The Toyota Corolla Hybrid is about to get some competition as Honda is bringing back the Civic Hybrid.
Set to arrive next year, the 2025 Civic Hybrid will be offered as a Canadian-made sedan as well as an American built-hatchback.
The sedan will be the first to arrive as production is slated to begin in the spring of 2024 at Honda of Canada Manufacturing in Alliston, Ontario. It will then be followed by the hatchback, which will be built in Greensburg, Indiana.
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Honda is keeping details under wraps, but confirmed the model will have a 2.0-liter Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine and a two-motor hybrid system. It’s also expected to be popular as Honda believes more than 40% of Civics will be hybrid. That’s a sizable chunk and the company said the model is “another key step” in their electrification strategy, which calls for “equipping its core models with hybrid-electric systems.”
We’ll learn more details closer to launch, but the hybrid powertrain is expected to echo the one found in the Accord and CR-V. As a result, we can expect a combined output of around 204 hp (152 kW / 207 PS).
Of course, fuel economy numbers are what matter most and we can expect good news on that front as the Accord Hybrid returns up to 51 mpg city, 44 mpg highway, and 48 mpg combined. Those numbers best the old Civic Hybrid, which was rated at 43 mpg city, 45 mpg highway, and 44 mpg combined for the 2015 model year.
