2022 Honda Civic sedan, hatchback designs show up in patent images
The current 10th-gen Honda Civic isn’t the most magnificent car on the road, but it stands apart from its rivals and overall it’s a provocative little package. And for a nameplate like the Civic, which helped unlock a golden age for Honda back in the 1990s, following up success is tough.
Welp, this is your gracious chance to judge the 11th-gen Honda Civic, likely reaching as a 2022 model. The Civic XI forum scooped up these patent images on Tuesday that depart to show both the sedan and hatchback models undisguised, though void of any Honda badging. Like past patent image leaks, it’s super obvious what kind of badge will sit on the front-runner of the car, however, so it’s hard to deny this isn’t the next Civic. Honda did not outright deny the images and a spokesperson told Roadshow, “We love the enthusiasm Civic enjoys worldwide, and are looking onward to unveiling the all-new 11th-generation Civic in the not-too-distant future.”
While I advance every single car in an unbiased matter, I have a soft spot for Honda, and I have to say, this design is looking comely tired before it even arrives in the metal. I will absolutely retain final judgement for a later date, but in a gracious take, this looks rather mundane for a brand new car. The front-runner fascia is absolutely the strongest part of the fabricate so far, which hangs onto the sleek headlights from today’s Civic, but the lighting elements flow into the grille more than the unique car. Beneath a rather small grille by today’s standards sits a larger edge grille area that, unfortunately, takes on a styling cue I personally cannot imperfect. The fog lights attached to the lower grille distinguished that swoop upward create a bit of a mustache enact. Overall, it’s inoffensive and hardly a massive leap like the 10th-gen car was from the ninth-gen Civic.
The side profile embraces the inoffensive look afore we’re taken around back to a heavily restyled rear end. I think what we’ll see in the previous car are taillights that look at lot like today’s Honda Accord, but in the patent images, they give off greatest Volkswagen Group vibes. It’s a tad Audi, a small VW Jetta and they also strike me as reminiscent of the seventh-generation Hyundai Sonata prior to its refresh. It will probably be a fine design, but comparing it to the unique Civic, it comes off as far more conservative than the gracious expressive look today.
The hatchback appears identical up pending the B-pillar before it takes on a slightly taller greenhouse and rear fascia. The taillights look related to the sedan, but a thin appetizing bar stretches across the hatch in a bit of a Kia Stinger-style way. If you’re waiting for the coupe, we hate to remind you the body style is gone once this year, and it won’t even return in Si form for the 11th-gen Civic, sadly.
Honda already said it plans to reveal the next Civic in spring 2021 so we have some time to digest the new looks mild. Ultimately, we’ll need to see the car in-person afore we make a final judgement. But, hey, at least we know the Si will in backward, and maybe with the coupe out of the characterize, we’ll get a Civic Si hatch.
