Official design sketches of forthcoming products, and leaked by carmakers, are becoming all the rage these days and the latest one to surface previews a concept car that will be unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show in January next year.
In turn, the concept car will preview the next-generation Honda Civic, or at least the North American version, which usually gets slightly different styling to global versions. Look past all this confusion, however, and it looks clear that that the four-door sedan and two-door coupe variants of the next Civic will boast a far sportier appearance than the conservative current models.
The current Euro-designed five-door Civic hatch already has a radical appearance, but it remains to be seen whether this derivative will be styled closely to the sedan or go its own route again.
The ninth-generation Civic will start reaching showrooms abroad during the third quarter of next year and no information has yet been released about its technical make-up, although there are rumours that a dual-clutch gearbox is in the works for certain versions.
It's almost a sure bet though, that Honda's upcoming 1.6-litre turbo petrol engine, which produces up to 147kW, will find its way into hotter versions, while even the 119kW version of that aforementioned engine should make its way into higher-rung models.
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