Honda Civic (ninth generation)

Honda Civic (ninth generation)
Overview
Manufacturer	Honda
Production	2011–2017
Body and chassis
Class	Compact car (C)
Layout	Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Related	Acura ILX Honda CR-V (fourth generation) Honda Insight Honda Jade
Chronology
Predecessor	Honda Civic (eighth generation)
Successor	Honda Civic (tenth generation)

The ninth-generation Honda Civic is a range of compact cars (C-segment) manufactured by Honda between 2011 and 2016, replacing the eighth-generation Civic. It was launched in the North American market in April 2011, Europe in February 2012 and Asia-Pacific in early 2012. Four body styles were introduced throughout its production run, which are sedan, coupe, hatchback and a station wagon version marketed as the Civic Tourer. The latter two make up for the European-market Civic range, which was produced in Swindon, United Kingdom, and received a completely different design and smaller exterior size. The hatchback version forms a basis for a Civic Type R (FK2) model, which was released later in 2015.

Apart from the 750-unit limited run Civic Type R,^[1] versions of the ninth-generation Civic were not sold in Japan, creating a seven-year absence in the market until the release of the tenth-generation Civic in Japan in 2017.^[2][3] However, the ninth-generation Civic sedan was temporarily produced in Japan for exports in early 2012 due to suspended production in the Ayutthaya plant as the result of 2011 Thailand floods.^[4][5]