Thursday, March 28

Honda Civic and its 50 years: review 14 facts that you may not have known | Digital Trends Spanish


This month marks fifty years since Sling introduced to the world a fun and fuel-efficient three-door hatchback that changed the vehicle landscape forever: the Honda Civic. Half a century later, with sales approaching 30 million worldwide and now at its 11th.a generation, the Civic is the longest-running model in Honda history and the best-selling Honda car of all time.

Since it went on sale in the United States in early 1973, all 11 generations of the Civic have consistently set the benchmark in the US auto industry by delivering class-leading quality and reliability, excellent fuel efficiency, fuel consumption and low emissions, refined and responsive driving dynamics, plus first-class safety performance. Because of these attributes, the Civic has earned the trust of the American public and built a reputation as a segment-defining product. With sales of more than 12.3 million units in the United States, the vast majority manufactured at Honda’s North American auto plants*, the Civic is one of the top three best-selling cars in the United States in the past five decades.

“The Civic embodies Honda’s commitment to providing clean, safe and fun products of the highest quality for every generation of car buyers. That has been the magic of the Civic and the key to its success for 50 years,” said Mamadou Diallo, vice president of Automotive Sales for American Honda. “The Civic is deeply embedded in the fabric of American automotive culture and we are grateful for the loyalty and trust our customers have placed in Honda and the Civic over the past five decades.”

14 facts you may not know about the Honda Civic

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