All-New 11th Generation Honda Civic Sedan Reveal!

April 30th, 2021 by

Honda has revealed the most fun-to-drive and technologically advanced Civic Sedan in the models nearly 50-year history!

The all-new 2022 Honda Civic comes equipped with a clean, modern design paired with a high-tech, human-centered interior. The 11th generation Civic continues the tradition of innovation, design leadership, and class-leading driving dynamics.

What’s New?

2022 Honda Civic Sport

  • All-new simple, clean exterior and interior styling
  • Civic first all-digital LCD instrument display (Touring)
  • Standard new 7-inch color touchscreen with Apple CarPlay® & Android Auto™ integration
  • Available new HD 9-inch color touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay® & Android Auto™ integration
  • Civic-first Bose premium sound system with 12 speakers (Touring)
  • Qi-compatible wireless charging (Touring)
  • Enhanced architecture and stronger body
  • More powerful and fuel-efficient 1.5-liter turbo engine
  • Updated suspension and steering tuning for improved handling and ride
  • Groundbreaking new front airbags designed to reduce traumatic brain and neck injuries
  • Civic-first rear seat side airbags
  • Updated Honda Sensing® system with new front wide-view camera, plus new Traffic Jam Assist and Low Speed Braking Control (Touring)

Exterior Design

The new Civic moves the bottom of the windshield pillars reward by nearly 2 inches which elongates its hood for a premium silhouette. This also visually connects the pillar to the front wheel hub, a subtle design element that emphasizes its wheels and tires for a stable, planted stance.

A low beltline with horizontal window sills and door-mounted side mirrors improve visibility while maintaining the clean lines of the exterior. A sharp line carves a gentle arc from the front fender to the taillights, giving continuity to the design. The lower character line carries up from the bottom of the front door, rising across the rear doors, and through the rear fenders for an enhanced sense of motion.

LED lighting is used extensively for the exterior, including the wide-set headlights, daytime running lights, parking lights, and available fog lights.

The Civic Sedan will be available in eight exterior colors, three of which are new: Meteorite Gray Metallic, Sonic Gray Pearl and all-new Civic-exclusive Morning Mist Blue Metallic.

Human-Centered Interior Design

2022 Honda Civic Sedan Interior

The Civic’s new design results in sufficient head, leg, shoulder, and hip room for all passengers. A metal honeycomb mesh accent stretches across the dashboard creating a visual divide between the audio, information displays, and climate controls.

High-quality materials are used throughout the interior, especially on touchpoints, with close attention paid to the operation of all switchgear and controls. Materials were also chosen with an eye toward practicality, such as the new premium center console trim specifically designed to hide fingerprints and smudges to help maintain a high-end appearance.

All Civic trims benefit from a new front seat design. Using Honda’s Body Stabilizing Seat approach, the new-generation seat frame firmly holds the body, enhancing comfort on long drives.

Driver Focused Technology

2022 Honda Civic Gauge Cluster

For the first time, all Civic trims have either a partial or full (Touring) digital instrument display while gaining notably larger standard and available color touchscreens.

LX, Sport and EX grades are equipped with a 7-inch color LCD instrument display similar to that found in Accord. An all-digital speedometer and tachometer are on the left side of the instrument panel, while a physical speedometer dial occupies the right side.

Touring models are graced with Civic’s first all-digital LCD instrument display. Measuring 10.2 inches, the high-definition full-color LCD panel displays a variety of information, all customizable from the steering wheel. The custom modes include showing gauges in a traditional round needle-and-dial, or bar graphs flanking the left and right of the screen. In the middle is a variety of user-selectable information, such as the current music selection and a trip computer, with the center of the display used to indicate the status of various Honda Sensing® safety and driver assistive systems. In a surprise-and-delight feature, the brake lights, headlights and turn signals of the displayed Civic vehicle image turn on and off with those functions.

LX, Sport and EX grades come standard with a new 7-inch color touchscreen, the largest standard screen in Civic history. Functionality is improved by the addition of both a physical power/volume knob and a tuning/selection knob. At the bottom is a row of hard buttons for skipping music tracks, navigating the audio menu, and selecting between phone, radio, Bluetooth® or USB media, or a connected smartphone for use with Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™.

Civic Touring also debuts an all-new 9-inch color touchscreen, which builds upon the foundation laid by the Display Audio system in Honda models such as Accord, Odyssey, Pilot and Passport. The new touchscreen is the largest ever in any Honda-brand vehicle, and features a physical volume knob, large, easy-to-recognize icons, and a simplified navigation structure with fewer embedded menus. On the left are hard buttons for Home and Back functions.

Other mode selections are at the bottom of the touchscreen, with a 0.8-inch finger rest making it easier to use the touchscreen by providing a stable surface to rest your hand. The touchscreen systems also come standard with wireless Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™ integration, while Touring comes standard with Qi-compatible wireless charging.

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