Honda 2012 Civic SI Sedan

Honda 2012 Civic SI Sedan

Honda totally revamped the Civic lineup in its entirety for the newest model year, continuing with a acquainted form however adding new touches throughout to convey the Civic Si Sedan a contemporary look within and out.

The Civic Si Sedan is the slightly more practical choice of the sporty Si twins due to its extra set of doors, however it still packs the identical potent punch as its slightly shorter Coupe lineup mate. Despite the "grocery getter" four-door layout on the Si Sedan, Honda remains true to the sporty heritage of the Si line, only providing the model with a manual transmission.

Despite the "all-new" status, only the Civic Si and Hybrid models were lucky enough to be gifted entirely new engines. For the Si, Honda's sportiest Civic, the distinction was .four-liters of added displacement that added simply four horsepower, however a lot of importantly, thirty one lb-ft of torque.

While the height numbers being larger are after all a welcome modification, the important key changes in power are found in the provision of said power. The outgoing model needed seven,80zero rpms to hit its peak horsepower and six,100 rpm for peak torque, now the Civic Si engine requires simply seven,00zero rpm for peak hp and 4,400 rpm for max torque. This modification within the usable power band equates to a abundant more street-friendly driving experience.

This upgraded engine - a transplant from the Acura TSX - is mated solely to a six-speed manual transmission and edges from a helical-kind restricted-slip differential (LSD) to get power to the bottom.

Distinctive styling abounds on the Civic Si Sedan to convey its sporty nature, ranging from more menacing front and rear fascias, side skirts, a body-color deck lid spoiler with an LED center brake light-weight, fog lights and a chrome exhaust finisher. Wheels come back at a sporty seventeen-inches with 215/45R17 tires.

Inside, Honda continued its heavy dose of sport with bolstered perforated cloth sport seats with suede-like trim and red stitching as the most attraction, accented by a matching leather-cut and red stitched steering wheel and gearshift knob. The distinctive touches are extended to several pieces of aluminum accents, as well as the shift knob base and pedals.

The most recent Civic Si Sedan conjointly options a brand new "intelligent" Multi-Information Display (i-MID) that has an exclusive Power Monitor (as one of its screens) that may indicate the proportion of total horsepower generated by the engine. Honda conjointly added a Sequential Rev-limit Indicator in the higher instrument panel to show when the i-VTEC high-raise camshaft profile is engaged, furthermore to show incrementally when the engine redline is approached and reached.

The Honda Civic Si Sedan's safety options include 2-row aspect curtain airbags, twin-stage, multiple-threshold driver's and front passenger's airbags, driver's and front passenger's side airbags, Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA), anti-lock braking (ABS) with Brake Assist and a new Motion Adaptive Electric Power Steering system that helps the motive force steer in the ideal direction to mitigate oversteer or understeer things.

Honda 2012 Civic SI Sedan

 Honda 2012 Civic SI Sedan

 Honda 2012 Civic SI Sedan

 Honda 2012 Civic SI Sedan

 Honda 2012 Civic SI Sedan

 Honda 2012 Civic SI Sedan

 Honda 2012 Civic SI Sedan

Honda 2012 Civic SI Sedan