2017 Honda Civic hatchback revealed in patent photos

By Chris Chase

Mar 16, 2016

Honda Civic Hatchback

2017 Honda Civic Hatchback

Honda Civic Hatchback

2017 Honda Civic Hatchback

Summary

We get our first look at the "everyday" version of the Civic's new hatch variant

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A couple of weeks ago, we gave you a look at the Civic hatchback prototype Honda showed at the Geneva auto show. Honda is well-known for its prototype show cars that differ little from the production models that follow, and the Civic hatch is no exception based on the company's patent images, dug up by someone at the CivicX.com forums.

Stripped of the prototype's aggressive styling cues (we surmise we'll see them, including the centre-exit exhaust, on a future Si or Type-R version of this car) the hatch looks a lot tamer, but it wears the sedan's styling cues well. Tame or not, this 10th-generation Civic marks the first sold in North America to wear styling as interesting as that seen on overseas versions in recent years.

Watch for the Civic hatch to bow later this year; hatchbacks will be built at Honda's Swindon, UK factory.

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Meet the Author

As a child, Chris spent most of his time playing with toy cars in his parents’ basement or making car sounds while riding his bicycle. Now he's an award-winning Algonquin College Journalism grad who has been playing with real cars that make their own noises since the early 2000s.