After its unveil in the United States, the refreshed Honda Civic has also found its way to ASEAN. Just launched in Thailand, the new Civic gains a refreshed exterior and enhanced interior with added connectivity features.
Like its North American counterpart, the 2025 Civic for ASEAN gains a new front bumper with sharper surfacing and slim vertical side intakes which happens to remove the fog lights. The grille is also new, dropping the controversial nose bump in favor of a more conventional design with hexagonal inserts. 17-inch alloy wheels are standard on the Thai market’s non-RS (EL) variant, while the sporty RS gets 18-inch alloy wheels.
Under the hood, the ASEAN Civic retains the services of its 1.5-liter VTEC Turbo engine mated to a CVT. Here, it makes 178 horsepower and 240 Nm of torque—the same figures as before. Joining the forced induction motor is the 2.0-liter e:HEV system mated to an E-CVT. With its dual-motor system, it makes 184 horsepower and 315 Nm making it the most powerful Civic variant. This powertrain is available even on the standard Civic variants, but it exclusively powers the RS variant.
Inside, Honda has made detail changes to the Civic with the addition of built-in Google apps and services to the bigger 9-inch infotainment screen. This means functionalities such as Google Maps and YouTube Music come built in. Users can also further enhance and personalize their ownership by downloading compatible apps from the Google Play Store.
This is on top of Honda Connect which is also standard on the 2025 Civic. Other niceties include wireless Apple CarPlay and wireless Android Auto as well as a wireless device charger. The e:HEV variants also use the speaker system—whether it’s the standard 8 or 12-speaker Bose system—to provide Active Noise Cancellation. One of the most glaringly omitted features in the Civic—rear AC vents—are now standard. Below the air vents are dual USB Type C ports.
Another thing missing from the current Civic which has made it to the 2025 model is leather seats. The non-RS model now has black leather seating, while the Civic RS e:HEV has a leather and suede combination with red stitching. The RS variant also has added red interior accents.
Like the current Civic, Honda Sensing is standard, but Honda has upped the safety by adding front and rear parking sensors to all e:HEV variants as well as a tire pressure monitoring system as the e:HEVs don’t have a spare tire but come with a mobility kit.
With Thailand already commencing sales of the Civic, it’s just going to be a matter of time before the Philippines gets this refreshed compact sedan. All signs point to a possible debut at the Philippine International Motor Show (PIMS) this October.
Civic RS e:HEV is likely be priced at around 2.3 Million Pesos or less when it becomes available in the Philippine market
ReplyDeleteCivic V e:HEV is likely be priced at around 1.9 Million Pesos or less.
Since the Honda-Nissan partnership that was already announced early this year have already admitted Mitsubishi in it, then I wonder if the Nissan Sentra (aka Nissan Sylphy) could make a return in the ASEAN market even in today's period?
ReplyDeletewill there be a manual transmission of the 2025 civic?
ReplyDeleteType R only
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