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 purported 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 count on from the facelift of the Eleventh-gen Civic, of which greater than 28,000 models have been bought because it was launched right here in January 2022? Properly, there’s no point out of variants that may include the refresh as but, but it surely ought to successfully mirror that supplied by the pre-facelift.
The outgoing automobile was offered in 4 variants types, with these being three petrol models, 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 high of the civilian Civic vary regionally.
That 4 model line-up ought to be retained with the refresh. There have been whispers going about that one of many decrease variants might be dropped, on this case the E, given that the majority patrons away from the RS – which led the best way for the petrol powertrain by way of 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 by way of variants supplied.
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 principle and decrease sections.
The look was first offered by the RS Prototype at Tokyo Auto Salon 2024 in January earlier than being seen in sequence manufacturing type days afterward 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 by way of 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 courtroom.
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 provides 184 PS (181 hp, or 135 kW) and 315 Nm from 0-2,000 rpm, with energy despatched to the entrance wheels by way of 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 material uphholstery on the bottom variant and leather-based on the V onwards to the inclusion of the Honda Join suite of telematic companies, which is presently obtainable 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 affix wi-fi Apple CarPlay obtainable beforehand, in order that must also make its method right here on fashions outfitted with the actual Superior Show Audio HU (the current base E encompasses a seven-inch Show Audio unit).
Consumers may also count on 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 supplied on the mannequin in Thailand. Ought to that come about, it should 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 retaining 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 count on 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 closing 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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