The wagon, known in Japan as the Civic Shuttle, continued but the commercial-use "Shuttle Pro" was replaced by a dedicated commercial delivery van called the Honda Partner starting with model year 1996.Īll United States vehicles were fuel injected. In Japan, automatic-equipped SiR Civics also received the lower-powered engine. m) of torque as the Japanese market B16.The European model, badged as a "1.6i-VT", used a slightly less powerful B16A1 engine, which had an 8,200 rpm redline and made 150 hp (112 kW), although it made the same 111 lbf With its light weight, independent suspension and powerful engine, the car was well-received globally, receiving "Golden Steering Wheel Award" from the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, and ranking first in France's l'Automobile magazine 1989 survey on car quality and reliability. By providing two different camshaft profiles-one for fuel economy, one for performance-the VTEC engines set a high-revving, naturally aspirated precedent for future performance variants of the Honda Civic. This, the first B engine, marked the introduction of Honda's variable valve timing and electronic lift control technology, or VTEC. The Japanese version of the sporting Si, initially the top version, featured a (ZC) D16A8/A9 1.6 L 16V DOHC engine.īut there was more to come, and in late 1989 the new top model of the hatchback was the new SiR, fitted with the 1.6-litre, 160 PS (118 kW 158 hp) at 7,600 rpm "B16A" DOHC VTEC engine. Those engines were available in the Japanese-market 25X and 25XT. The 1.5 L SOHC engine came in a wide variety of models, dual-point injection, single carbureted and dual carbureted.
In Japan the base version received a 1.3 L SOHC single carbureted engine, thus equipped it was called either 23L or 23U. The base model of the fourth generation Civic had a 1.2 L SOHC, this single carbureted engine was not available for the Japanese and American markets. Rear suspension however is more accurately described as multi-link trailing arm suspension since the upper control arm only has a single anchor and there is toe control used on the main trailing arm. The suspension had a radical re-configuration with what Honda called "double-wishbone suspension" on all four corners, wheelbase was increased to 98.4 inches (250 cm), and the body was redesigned with a lower hood line and more glass, giving less drag. In 1987, the Honda Civic was significantly redesigned for model year 1988.
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