Honda launches Civic Coupe at SEMA

Honda USA launched the redesigned Civic Coupe at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) at Las Vegas. The Civic is America’s best-selling compact car, so it was a major debut for both Honda and SEMA. The Civic now features a more aggressive look, with a modified grille, hood, front fenders and headlamps. The Si performance variant meanwhile adds a lower front bumper garnish, larger rear spoiler, front spoiler and rear air diffuser. The Si Coupe and Si Sedan both ride on 18-inch wheels and tires. A retuned exhaust boosts power to 205 hp (+4 hp) and a healthy 236 Nm (+5 Nm).

 

Honda also announced plans to sell street-oriented performance parts developed by Honda Performance Development (HPD), Honda’s US-based race engineering company. These will include a supercharger for the CR-Z, available in 2014.

 

Also on display at Honda’s SEMA booth are an HPD Civic Si Coupe Race Car; HPD Civic Street Performance Concept, featuring many HPD racing parts currently available only for race cars; a Bisimito Engineering Odyssey, MAD Industries Accord Sedan, the Gold Wing F6B, and the 375 kph lawn mover dubbed the “Mean Mower.”