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Globally, the automotive brands are offering more and more Sports Utility Vehicles/ Crossovers. Regardless of this new trend, whenever there is any news related to Civic and Corolla, automotive fans are on their toes and this includes public from Pakistan. Honda Civic, the worldwide well-known name in the compact car segment, arrived for global reveal in October 2015.
The 10th generation Civic set a new benchmark in its segment and won numerous award across the globe. The Honda Civic X has a revolutionary design inside and out, and it grabbed a lot of awards globally, including the North American Car of the year award and sold over 1.7 Million units just in US alone .
After five successful years of the 10th generation Civic, the 11th generation Civic sedan was revealed earlier this year on April 28, 2021 in United States. Later on 23rd June, the Civic hatchback was revealed for the North American market. The 11th generation is already for sale in US and Canada since June 2021 while more recently on August 6th 2021, the new Civic sedan model was launched in Thailand as the first right hand drive market.
The 11th generation Civic is/ will be offered both in sedan and hatchback body styles depending upon market/ regions. The performance sedan as Si Civic [ North American Only ] while the most potent hardcore Type R hatchback will arrive sometime next year. Honda will not provide the two-door coupe for the 11th generation; a two-door model was specific to North America. The company recently discontinued it for the current 10th generation. Its comeback is not expected either.
Well, the launch of the new 11th generation Civic outside Pakistan obviously automatically started a new discussion. Just before the launch of 10th generation Civic in Pakistan back in 2016, the public was very anxious due to all the praise and attraction the model got in overseas market. Social media was buzzed with excitement and anticipation especially because of the turbocharged engine first time ever in local market. The local Pakistan domestic launch didn’t go well as planned as there had been a lot of built quality issues and people even today are reporting consistent problems. Although it’s raining crossovers heavily nowadays in the country after arrival of more brands and models , there is still a huge Civic following everyone would like to know the whereabouts of the next generation Civic in Pakistan.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁❜𝘀 𝗨𝗽 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻
Honda Atlas Pakistan has been always in news for the wrong reasons recently and especially since the launch of the older 6th generation of Honda City. But it seems, Honda Atlas is doing something behind the curtains and I just found out last week about it and would like to share it with my readers. This will definitely put smiles on the faces of Honda fans and I am sure they will be ready to start their timers.
While we all were busy with all the other local new model launches in the country, Honda Atlas Pakistan did import a demo unit of 11th generation Honda Civic from Thailand. Its typical process all local car companies adopt before the launch of the new model and purpose is the development of the Pakistan domestic model. Here I would like to share some information which proves that there is an 11th Generation Honda Civic in Pakistan and it’s in possession of Honda Atlas for over 5 months now. The CBU unit was cleared by HACPL/ Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan Limited at Karachi port on 10th of May 2021.
The description of the goods shows a single unit of 1.5L Turbo Honda Civic with Frame No which you can call a chassis number or VIN/ Vehicle identification number as well the color of the imported car. So, how we can confirm this is an 11th generation ?
Well there are some hints right there in the import details. The frame number shows “MRH” which is basically the World Manufacture Identifier and Honda models made in Thailand. The next two alphabets “FE” are the chassis code. The previous 10th generation Honda Civic has this as “FC”. The 11th generation Civic has the chassis code of “FE” and this is what you see on the frame # of the imported unit.
Additionally the color code as “B618M” is the brand new color offered on the 11th generation Civic and it is known as “Morning Mist Blue Metallic”. This color code was not available on the 10th generation Civic. So, this shows that Honda Atlas imported an 11th generation Civic and currently most probably working on the development of the next generation of Civic for the domestic market.
The declared value of the vehicle is $33,768.08 and that is before any taxes and duties. The model variant imported by Honda Pakistan is the VTIS. Keep in mind VTIS is basically a loaded variant [ below the fully loaded RS variant] which was also offered on the 10th generation Civic and specifically for the Australian market.
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵
It’s too early to say when we will be able to experience the 11th generation Civic in Pakistan. The 11th generation Civic uses the same platform as the 10th generation Civic but it do needs some enhancements on the assembly line. The assembly line also require new “Brazing” techniques for the welding of the roof of the new Civic which now uses aluminum and needs a sophisticated new procedure and equipment. There is a global chip shortage and Civic is also badly effected globally for order fulfillment and this means that in Pakistan, we might not have the CKD kits that quickly for the local assembly. Even in Thailand where the Civic is already released, is extensively backordered for local customers.
Here I would like to share something very interesting and a smart move by Honda Atlas. The 11th gen Civic was revealed globally on April 28th 2021 in United States but if you see the import documents of the CBU Civic, you will see that it was cleared on May 10th 2021 at Karachi port . This means the CBU unit of the 11th Generation left Thailand at least 3 to 4 weeks earlier and sometime early April 2021. This is the time when the Thailand domestic model was also getting ready for its local launch and most probably the imported unit might be a unit from the early phase of 11th generation production @ Thailand .
I am sure Honda Thailand and Honda Pakistan made sure that the exported units don’t get visible to anyone as the model was still not launched globally. I think it arrived in special sealed container and no one saw anything. This shows that Honda Atlas in on their toes to launch the next model as quickly as possible and do the needful developments steps for local model.
You should also keep in mind that the 11th generation Civic as released in Thailand is only available in 1.5L turbo engine and the famous R18/ 1.8L engine [ was available on Civic X] is killed and no more an option on the 11th generation Civic sedan. If that’s the case, there is a due chance that a Pakistan assembled Civic might also be offered just with the one engine option and the 1.5T. Still there is a possibility we might see a 1.8L naturally aspirated in our Pakistani version of the new Civic and if Atlas is planning to do so, it will/ can/ might add more time for the launch of the local model. Civic is yet to launch in multiple ASEAN countries and we will know IF 1.5T remains as the only engine option.
A Hybrid version of Civic is also rumored in overseas market and especially United States but there is no official word about it as of now. Keep in mind a North American / LHD is also avaibale with a 2L Naturally aspirated 158HP engine as well in base model Civic BUT the 2L is specific to LHD only at this time. The same engine was avaibale on the Civic X as well but again on LHD models only and specifically the North American market.
I think it is easy to guess that we are at least 6 to 8 months away from the launch of the next generation of Honda Civic in Pakistan at this point, or probably a year . It is pertinent to note that, the Civic X was launched in Pakistan within 9 months of global US launch while 4 months after Thailand , 3 months after the Indonesian and 1 month after Malaysian launch.
As of now the 11th generation Civic is launched only in Thailand as far as our region and we can assume that Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia might be ahead of us again this time. I am sure Honda Atlas would not like to mess up the new Civic the way they did on the 10th generation and maybe they will take little longer this time. I hope and wish we get a more featured and better built Civic this time and Honda Atlas don't disappoint us with the 11th generation. They should know and must be fully aware that market is now much more saturated and buyers have multiple options available in the market.
As of pricing of the next Civic, it will obviously be more than the current Civic we have. Some people are predicting it to be above 5 Million BUT I think it will not be the case. Unfortunately, we might get less features and equipment as always comparing overseas model.
Stay Tuned to Pakwheels.com and we will bring more information on this topic as soon as its available. Meanwhile you can read More 11th gen Civic topics linked below.
11th Gen Civic USDM here in this group> https://www.facebook.com/groups/PakCars.Official/permalink/3849123128518575/
11th generation Civic Blog > https://www.pakwheels.com/blog/official-11th-generation-honda-civic-is-here/
Read about the all new "Brazing Laser Technology" for roof of 11th generation Civic here > https://www.facebook.com/groups/PakCars.Official/permalink/3910747409022813/
ASEAN/ Thailand 11th Gen Civic here > https://www.facebook.com/groups/PakCars.Official/permalink/4136152936482258/
Pakwheels Civic XI thread > https://www.pakwheels.com/forums/t/11th-generation-civic-discussion-thread/1530609
Meanwhile, you want to know about what's going on with the 12th Generation Corolla for Pakistan, read here > https://www.facebook.com/groups/PakCars.Official/permalink/4133557300075155/
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