2022 Honda Civic arrives in Australia ahead of launch

The new Honda Civic will be available in Australia from the end of 2021, as the Japanese manufacturer confirms a handful of cars have arrived locally.

Coming to Australia as a hatchback only, the first examples of the 11th-generation Civic have turned up on local shores in a "small initial lot", with Honda expecting more shipments of the model to arrive in the coming weeks.

Set to go on sale before the end of the year, Honda hasn't yet released pricing for the new Civic. It is however expected to go on sale through dealers at a fixed price, as the company moved to a fixed-price agency earlier this year.

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Overseas model shown

Powering the Civic will be a 1.5-litre, turbocharged four-cylinder engine with VTEC, an updated version of the last generation's powerplant which produced 127kW and 220Nm, retaining the continuously variable transmission as well.

Having already been launched overseas, the new Civic has received praise for its revised engine and fresh exterior design, although we'll have to wait for a hotter Type R variant to be launched to see just what it looks like in performance trim.

It's expected Honda will launch a hybrid version of the Civic next year, dubbed the e:HEV and based on the same platform as its electrified HR-V, allowing it to operate in electric-only mode.