Sir, I am not taking credit for anything, the WELDING TECHNOLOGY for aluminium roof was something I pointed a while ago and I was the first one talking about it. Read about laser brazing here > https://www.facebook.com/groups/PakCars.Official/permalink/3910747409022813/
Civic X was released within 7 months of International launch in Pakistan and in that case it was an altogether new platform and entire new assmbley line for Civic X from 9th generation.
The Civic XI just need additional assembly line requirements for aluminum and minor upgrades comparing the work required from 9th to 10th. As I said, the Civic XI is around a year away at this point which means around 18 months after global launch, comparing Civic X, it's almost a year extra time.
Stonic will be here within weeks while Peugeot is late because of issue with French protests. City got delayed because of Covid 19 in Pakistan , there were over 300 Atlas employee with Covid between June to October 2020. otherwise it was coming in late 2020 but pushed back to 2021 ONLy because of Covid shutdowns in factory and quarantine and government restrictions with no vaccines.
11th generation test unit is NOT a rumor, we have a documentary proof and you dont need dozen of units to develop a local model. You get CAD drawings and then the actual unit is brought in to develop local parts for it by local supplier using CKD kits.
At this point, we dont know exact timeline but I expect the Civic XI by next year this time or might be little earlier.