Engine – bye-bye N/A, turbo is the talk of the town
If we use the Thai launch as a benchmark, it seems that the 11th-gen Honda Civic will not be made available with the venerable 1.8-litre naturally aspirated i-VTEC four-cylinder engine. Instead, all variants will be equipped with the 1.5-litre VTEC turbocharged mill.
Interestingly, the Thai market Civic produces 4hp less than the American and Japanese Civics, coming in at 176hp and 240Nm of torque. However, it seems like they have chosen to prioritise torque over horsepower as the engine features 20Nm more torque than its JDM and North American equivalents.