ʻO ka 2022 Honda Civic ka uku me ke kumukūʻai hoʻomaka kupaianaha o $47,000 i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā kikoʻī hou no ka Mazda 3, Volkswagen Golf a me ka hoʻokūkū Skoda Scala.

E hoʻomaka ka 11th Generation Civic me hoʻokahi ʻano like ʻole, ʻoiai ʻelua e hoʻohui ʻia i kēia makahiki aʻe.

Ua hōʻoia ʻo Honda Australia e neʻe ana ka hatchback liʻiliʻi o ka Civic i kahi mākeke kiʻekiʻe me kāna 11th hanauna, e hoʻolaha ana i kahi kumukūʻai hoʻomaka ma kahi o $50,000 no ka ʻāpana kūpaʻa i hoʻonui ʻia o ka māhele.

ʻOiai ʻo ka 10th generation Civic hatchback (koe ka Type R) ke kumu kūʻai hou loa ma waena o $31,000 a me $39,600 no ka VTi-S pae komo a me ka hae hae RS pakahi, e hoʻomaka ana ke kumu hoʻohālike hou ma Dekemaba 6 me hoʻokahi kumukūʻai i kapa ʻia ʻo VTi - LX. mai USD 47,200 XNUMX (La / Makahiki).

Hoʻolako ʻia ka VTi-LX me kahi ʻenekini 1.5-lita turbo-petrol ʻehā-cylinder hou e hāʻawi nei i ka 131kW (+4kW) ma 6000rpm a me 240Nm (+20Nm) o ka torque mai 1700-4500rpm. ua hoʻonui like ka hoʻokele huila mua (CVT).

Eia nō naʻe, ʻike ʻia ka lua o ka powertrain koho i ka hapa lua o 2022 ma ke ʻano he "hoʻouka ponoʻī" i kapa ʻia ʻo e: HEV. E hoʻohui ia i kahi ʻenekini ʻaila me kahi kaʻa uila e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie pōʻai hui (ADR) mai 6.3 l/100 km.

E hoʻokuʻu ʻia kekahi hanauna hou Civic Type R hot hatch i kēia makahiki aʻe. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia e hōʻike ʻia, aia ka hae kiʻekiʻe i kēia manawa e paʻi i nā lumi hōʻikeʻike Australia ma ka hopena o 2022.

ʻAʻole i hoʻolaha ʻia ke kumu kūʻai no ka e: HEV a me Type R, akā ua haʻi ʻo ka luna hoʻomalu o Honda Australia ʻo Stephen Collins i ka pāpāho i ka pule i hala aku nei ua kuhikuhi ʻia ka Civic i kūkulu ʻia e Iapana i ka ʻāpana premium o ka māhele kaʻa liʻiliʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi nā hiʻohiʻona ʻEulopa.

"Ke hoʻonoho nei mākou i ka Civic ma Australia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia. "Ua hana ʻo ia i nā hana he nui i kā mākou huakaʻi. I kekahi mau hihia, ʻo kā mākou kaʻa voluminous, kaʻa nui. ʻO nā manawa ʻē aʻe he niche a me ka premium. No laila (VTi-LX) e lilo i kaʻina i mua.

No laila, ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Mr. Collins: “No mākou, ʻaʻole kēia he kaʻa lehulehu. Manaʻo mākou e hana ma kahi o 12 mau ʻāpana i nā mahina he 900 e hiki mai ana - ʻaʻole maopopo loa ia i nā pilikia lako i ka hapa ʻelua o ka makahiki e hiki mai ana.

"No laila, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka uku a loaʻa kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe ma ka mākeke hatch, he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa ia no mākou, akā e lilo ia i kumu hoʻohālike koʻikoʻi."

ʻOiai ʻo kona kūlana haʻahaʻa, ʻaʻole loaʻa ka VTi-LX me kahi sunroof, puʻupuʻu mea kani kikohoʻe (10.2-ʻīniha ʻāpana i hāʻawi ʻia ma waho), hoʻokele huila wela, nā noho mua i hoʻomaha ʻia, nā awa USB hope (loaʻa ma ka honua), a i ʻole ke kani hoʻopuni. . vision camera, ʻoiai ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Collins i kāna kumukūʻai "e hōʻike ana i ke kiʻekiʻe o nā lako a me nā kaʻa premium."

Hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka hanauna i hala, ua hoʻohui ʻo VTi-LX i kahi ʻano hoʻokele Sport (me Normal a me Econ), ʻelua mau leo ​​huila 18-inihi, a me nā aniani ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao i hoʻomehana ʻia.

Iloko, he 9.0-inihi touchscreen infotainment nenoai me ka over-the-air mea hou, uwea Apple CarPlay kākoʻo, he 12-speaker Bose nā leo nenoaiu, he uwea kelepona paahana, he XNUMX-ala mana kaʻahele noho, faux ili/suede ʻoki. aia i kēia manawa nā upholstery a me nā kukui ambient ʻulaʻula.

ʻO ka mea hou aku, ʻo nā ʻōnaehana kōkua hoʻokele holomua i kēia manawa e hoʻonui i ke kōkua kaʻa kaʻa, ka nānā ʻana i nā wahi makapō, ka makaʻala o ke keʻa hope, ka nānā ʻana o ka mea hoʻokele, a me ka makaʻala o ka mea noho hope, ʻoiai ua hui pū nā ʻeke air kuli ʻelua (ʻewalu ka nui) i ka pūʻolo palekana.

ʻO nā lako maʻamau ʻē aʻe e pili ana i nā kukui LED ʻike pō, nā wipers ʻike ua, ke komo kī ʻole, ke aniani pilikino hope, ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke pihi kaomi, ka hoʻokele ukali, ke kākoʻo Android Auto uea, ka lekiō kikohoʻe, 7.0-inihi hōʻike nui-hana, ʻelua ʻāpana ʻāina. hoʻomalu. , kahi noho hoʻokele mana hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia, nā pedal alloy a me ke aniani hiʻohiʻona hope.

Eia kekahi, aia ke kaʻa kaʻa kūʻokoʻa me ka ʻike hele wāwae a me ke kaʻa kaʻa, ka mālama ʻana i ke ala a me ke kōkua hoʻokele, ka mana holo moana adaptive, ke kōkua ʻo ke kukui kiʻekiʻe, a me kahi pahu kiʻi hope.

Hāʻawi ʻia nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo Mazda3, Volkswagen Golf a me Skoda Scala i ʻehā mau koho kala kino: keʻokeʻo platinum, ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, ʻulaʻula aniani a me ka uliuli aniani.

E like me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe o Honda Australia, hele mai ka Civic me ka palapala hōʻoia mileage ʻelima makahiki ʻoiai ʻo kāna mau manawa lawelawe i kēlā me kēia 12 mahina a i ʻole 10,000 km (ʻo kēlā me kēia e hele mua), me nā kipa mua ʻelima he 125 kālā kēlā me kēia. - uku lawelawe.

Me ka lōʻihi o 4560 mm (me kahi huila o 2735 mm), ka laulā o 1802 mm a me ke kiʻekiʻe o 1415 mm, ʻo ka pahu Civic ka mana o 449 lita (VDA) ma muli o ka nele o kahi huila kaʻawale (kahi kaʻa. huna ʻia ka pahu hoʻoponopono ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao o ka ʻāpana ukana). .