My first car was 1982 Honda Civic 1500 DX three-door hatchback. Color options were limited to brown, beige and silver. It was an honest car with an honest five-speed transmission. I wish I still had it. Honda Civic’s hatchback offerings in North America have dried up since then — the last one being the Civic Si sold in the first half of the 2000s — but current rumors suggest the Civic hatchback could return in the form of the European market Civic built at the Honda plant in Swindon, England.
According to The Truth About Cars, citing reports from Japan’s Nikkei, the Swindon plant has been running at well below its capacity of 250,000 cars per year, with two of its lines, one capable of 100,000 cars per year, sitting idle. Idle equipment is an obvious financial burden on a company, so in attempt to cut its losses, the plant could begin building between 30,000 and 40,000 additional Civic hatchbacks in the summer of 2016, destined for the North American market.
Continue reading to learn more about the Honda Civic.
Honda Civic Hatchback Will Make A Return To The U.S. originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 19 March 2015 10:00 EST.
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