Honda Civic gains curtain airbags as standard

By Matt Brogan | December 29th, 2009

With the introduction of the 2010 Year Model Honda will include curtain airbags as standard equipment on the entry model Civic VTi sedan. Early in 2009 Honda introduced Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) across the whole Civic range.

The inclusion of these important safety features in the range give customers the highest safety levels whichever model they purchase.
Honda has also added two new colours to the Civic range, making its debut in Australia is Dyno Blue and Habenero Red which was first seen on the Honda City.

The VTi-L also has updated ten spoke 16 inch alloy wheels.
Spanning three decades in Australia the Civic is one of Honda’s most successful cars.

Honda Australia’s Senior Director Mr. Lindsay Smalley said, “The eighth-generation Civic has been very successful for Honda since its launch. These enhancements make the Civic even more enticing while continuing its reputation of providing outstanding value.”
“This latest Civic offers great appeal to existing Civic owners as well as buyers looking for a combination of style, features and substance in the small sedan market,” he added.

Mark G

Hey Honda – how about adding standard curtain airbags to the Honda ACCORD!! Unbelievable, and unacceptable, that a $32,490 car does not include them as standard equipment (not even as an option, actually). The CR-V doesn’t include them standard, either, but to be fair a new model is just a couple of months away.

Valet Dabess

the accord doesn’t have curtain airbags… what does honda mean? snail?

Mark G

Huh??
Baddass

Yeah, I’m not following either.
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9203/fordripsoffpeugeot.jpg Martin

Valet Dabess is trying to say that Honda are slow at including valuable safety features as standard.

Valet Dabess

hooray! someone got it!

Tom21

About 3 years behind holden.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/51685/honda-civic-gains-curtain-airbags-as-standard/#comment-173748 Tony

You guys can’t even get the “download the brochure” link correct , it diverts to VW. Instead of supporting the Honda brand you now undermining it. GET IT FIXED !!!,

Paul

The links for “download a brochure” and “locate a dealer” both go to the Volkswagen site. The link for “book a test drive” goes to to proton site.

what’s going on, caradvice?

http://www.carsinternationalva.com wasif ali

Well good update i must say
Nightshifter

Pretty sure those links are actually some kind of banner ads. You got conned!
fasthonda

Try this for the brochure:

brochures.honda.com.au/brochure_civic%20sedan_civic-sedan-brochure_19.aspx#

Mark G

Honda haven’t yet updated their site with the new model.

fasthonda

Click through to pages 16-17 and you’ll see a picture of the curtain airbags.

Mark G

The VTI-L and Sport models have ALWAYS had curtain airbags. This new model introduces it even on the base VTI model. Skip to the last page and you’ll see the OLD colour range – the new blue and red are not featured.

vti07

The way the cars have introduced new safety features incrementally may have to be due to the Thai factory build. Japanese sourced cars have always been higher specced AFAIK. A lot of people don’t realist that the Civic Hybrid is made in Japan.

Regardless of if the car is Thai or Japan made, the resale values seem to be holding up OK.

Myke

Makes the City even more redundant.

vti07

Much like the Yaris sedan is as well (why not buy a Corolla?). However, I have seen a few City’s around which mean some people are buying them…

It must be the big boot size in the City, almost comparable in size to certain six cylinder opposition.

Jo

Honda = boring & tired brand that has had its day. They lost their innovative spirit along the way and produce crap/lackluster cars like the Civic, CRV etc…

Patriot

I most certainly agree that this Honda company is completely redundant. Although in my opinion, this so called car company has never ever been anywhere close to innovative. It has always been a producer of ugly, soulless, Japanese tin crap. Always have, and always will be.

It would be best for our country, for the sake of our streets and for the future of our children that this joke of a company be put out of business once and for all.

fasthonda

Here we go,another keyboard warrior.
You talk such dribble.
Honda is one of the best Japanese automotive companies and your irrational tirade proves the point that you lack kowledge about the car Industry and any history of it.
The superiority and successes of the Japanese companies must really annoy you,but I am quite content in that knowlege because it exposes your fear and ignorance.
If any of the Auto businesses were to go out of business,it would again be Ford and/or GM,…because they NEVER learn!
I assume you drive a Ford or a Holden? ha!.ha!

Patriot

What typical fanboy drivel.

Kenn

Honda will not go bankrupt just because they sold fewer cars in Aus this year (by about 10000 units). Honda is very big in North America operates few factories in US & Canada. Honda is the third larges Japanese car manufacturer. GM, Ford & Chrysler are likely of going bankrupt. GM Holden is struggling to sell commodore’s I heard some dealers are giving about $10k plus discounts on SV6s.

fasthonda

What car do you drive?
Tim

Haha, idiots saying rubbish about Honda. Honda is a very good company with fantastic cars.

Jake02

Haha so true. Except what you get and what you pay for them is ridiculous

Kenn

Honda cars are too expensive to buy & own. I had a prelude nice car to drive, very expensive to service. Honda sales have gone down, because most of the Honda cars sold here are Thai built & more expensive than Japanese built cars from the competitors (Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota).
coconut wireless

hondas are overpriced and service costs are high. ended up buying a lancer VR after comparing price of mazda3, civic, corolla and impreza models comparable to lancer VR.
city driving economy is good ~9l/100km with climate control on full time.
vti07

What is the point of this update so late in the model cycle? Isn’t an all new car due out soon??
The new car will have to be something special (and Competitively Priced) to compete with especially the Korean opposition.
Why does Australia get the Thai built cars whereas NZ get the better specification Japanese cars?

And lastly whats with the Honda and Toyota range these days? Bring back the cars like prelude, integra, celica, supra etc.

MisterTwo

Australia has a free trade agreement with Thailand so Honda Oz sources as many vehicles as possible from there. That is why the Civic Hatch is expensive as it is made in the UK.

Also Honda is one of the most innovative car companies, especially in the early 90′s with the invention of Variable Valve Timing (VTEC). Now nearly all modern engines have it.

doh

i dont know why honda has 6 month service intervals when most others are 12 months apart. For someone who does not drive heaps this really adds to the cost of ownership.
Who?

Honda often release model updates soon after a special edition (40th anniversary was released in Oct). It has been a consistent trend over many years. Does this annoy anyone? A new model will have devalued their 2 month old purchase more than expected!
john

The quality of honda has gone down abit in the past few years. There service fees are expensive but there nothing out of the ordinary as most other car company’s are slowly putting up there service fees as well.I had a crv for 7 years and now a mazda tribute for 5 years, spares and servicing about the same. bloody costly. But most soft roaders are.