Ran across this on a Honda U.K. preview site.  Doesn't look too bad, imo, although I wish a 2-door hatch were coming as well.  I think the coupe looks too weird in a lot of areas.  Click on it to make it big enough to study.  Hopefully it is not a photoshop.

 

 

Edited December 27, 201510 yr by ocnblu

Interesting, better than what it has been.

Apparently the hatch coming to the US..  Honda seems to have stuck w/ only boring trunked Civics here for a decade or so...

 

Edit: found this article on R&T, with lots of pics of the Euro spec model http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/g6191/this-is-the-euro-honda-civic-thats-headed-to-america/

Edited December 28, 201510 yr by Cubical-aka-Moltar

Not too shabby, I was hoping a little more of a conventional style hatch though and less sloping rear, almost like a CLA or 6 Series "coupe". 

I like the new Chevy Cruz hatchback better.

I'm fairly certain that is just a photoshop. 

After seeing it in person, the new Civic is damn ugly. I don't care how good the thing drives, the looks are a deal breaker.

^ Yeah I saw one driving this past weekend... I completely agree. 

Yes they are flooding the dealer lots and are freaking ugly.

I thought the new Civic's "4-door coupe" design was done to simultaneously offer a sedan with near-hatchback functionality. I didn't know they had any intention of doing a separate 5-door.

I wish Detroit would step up their compact styling game a bit, cuz this looks really good.

 

Type R just looks incredible to me.

 

(continuing the hot compact drink analogy thread)  

 

The Focus ST Tangerine Scream is Tropicana Orange Juice

 

The Focus RS is Pepsi Max

 

And the green Civic Coupe is Lemon-Lime Gatorade.

 

And the white/red Civic R is a lychee martini.

After seeing it in person, the new Civic is damn ugly. I don't care how good the thing drives, the looks are a deal breaker.

 

 

^ Yeah I saw one driving this past weekend... I completely agree. 

 

 

Yes they are flooding the dealer lots and are freaking ugly.

 

I have to disagree. Seeing it in person, inside and out, the car just looks a class above everything else in the segment. Even in lower trims, it looks like a more expensive car than it really is. If I had to levy one complaint, it would be that in the body looks a bit big for the largest wheels Honda offers. It could use a nice set of 18's or 19's to really perfect the look. 

 

The profile of it does look really sharp. It's the whole thing they did with the front end that I'm not a fan of. Those pics you posted I do think look really good. 

I think it looks pretty decent, makes most other compacts look cheap.  Similar to when the 2006 Civic arrived.

It does look big for a compact, like the Jetta.

Hopefully the hatchback model comes with some Fit-like interior tricks for cargo.

Edited January 21, 201610 yr by frogger