Frontal view gallery identical to the five-door car but half back changes everything. Honda returns

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Frontal view gallery identical to the five-door car but half back changes everything. Honda returns to the compact class family, where it was already present with the Civic Aerodeck of three generations, with a model, the Civic Tourer, which will bring a new look to this segment in which most of its rivals are tremendously predictable, at least aesthetically.
The family of compact models is derived from a peculiar segment having unequal importance in European markets. While in some countries such as Italy, Portugal and Germany, sales of these vehicles outweigh the saloon from which they derive food pans (in Portugal on some models they amount to 90% of sales) in the Spanish, their weight in the mix of brands is much lower in some cases and in others clearly anecdotal. In the best case, in the Spanish market, this type of body reaches 15% of sales of the model in question.
Despite this slight impact on sales, this is a segment with a large range, derived food pans from the success of these bodies in the rest of Europe. And besides, it is in a phase of complete refurbishment. In recent months, the Volkswagen Group has renewed both the Golf Variant (test here TDi 150 hp) and the Skoda Octavia Combi (test 2.0 TDi DSG) and added an offer hitherto unavailable to the Seat Leon ST. At the time, Toyota regained its presence in the segment with the launch of Auris Touring Sports (here test the hybrid version) and Peugeot is preparing to introduce, facing the Geneva Motor Show, the 308 SW version. If all of them add the Ford Focus Sportbreak (test 1.0 petrol), the Opel Astra Sports Tourer, Renault Mégane Sport Tourer and the three Korean models, Hyundai i30 CW, Kia Cee'd SW Sportswagon and Chevrolet Cruze, we have a really attractive offer that is hard to be noticed.
gallery design flees back to the usual square lines own segment. The first thing that strikes the Civic is, of course, aesthetics. Until the end of the front doors, the car is identical to the Civic 5-door we already knew but the rear is completely new and out for extended roof line, a larger overhang, keeping shooter hidden in the back door the amount (an absurd option and never tire of criticizing and making it difficult for children to open the door) and a relatively steep and with a nice design pilots linked by a red line surrounding the brand logo tailgate . Generous rear wheel arches and the third side window, tapering shapes moving toward the tailgate, give remarkably dynamic and, above all, aesthetically it away from other cars, and more conventional square segment.
This amazing aesthetics, huge luggage food pans capacity food pans and virtues 1.6 diesel engine 120 hp, we've recently tested both the 5-door Civic and CR-V (in this comparison with the Toyota RAV4), are the main arguments with the brand in Spain hopes to achieve modest but significant sales with 500 units in 2014 and 20% share of the market Civic.
gallery Under the boot floor can be saved two suitcases trolley type. The trunk is simply spectacular. It offers a capacity of 624 liters up roller tray (it is the car's ability supplanting the traditional food pans leader of it, the Skoda Octavia Combi, clearly longer segment) but not satisfied with it because, well, you have a lot surprising element equipment.
The roller tray with one touch away (that we had already seen in the previous Octavia Combi and some BMW Touring) and, when not in use, can be stored under the floor near the threshold load (this is not new but is very practical). Access to the trunk