Civic was launched as a sub compact car in 1972; afterward it was up scaled to compact level. The first generation Honda Civic was a 2 door model, later in the same year a 3 door version was also launched. From 1972 to 2011 nine generations of Civic have been introduced. First few ones had basic equipment like Am radio, chromed nuts for wheels and variable speed vipers.
However in subsequent years Civic included options like air conditioning, alloy wheels, power windows, central locking and navigation system. Now Honda Civic is positioned between Honda Fit and Honda Accord, it competes directly with Toyota Corolla, Ford Focus, Chevy Cruz, Hyundai Elantra and VW Jetta. More than often Civic and Corolla rule this battle of market dominance in mid sized compact cars.
Honda Civic Has Been Launched With Many Varying Engines; Some Of Those Are As Follows:
EV Engine; this 1.3 litre 12 valve petrol engine was carburetor based and was used in vehicles from 1983 to 1988.
D13B Engine; it was another carburetor based 16 valve 1.3 litre engine from Honda which was used in Civic from 1988 to 1991.
L13A Engine; this 16 valve 1.3 litre petrol engine employed modern technologies like VTEC and was produced from 2001 to 2004.
D14A1 Engine; it was a bigger 1.4 litre 16 valve petrol engine which was also carburetor based. It was used from 1988 to 1991.
L14A Engine; this 8 valve VTEC petrol engine had capacity of 1.4 litre and was produced from 2005 to 2008.
L14A Engine; this was the hybrid variant of L14A engines with same specs and was produced from 2005 till 2008.
D15B Engine; this 1.5 litre 16 valve petrol engine used Injection technology and was produced from 1995 to 2001.
D15B Engine; it was Single Cam 1.5 litre 16 valve petrol engine which was used in Civics from 1995 till 2001.
D15Z6 Engine; this 16 valve 1.5 litre petrol engine was based on Injection technology. It was produced from 1995 till 2001.
EW Engine; this particular engine was 1.5 litre 12 valve petrol engine with GTI injection. It was used in Civics from 1983 till 1988.
EW Engine; it was a carburetor based variant of EW engines. It had same specs and was produced during same tenure.
B16A Engine; this 1.6 litre 16 valve petrol engine employed VTEC DOHC with EFI and was produced from 1988 till 1991.