[srishiva]

Originally Posted by 84.monsoon

Find that hard to believe. When I moved to the US in 1998 to live there for several years, the Civic then (4 generations ago) was powered by roughly the same 1.8 litre engine, it used to make 140hp then. The engine is basically over 20 years old! VW already had the first iteration of the 1.8 Turbopetrol on sale thenand it used to power the passat of 3 generations ago. It used to make 150 HP even then. Since then, VW has done at least two major re-engineering cycles of the engine and also by now retired it.

Japanese carmakers steadfastly refused to take innovate to turbochargers in their mainstream cars and only recently are being forced to do so by mileage and emission requirements. They will still pass off their antiquated NA engines where they can get away with it, like they are doing on the current Indian Civic.

Maybe you are mistaken about the power figures in 1998. It was 1.6L and power was much less at 106 or so horsepower. Only the Ex trim had a vtec then (also 1.6L at 127hp). The last Civic generation that was sold in India was the generation when all trims in Civic got the vtecs. I had a 1998 EX. In fact the 1995 Accord Ex I had also was the vtec version. Other trims were still non-vtec.

They did take a long time to bring down vtecs into lower category models and were shy about turbos and direct injection. They are little conservative in introducing new technology with more emphasis on reliability.

[nik_kapur]

New accessories added (door strip and mirror covers finished in a carbon fibre finish). I'm still sitting on the fence with respect to the door strips/beading, I may wanna take them off as they may be a bit too much. Bought these on Ali express and got them delivered without a hitch.

Don't see many Civics in Delhi, it would be safe to say the car is not living up to the initial hype. The market has moved towards SUVs and in hindsight, the fully loaded Seltos appears to be a better buy if you're shelling out upwards of 20 lakhs.

[rayjaycleoful]

Originally Posted by nik_kapur

Don't see many civics in Delhi, it would be safe to say the cars not living upto the initial hype. The market has moved towards SUVs and in hindsight the fully loaded Seltos appears to be a better buy if you're shelling out 20 lakhs upwards
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I have seen your car twice in Delhi / Gurgaon. I recognized it by the number plate font. The way it looks is

I drive around a lot but barely see 2-3 civics a week. Yours is also the only white one I've seen.

[nik_kapur]

Originally Posted by rayjaycleoful

I have seen your car twice in Delhi / Gurgaon. I recognized it by the number plate font. The way it looks is

I drive around a lot but barely see 2-3 civics a week. Yours is also the only white one I've seen.

Ive only seen one other white one, a couple of maroons, a grey, a silver and thats about it. I feel worried now about resale if the car sales are already poor! Well on the other hand you can't define poor in this segment cause it only sells a 1000 units combined !

The number plate unfortunately is off for a few days ! The cops are cracking down hard on number plates on new cars that aren't those ugly high security ones. Im going to reinstall them when the cops stop caring.

[volkman10]

Honda Civic retains its leadership trend. Consolidates its position in June sales.




Source:Auto Punditz

[Chetan_Rao]

Originally Posted by volkman10

Honda Civic retains its leadership trend. Consolidates its position in June sales.

I knew the D-segment is passe, but 500-odd cars cumulative? Wow! No wonder Toyota wants to pull the plug on the Corolla.

[Nilesh5417]

Originally Posted by Chetan_Rao

I knew the D-segment is passe, but 500-odd cars cumulative? Wow! No wonder Toyota wants to pull the plug on the Corolla.

And the Elantra, which at one point was the leader is the laggard! How fickle is the consumer preference!

[karanraheja]

Originally Posted by Nilesh5417

And the Elantra, which at one point was the leader is the laggard! How fickle is the consumer preference!

At one point when 2 Gen Back Civic was axed, the market had shifted to diesel and Corolla had a boring 1.4 D and customers who were scared of VW / Skoda A.S.S. had to look at the Elantra as the best alternative for diesel. Now i think slowly market is shifting to petrol Again. If Toyota launches a Corolla Hybrid i think they will get decent chunk of sales.

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