REVIEW HONDA Gienia 1 5 CVT 2017

ased on the 10th-generation Civic—which has been out in four-door-sedan form since last fall, and as a two-door coupe since this spring—the new Civic hatchback will land on U.S. soil with a four-door body and a sportier bent. (We mean “land” literally, too: The Civic hatch will be built in Swindon, U.K., and exported to the United States.) It won’t quite be an Si, and neither will it be a flame-spitting Type R; both models are under development with more power, tauter handling, and other performance enhancements. But where other Civics come with a 158-hp naturally aspirated 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, the hatchback will have as standard those models’ optional 174-hp 1.5-liter turbocharged four. Better still, the hatchback appears to debut the enthusiast-friendly six-speed-manual/turbo-four powertrain combination that Honda promised would proliferate throughout the 2017 Civic lineup. Honda says five trim levels will be offered, starting with the base LX and followed by the Sport, EX, EX-L, and Sport Touring. The Sport and Sport Touring iterations are unique to the hatchback—the sedan and coupe have no equivalent versions—and come with a freer-flowing, center-exit (!) exhaust setup that bumps horsepower to 180. (The engine’s 162-lb-ft torque peak is unaffected.) The manual transmission will be standard on the LX, EX, and Sport, and a continuously variable automatic will be optional on those trims and standard on the EX-L and Sport Touring. Intersect the special exhaust with the manual-transmission option, and you get the Civic Sport hatchback, making it the one to buy if you’re looking for the peppiest non-Si Civic. On Looks and Hatches

Added 3 Jul 2026