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Next Honda Civic ?

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That seems too good to be true.
Maybe in Europe, sure. But not in the US.

The current Euro Civic is one of the most modern looking car on the road, still after a few years.
even though I think our sedan version is better looking than most small sedans sold here, it is nothing compared to what they offer in the European market.
It’s time we get a hatch version of the Civic back, in one form or another….

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  1. Gee, looks like every other small car out there. What the hell ever happened to the concept of originality?

  9. A few comments:

    1) I agree w/Vince; time for a new Civic (3 door) hatchback, again, in USA.

    2) This is excellent looking.. but, just like Vince said…"seems too good to be true".
    That being said….. even if the general shape/idea(different lights/grille…get changed) stays in tact.. and they brought this to the USA.. I would be one of the first people to test drive this.

    The CR-Z sounds interesting…also… but… I could live with this( gas engine only).

    3) Since it appears that(Maybe) Scion won't be selling any more FWD 3 door vehicles(tC) after 2010… why not bring a Civic 3 door here?
    The tC , iirc, in 2006 and 07, sold 70-80,000 units, each year… (now more like 40,000-50,000 per year…since the design is 5 + years old)…still, people say" can't sell 3 door cars in USA"… do some research…look up Scion tC sales…
    that proves conventional theories all wrong.

    This would sell.

  13. It's gonna take something pretty special to surpass the current Euro Civic in terms of styling. To me, it is the most attractive affordable car in the world, bar none. I really, really hope they can pull it off; they have been known to mess up in the past (the '96 Civic was clearly uglier than its predecessor)

  14. If American Motors were still alive, this would be the new GREMLIN. And Honda has pretty much replaced that "Made in America" company with "Imported from Japan…THEN final assembled in America–to be even better!" (Better because the PROFITS, Jobs, and Tax Revenues ALL go back to Japan.) The more I think about this new HONDA; the less I like it.

  15. I'd buy this in a New York minute, because I'm a sucker for sporty japanese hatchbacks.

    I'd actually prefer this over the impending CR-Z hybrid.

  16. This does look to good to be true. This looks great but you KNOW that Hondas vanilla department has to get their hands on it before it goes into production.

  17. Anonymous said…
    If American Motors were still alive, this would be the new GREMLIN. And Honda has pretty much replaced that "Made in America" company with "Imported from Japan…THEN final assembled in America–to be even better!" (Better because the PROFITS, Jobs, and Tax Revenues ALL go back to Japan.) The more I think about this new HONDA; the less I like it.

    So the employees at the factories in Ohio, Indiana, Georgia and Alabama don't have to pay federal income tax and it goes to Japan? The thousands of mechanics, advisors, salesmen, etc at dealerships pay Japanese taxes? These same employes in the multiple thousands spend their incomes only in Japan and not in the states where they live? Sales taxes on Hondas go to Japan? That is a very interesting concept, had not heard that before.

  18. TO: October 23, 2009 1:35 AM Apparently you're unaware of the taxes collected in the manufacture of the most labor-intensive parts & assemblies; ALL of which are made OUTSIDE the US: Employee's INCOME taxes, CORPORATE income taxes, use taxes, social security taxes (bothe FICA & SUTRA; both workers' share & employors matching shares); Workers comp insurance taxes, property taxes on the home office (and all the plants where sub-assemblies are made–BEFORE they're shipped to Ohio or Missouri; and all the plants owned by foreign subcontractors), import/export taxes, etc. And if the MFG wants a tax break, they donate huge piles of money LOCALLY: Like the Renassance Center; paid for by GM/FORD/Chrysler & which had paid MILLIONS in property taxes alone in Michigan ( Or like the HUGE complexes built in FOREIGN COUNTRIES with profits from US Honda & Toyota plants.) You are pretty ignorant if you think much of that Camry or Accord money stays in the US. 90% of the taxes (& PROFITS) leave the US immediately. And the wealthy (foreign) CEO's & upper management are joining country clubs in JAPAN — not in the US. And spending their vast personal incomes IN JAPAN — NOT in the US. There's a cap on how much money the president of GM or Chrysler can earn. There's NO cap on how much the President of Toyota or Honda can pay themselves from the profits of cars final assembled by American Slaves & paid for by the the ultimate sucker: American consumers. Do you have ANY understanding of trade balance– or for that matter, even REMEDIAL Accounting???

  19. The thousands of mechanics, advisors, salesmen, etc at dealerships pay Japanese taxes? They have no effect, since they pay exactly the same taxes whether selling US or Foreign brands. The Manufacturers, however; are another story. (And a MUCH BIGGER story). The PROFITS (& corporate taxes) on Fords made in Brazill come to the US. Just like the Profits & Taxes at Toyota or Honda all go to Japan! Multipy that times the thousands of cars built each year, and you have a mass exidous of cash LEAVING the US on every Honda, & on every Toyota. Sure, more leaves on an Accord built entirely in Japan than on one final-assembled in Ohio from Japanese parts. But 95% of the profits & taxes go back to the country of orgin–either way. The taxes paid by workers assembleing Honda's in Ohio (instead of being paid by the same workers who would otherwise have been assembling Chevy's in Detroit) is just a drop in the bucket compared to the WHOLE picture. It would probally be better for the USA; if we all bought Chevy's and mailed $4000 directly to the Japanese government every time we bought a designed/engineered/made entirely- in-the-USA Chevy. The US would actually come out ahead!

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