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Next Gen Honda Civic to be Unveiled in Chicago

Honda had announced that its eighth-generation Civic will be unveiled at the 2005 Chicago Auto Show on February 12th. Like usual, Honda has kept a firm lid on the looks an specs of the 2006 Civic. The current generation Civic has been criticized for being too soft and too boring.


Here's an excerpt from a news story published at edmunds.com, apparently from a press release:

The Civic, the eighth-generation of the popular small car, goes on sale in the fall, said Takeo Fukui, president and CEO of Honda Motor Co.

The new Civic will be offered with two, three, four and five doors and will be produced at Honda's six regional operations around the globe. In the US, the Civic will be equipped with all of the same standard safety features, including side curtain airbags and antilock brakes, as the current Accord.

Fukui said the Civic will come with four new global powerplants in its first year — an industry first. They include a higher fuel economy, lower-emission gasoline engine, a compressed natural gas engine that is made in Ohio, a gas-electric hybrid with significantly higher fuel economy and performance and, for Europe, a diesel engine.

The spy shot included with the Edmunds article, supposedly a shot of the European 2-door hatchback version, looks a lot like the old Renault Fuego.


Inside Line: 2006 Honda Civic set to debut at Chicago Auto Show -