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Dongfeng Honda has officially announced that 2019 Civic models will go on sale on May 17, replacing the 2016 models currently on sale. This model is called "magic car" by the majority of netizens, and in the early days, there was a price increase for the sale of compact cars, with monthly sales basically maintained at about 20,000 units. The core of the 2019 Civic is basically unchanged, but many details have been changed. will it continue to sell well?

Dongfeng Honda's new Civic has been adjusted in appearance. The original iconic horizontal chrome-plated decoration on the front face is painted in black on the new model to highlight the sense of movement. The new model offers two kinds of appearance, namely the ordinary version and the sports version, of which the sports version is the brightest and the black painting is more obvious, including the front grille banner bar, the eyebrow trim bar, the front surrounding lower air intake and the wheel rim all use black elements. further strengthen the style of young sports to meet the needs of young consumers for more years.

From the real car diagram, the sports version also provides a special yellow car paint, with a small rear spoiler at the rear and a diffuser at the bottom. The most prominent is the original factory "middle exhaust" design, the visual effect is very unique, but also caused a lot of controversial sound.

Some netizens said that the central exhaust layout is like a charging port, or like a HDMI interface, there is no hidden exhaust looks beautiful. Some netizens also said that it looks like a plastic toy car.

In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car is 4658/1800/1416mm and the wheelbase is 2700mm. There is no change in interior decoration, mainly black material.

There will be no change in power, and it is expected to upgrade to the sixth edition of the country. The current Civic is equipped with 1.0T three-cylinder and 1.5T in-line four-cylinder engines, of which the 1.5T L15B8 engine has a maximum power of 177hp and a peak torque of 220Nm, matching six-speed manual and CVT continuously variable transmission.

Dongfeng Honda Civic experienced the quality storm of "oil door" and then "broken B column", which had less impact on its sales than expected. The sports style of the new model is more thorough, further meeting the needs of some consumers. But it may also lead to the unlikability of the model. Is it progress or retrogression?

In addition, there is news that Dongfeng Honda Jade will not have a follow-up model, the introduction of hatchback Civic will replace Jade's market position, but this news has not been officially confirmed.

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