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Here it is, folks – the highly anticipated "emergency refresh" of the decidedly disappointing ninth-generation Honda Civic. You know, the model that made the entire automotive media wear a collective frown. And the car that was dropped from the Consumer Reports 'Recommended' list. Critically speaking at least, it's been a bad year, Civic.

The vast majority of updates for the 2013 model are skin-deep, and Honda says the Civic has been "honed to make the segment's best-selling car even better." Up front, there's a new lower front fascia with a prominent chrome accent bar and a black honeycomb grille, along with new headlamps. The whole schnoz features more sculpted, shapely lines that flow up into the more curvaceous hood. At the back, Honda has redesigned the bumper and diffuser, and the chrome accent up front is mimicked at taillamp level. In fact, those rear lights themselves have been redesigned and now carry over onto the trunk lid. A host of new alloy wheels will also be offered.

Honda has not yet divulged any other details regarding the "safety, feature, comfort, chassis and interior styling enhancements" that will round-out this 2013 Civic, but it's clear the changes are an attempt to whittle the Civic's way back into critics' good graces. We definitely hope that some work has been done to the mechanical components you can't see, as our biggest complaint regarding the ninth-generation model was that it lost the great-to-drive dynamic that has historically been one of our favorite things about the Civic. Interior materials and overall fit-and-finish will hopefully receive a healthy once-over, as well.

Either way, it's impressive that Honda has reacted this quickly, pulling ahead a planned mid-cycle redo after the current generation had just one year on the market. It's an unprecedented showing – we can't recall the last time a mainstream car received such substantial year-over-year changes. What makes it even more unusual is that all of the hand-wringing among pundits doesn't seem to have affected sales – through October, Honda has cleared its decks of 276,196 Civics in the US – a 38.8-percent increase over last year.

dam looks good. love the new accord too.

loooks sweettttt ........... but d price ........

very nice. wonder if they did work on the interior?

Finally. Looks great

wow, but the price from classic for it, would be eXtra

like the upgraded look(with the exception of the chrome trim on the front grille & lower bumper).i think it,s a big improvement from the look of the current model .

like the car hate the rims

For the Si model I thought it would be nice if the chrome strips were blacked out. Its still nice though. On another note though it would be nice if the coupe, sedan & hatch looked the same in terms of front fascia like back in the EF, EG, EK & to an extent ES days.

Just for the sake of showing

plasti dip?

yup...

looks very good

Pure speculation on my part, but we may soon be getting redesigned Civics coming here, based on the fact the Non-USDM Civic was recently given a facelift much like its USDM counterpart.

235000 basic in trinidad. Way over priced

true......

Very nice ..... liking the white one in the last set of pics.

You can say that the Civic lost its way ..... although sales numbers indicate differently.... but Honda made a serious mistake trying to move the Civic upwards and replacing its fun-to-drive model with the Fit. If the Fit had a 1.4 turbo and Type R handling then Honda could've been forgiven, but not even the Fit Sport could replace an EK Vic.

But it appears that Honda has finally listened to the masses and heard its critiques so we'll see a return of the Civic with class leading turbo engines and chassis that will put the Civic back on top of the compact sport car class where it belongs

I still like the 2012 Civic Euro-spec 5-door hatchback or 2KC as its know in the UK..
Imagine this under K20 boost and some nice BBS wheels

adriano7910 wrote:like the car hate the rims

Agreed

Looks like they clearing stock for the new one ...

price went down to 220 now its 212 ...

Was there recently and asked about that hopeful face lifted model. Didn't really get a yes or no answer about it. More like a maybe.

Looks like they finally got them. Nice.

Last pic looks good, hmm.