2022 Honda Civic Prototype is a preview of what we can expect from the next-gen Civic. Substantial changes were made to the Civic Prototype’s exterior and upper body design. The 11th-generation Civic will introduce multiple new active and passive safety systems.

For an unprecedented amount of time, the Honda Civic has remained the default choice for a solid, reliable, and sporty-driving compact car (albeit always seeming to play second fiddle to the everlasting Toyota Corolla). In my view, the best Civic remains the sixth-gen model from 1995 to 2000. It?s hard to forget those high-revving and high-strung B16A2 and D15 VTEC engines that, given some modest performance upgrades, are powerful enough to outrun sports cars and muscle cars.
In that particular era, Honda?s performance foothold was forever engraved in automotive history, and the Civic was leading the charge. But from the seventh-generation onwards, the Civic leisurely shed its sporting roots, transitioning from the ultimate sleeper (VTEC kicked in, yo!) to a saner mode of transport (not counting the Type R, of course).

2022 Honda Civic Prototype Styling

Compared to the outgoing tenth-gen Civic?s mildly polarizing design cues, the all-new eleventh-gen Civic is a return to form. It has a low and wide stance like its predecessors, and it maintains the low hip point and beltline like Civics of yore, both of which are Civic hallmarks and are responsible for the car?s low seating position.

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