Honda Civic (eighth Generation) - Mainland China

Mainland China

Dongfeng Honda Automobile, one of Honda's joint ventures in China, assembles and markets the Civic in China from 2006. It comes with an 1.8-liter i-VTEC engine. Its exterior is the same as the North American-market Civic, except with amber tail turn lights and only the sedan model is available.

It is the basis that becomes Ciimo, a model from Dongfeng Honda, one of Honda's joint-venture in the country. The Ciimo is introduced as an original designed model of the join venture to the Chinese market in April 2012 after the ninth generation was launched. However, the Ciimo differs from the previously sold Civic by adopting a front and rear end inspired by the Japanese market model, as a result, it is slightly longer. It comes with an 1.8 litre i-VTEC engine, with either a five-speed manual or five-speed auto transmission.

In Hong Kong, China, the Civic is imported by an independent distributor. The Right-handed drive Civic (FA1) is made in Japan but shares its exterior with the North American-market Civic. Two models (1.8 Deluxe and 1.8 VTi) are sold, sharing the same engine (R18A) with minor differences in appearance and equipment, e.g. side mirror turn signal light, side airbags and cruise control. In the facelift model, the more expensive VTi model comes with paddle shifters.