Next-gen Civic Si only available as sedan

If you've had your fingers crossed hoping that Honda will bestow us with a new hatchback Civic Si, you can unravel them now.

The confirmation comes from Honda of Canada’s Twitter, where the following tweet was noticed by users on both civic11forum and the civicXI forum:

Specifically, the confirmation is Honda of Canada replying to a comment on the page’s Civic Hatchback reveal post.

Of course, this currently only pertains to Canadian Civics, but it’s likely the same will hold true for the U.S.-market Si.

Comments

CyberEric Dork
6/25/21 5:34 p.m.

Well that idea was put to rest quickly.

secretariata (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
6/25/21 7:29 p.m.

And no manual trans...very, very disappoint with Honda.

Flynlow (FS) Dork
6/25/21 7:44 p.m.

Well, it could canibalize sales of the Type-R hatch! You know, the one that dealers try to charge 50% markup on and then let collect dust on their showroom floors for years...so none get sold. It's simple economics :P

(sarcasm, in case anyone didn't recognize it)

Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/25/21 7:48 p.m.

Didn't this happen once before?

captdownshift (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
6/25/21 7:57 p.m.

Nothing like manufacturers having all the pieces in the parts bin to easily make the configuration that people want, having them all federalized and crash tested and just not opting to do so.

CyberEric Dork
6/25/21 9:20 p.m.

Yeah, I don't get why they don't make it.

93EXCivic MegaDork
6/25/21 9:37 p.m.

secretariata (Forum Supporter) said:
And no manual trans...very, very disappoint with Honda.

What? Really? Literally what is point of an Si then.

Appleseed MegaDork
6/25/21 9:47 p.m.

The Honda Civic has been dead to me for a long, long time.

sjd New Reader
6/25/21 10:40 p.m.

They just guaranteed I'm not going to give up my 2019 Tonic Yellow Pearl Si coupe.

captdownshift (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
6/25/21 11:08 p.m.

In reply to Appleseed :

This hatch really had a chance to harken back to the Mazda 626 GT 5 door, with massive amounts of utility and engaging performance had Honda done an Si version. Savagegeese did their initial impressions video this week (without a test drive) and the hatch really seems to work for utility and the interior design and quality is excellent. It appears to be an excellent vehicle, I just wanted a trim level with a 6 speed, limited slip and 230 or more horsepower to cover all the fun bases without a utility penalty.