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A tale of two Civics: Honda's Global Compact Platform is not what you think it is because...

By Sawyer, Christopher A.
Publication: Automotive Design & Production
Date: Tuesday, November 1 2005

Is Honda's Global Compact Platform dead or has the focus shifted to a set of hard points and component sets that can be rearranged to create a Civic lineup specifically for the region in which it is sold? The answer to both is "yes." The Civic Sedan is the same around the world, but not sold in Europe in other than Civic Hybrid form, and the "common platform" on which all of these vehicles are built is similar, but not the same.

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According to Toshiro Morita, Large Project Leader (LPL), Civic Sedan, Europe's four-door Civic hatchback is

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