2025 Honda Civic facelift coming to Malaysia next month – what to expect from the 11th generation FE refresh

The introduction of Honda Malaysia’s first new model for 2025 will take place from the get-go, with the Honda Civic facelift expected to make its local debut in January. The timing of its launch in Malaysia was revealed by the company when it opened order books for the C-segment sedan last week.

The refreshed FE was supposed to have launched in Malaysia before the end of the year, as one of two new models HMSB had planned to introduce here this year. The delay is minor, considering that only four months have passed since its entry into the Thai market.

What can we expect from the 11th generation Civic facelift, more than 28,000 units of which have been sold since its launch here in January 2022? Well, there’s no mention of the variants that will come with the refresh just yet, but this should indeed mirror that offered by the pre-facelift.

The outgoing car was presented in four variants, namely three petrol units, the 1.5LE, 1.5LV and 1.5L RS, and a single hybrid, the e:HEV 2.0L RS, which sat atop the civilian Civic. extend locally.

This range of four versions should be retained with the refresh. There were rumors that one of the lower variants might be discontinued, in this case the E, given that most buyers aside from the RS – which paved the way for petrol powertrains in terms of sales – tended to go with the V, but the base version will certainly stay in place, since it is an integral part of fleet sales (PDRM uses the E as its patrol car). So, very much status quo in terms of variants offered.

Of course, a facelift means exactly that, and new exterior revisions abound, including a redesigned front bumper. Changes to the front introduce a more prominent lower protrusion as well as a thicker grille that reduces the car’s distinctive large ‘front’. The grille itself is now a hexagonal honeycomb design for the main and bottom sections.

Honda Civic RS prototype at the 2024 Tokyo Auto Show and PDRM patrol car example, pre-facelift 1.5L E.

The look was first shown by the RS Prototype at the 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon in January before being seen in mass production a few days later during the facelift’s US debut. It was also mentioned that the e:HEV RS would feature a new 18-inch matte gray alloy wheel design, and it remains to be seen if there will be any changes to the petrol wheel design.

As noted during the facelift for Thailand, the current powertrains will be retained without mechanical and power changes. On the petrol versions, a 1.5 liter four-cylinder VTEC Turbo offering 182 hp at 6,000 rpm and 240 Nm of torque from 1,700 to 4,500 rpm, mated to a CVT, continues to hold court.

Meanwhile, the e:HEV RS is equipped with the automaker’s Intelligent Multi-Mode Drive (i-MMD) system, as seen previously. This combines a naturally aspirated 2.0-litre four-cylinder Atkinson cycle engine of 134 hp and 189 Nm, acting primarily as a generator, with an electric motor, which offers 184 hp (181 hp or 135 kW) and 315 Nm of 0 to 189 Nm. 2,000 rpm, with power sent to the front wheels via an electric CVT.

The new car’s equipment levels are also expected to remain largely unchanged, from single-zone climate control on the petrol variants and dual-zone climate control on the hybrid, to cloth upholstery on the base variant and leather on the V version, up to the inclusion of the Honda Connect suite of telematics services, currently available from grade V.

Some new features continue. In Thailand, the nine-inch touchscreen head unit now comes with wireless Android Auto connectivity to join previously available wireless Apple CarPlay, which should also make its way here on models equipped with the particular Advanced Display Audio HU (the current base E has a seven-inch screen audio unit).

Buyers can also expect to see a built-in setup from Google on higher-spec variants, although it remains to be seen whether the Malaysian-spec e:HEV RS will get the 12-speaker Bose Premium Audio setup offered on the model in 2017. Thailand. If that happens, it will replace the eight-speaker system seen on the pre-facelift.

As with the pre-FL, all variants of the refreshed Civic will feature the automaker’s Sensing suite of driver assistance systems, including anti-collision braking (AEB), lane keeping assist, Road departure mitigation with land departure warning, adaptive cruise control with low-speed follow and lead car departure notification. The car manufacturer’s LaneWatch camera system has been retained and should therefore be present on the car again from level V.

Regarding pricing, we can expect there to be very little deviation from that seen on pre-FL, based on prices seen in Thailand for facelift, which have been slightly lowered compared to the launch of pre-FL in the Kingdom. back in August 2021.

Meanwhile, in its last price review in Malaysia carried out in July 2023, the 1.5E was priced at RM131,900, the 1.5LV at RM144,900 and the 1.5L petrol RS at RM151,900. At that time, the price of the e:HEV RS was RM166,500, but this price was later increased to RM167,900.

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