13 June 2017 Article
it is unknown when the improvements to the civic will make it into production.
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Many people would just say, "buy the manual if the CVT is so bad," but there is a large portion of customers that simply don't want to drive stick. Luckily, there's a small rumor from Japanese publication, Car Watch, that the Civic's CVT could soon be replaced by a dual-clutch transmission (DCT). At Honda's 2017 Meeting Event, it rolled out a test mule of the Civic called the “Dynamic Study" for journalists to drive. The car featured small improvements to the 1.5-liter engine, but the biggest change was an eight-speed DCT transmission, that was plucked from the Chinese market Acura CDX. This DCT is actually unique to others in a few ways.
Honda's DCT is a wet clutch with a torque converter. The addition of a conventional torque converter makes it different than Volkswagen's DSG. The transmission is about the same size as a conventional five-speed automatic and gives a 15 percent improvement in power delivery and 8 percent improvement in fuel economy. Despite already being available around the world, the Civic hasn't made its debut in Japan yet. We still have no word on whether this new transmission will be for the Japanese market only. We know that the 2018 Accord will receive a 10-speed automatic transmission, so we'll have to wait and see whether the Civic will keep its CVT moving forward.
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SOU JAAO..... Its far.... At that time may be it will be altogether a complete model change.... just like Corolla