 PS (181 hp, or 135 kW) and 315 Nm from 0-2,000 rpm, with energy despatched to the entrance wheels through an electrical CVT.
Gear ranges on the brand new automobile must also stay largely unchanged, from the single-zone air-conditioning on the petrol variants and a dual-zone AC on the hybrid and cloth uphholstery on the bottom variant and leather-based on the V onwards to the inclusion of the Honda Join suite of telematic providers, which is presently accessible from the V grade on.
Some new bits do go on. In Thailand, the nine-inch touchscreen head unit now comes with wi-fi Android Auto connectivity to hitch wi-fi Apple CarPlay accessible beforehand, in order that must also make its approach right here on fashions geared up with the actual Superior Show Audio HU (the current base E encompasses a seven-inch Show Audio unit).
Patrons may anticipate to see a Google built-in setup on the higher-spec variants, though it stays to be seen if the Malaysian-spec e:HEV RS will get the 12-speaker Bose Premium Audio setup as provided on the mannequin in Thailand. Ought to that come about, it is going to substitute the eight-speaker system seen on the pre-facelift.
As with the pre-FL, all variants of the refreshed Civic will function the automaker’s Sensing suite of driver help programs, consisting of collision mitigation braking (AEB), lane holding help, highway departure mitigation with land departure warning, adaptive cruise management with low-speed comply with and lead automobile departure notification. The automaker’s LaneWatch digital camera system has been retained, and so it ought to once more be discovered on the automobile from the V grade on.
As for costs, we will anticipate there to be little or no deviation from that seen on the pre-FL, primarily based on pricing seen in Thailand for the facelift, which has been lowered barely in comparison with when it the pre-FL was launched within the Kingdom again in August 2021.
In the meantime, in its remaining Malaysian worth revision made in July 2023, the 1.5E was priced at RM131,900, the 1.5L V at RM144,900 and the 1.5L RS petrol at RM151,900. At that time, the e:HEV RS was priced at RM166,500, however this was then subsequently elevated to RM167,900.
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