Honda Car India, the Japanese car maker has finally introduced the tenth generation Honda Civic sedan in the Indian market. Launched at Rs 17.69 Lakh (ex-showroom India), the new 2019 Honda Civic gets new design, smart styling and premium features along with updated mechanical front. The Japanese car maker also claimed that they have received over 1100 bookings for the 10th generation Civic in just 20 days. Moreover, the sedan was showcased at last year’s Auto Expo. 2019 Honda Civic India Launch on March 7, 2019; Official Bookings Open at Rs 31,000.

On the exterior front, the Honda Civic 2019 comes with aggressive stance and bold appearance which is underlined by lower grille, LED headlamps, new piano black upper fascia, new bumpers and C-Shaped LED tail lights and much more. Dimensionally, the next generation Civic sedan is longer and wider by 105 mm and 45 mm respectively in comparison to the previous model. The sedan comes with length of 4,656 mm and width of 1799 mm. On the other hand, the wheelbase of the sedan stands at 2700 mm whereas the height of the sedan has been decreased by 20mm to 1433mm.

Inside the cabin, the new Honda Civic 2019 sedan flaunts premium interior space featuring a 17.7-cm touchscreen infotainment unit that is compatible with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Equipped with ivory leather seats, the sedan is feature-loaded with remote engine start, 8-way power driver seat and electric sunroof. As far as the safety is concerned, the new Civic sedan comes with dual front airbags, ABS with EBD, brake assist, hill start assist, ISOFIX child seat mounts, electric parking brake, automatic brake hold, vehicle stability assist with traction control, side and curtain airbags and other features.

Under the bonnet, the new sedan from Honda comes with an option of petrol and diesel engines. The petrol unit is a new 1.8-litre iVTEC mill whereas the diesel is 1.6 i-DTEC oil burner. While the former makes 139 Bhp of maximum power with 174Nm of peak torque, the latter is tuned to produce 118 bhp and 300 Nm of peak torque. Transmission duties are carried out by CVT automatic (petrol) and 6-speed manual gearbox (diesel).

The newly launched Honda Civic 2019 sedan will be pitted against the likes of Skoda Octavia, Toyota Corolla Altis and Hyundai Elantra in the D-segment. As far as the prices are concerned, the new Honda Civic is priced from Rs 17.69 lakh (ex-showroom India) and go up to Rs 22.29 lakh (ex-showroom India).

Here are the variant-wise prices for the new Honda Civic 2019 -

2019 Honda Civic Variants Petrol Diesel
V Rs 17.69 Lakh -
VX Rs 19.20 lakh 20.50 lakh
ZX Rs 21.00 lakh 22.30 lakh

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