Vexels
Senior Member
- First Name
- Victor
- Joined
- Feb 13, 2019
- Threads
- 1
- Messages
- 59
- Reaction score
- 73
- Location
- Maryland
- Vehicle(s)
- '19 Coupe Sport
- Vehicle Showcase
- 1
- Thread starter
- #1
Bit of a strange topic, but I've never seen it discussed in detail so here goes:
As coupe owners may know, the two door version of the Civic isn't sold outside of North America - for something from a Japanese automaker, it's about as American of a car as you could get. Because of this, there exists a very limited aftermarket, since Japanese and Chinese companies don't have access or initiative to make any.
I stumbled across this video on YouTube -
It was really interesting to see how Japanese people see the Civic SI and Coupe models are foreign, USDM models - sort of reflecting how we saw the Type R and Skyline GT-R as exclusive JDM cars before they were available to us (the coupe being a much smaller deal, of course). To them and the rest of the world, the Civic is basically marketed as a luxurious sedan or sporty hatchback only.
(The Japanese sedan looks like this - retaining the chrome grille accent from before the 2019 refresh.)
Source: https://www.honda.co.jp/CIVICSEDAN/
On another note, the Civic in China is also pretty interesting - only the sedan? is avaliable, and it can be had in the neon green/yellow paint exclusive to the coupe in NA. It also has side skirts that resemble those of the Sport and Sport touring hatchbacks - I'd love to see sedans and coupes follow suit here in the US.
Source: http://www.civic.com.cn/
Overall, it was just interesting seeing how the Civic differs from market to market. I just wish there was more aftermarket parts for the coupe, SI or not!
What are your thoughts on this?
As coupe owners may know, the two door version of the Civic isn't sold outside of North America - for something from a Japanese automaker, it's about as American of a car as you could get. Because of this, there exists a very limited aftermarket, since Japanese and Chinese companies don't have access or initiative to make any.
I stumbled across this video on YouTube -
It was really interesting to see how Japanese people see the Civic SI and Coupe models are foreign, USDM models - sort of reflecting how we saw the Type R and Skyline GT-R as exclusive JDM cars before they were available to us (the coupe being a much smaller deal, of course). To them and the rest of the world, the Civic is basically marketed as a luxurious sedan or sporty hatchback only.
(The Japanese sedan looks like this - retaining the chrome grille accent from before the 2019 refresh.)
Source: https://www.honda.co.jp/CIVICSEDAN/
On another note, the Civic in China is also pretty interesting - only the sedan? is avaliable, and it can be had in the neon green/yellow paint exclusive to the coupe in NA. It also has side skirts that resemble those of the Sport and Sport touring hatchbacks - I'd love to see sedans and coupes follow suit here in the US.
Source: http://www.civic.com.cn/
Overall, it was just interesting seeing how the Civic differs from market to market. I just wish there was more aftermarket parts for the coupe, SI or not!
What are your thoughts on this?