Entering Southeast Asia, This Is A Different Specification For Honda Civic Facelift

Honda Civic facelift in Thailand. (Doc. Honda Thailand)

JAKARTA - Honda Civic facelift arrived at the North American market last May with a number of changes. Now the iconic model arrives for the first time in Southeast Asia in Thailand.

Reported by Top Gear Philippines, Friday, August 2, this car has a number of differences over North American specifications, namely maintaining a 1.5 liter turbo engine for the ASEAN market and the number of power and torques maintained from before.

Thus, the Civic has a power of 176 dk of 240 Nm torque paired with the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) dental change system.

In addition, the manufacturer also presents a hybrid variant e: HEV combined with a 2.0 liter engine which makes the power figure and torque larger with 181 dk and 315 Nm torque thanks to the addition of an electric motor.

In the country market for white elephants, Honda presents them in three different variants, namely EL+, EL+ e: HEV, and RS e: HEV.

The EL+ variant has a similar rim as before. However, the front bumper is designed to be newer and slightly extended to 3 mm. In addition, Thailand's specifications have a honeycomb grip pattern and a darker rear light that matches those in the US.

Moving to a more sporty variant of the hospital, the appearance is more striking with a new 18-inch rim design eight bars and finishing gunmetal. Glass mirrors. The door handle, and the back wing are covered in shiny black.

For the inside, Honda presents it with the latest cluster instrument and infotainment system. Just like the North American market, Thailand specifications also get the Google Built-In system.

Trim RS also received a similar approach to other variants, but he got a premium Bose sound system with 12-speaker.

Regarding prices, this upright H manufacturer provides estimates ranging from 1,030 million baht to 1,230 million baht (around Rp471.5 million to Rp563.1 million).