Honda has rolled out their new line of Civics for 2009 and include a nice upgrade to the Civic Coupe along with the Civic Sedan and Civic Hybrid (will post some news and shots of those later).

According to the honda website, styling changes include: new 17-inch alloys, bolder grille, clear turn-signal lenses, rear wing spoiler, Exhaust tips, and updated headlight and tailight sets.

Here are some cool shots of the new 2009 Honda Civic Si Coupe:

On the performance front the 2009 Honda Civic Si Coupe is available with the 197-hp, 2.0-Liter, DOHC i-VTEC® 4-Cylinder Engine (the K20Z3 engine), a helical limited-slip differential, a close-ratio 6-Speed Manual Transmission,  MacPherson Strut Front/Multi-Link Rear Suspension and Honda’s trademarked Drive-by-Wire™ Throttle System.

To top it all off, the 2009 Civic Si delivers pretty decent gas mileage for essentially a performance vehicle getting 21 city/29 highway/24 combined mpg.

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]
 

According to Gentex Corporation, their auto-dimming mirrors are now available as an option on all 2009 Honda Civic trim levels sold in European Union countries.

“We continue to be pleased with our growing relationship with Honda,” said Gentex Senior Vice President Enoch Jen. “The Civic is one of the best-selling vehicles in the world. Making Gentex auto-dimming mirrors available in the European Union market on the Honda Civic could be the impetus for additional cooperative partnerships in other markets offering the Civic and also on other Honda models.”

Gentex auto-dimming mirrors are no longer simple reflective plates of glass in a plastic housing, rather they enclose and hide a sophisticated array of sensors, advanced features and displays that create a new category of devices that enable crash avoidance safety features.

 

Other Auto-dimming mirrors are from :

  • A cheesy $50 version that clips onto your existing mirror and plugs into cigarrette lighter from GaragePro 
  • A nice ‘generic’ one from CIPA that mounts onto  onto both domestic wedge bases and foreign camlock bases
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]
© 2011 Honda Civic Blog Suffusion theme by Sayontan Sinha