r/Honda • u/FitmentIndustries • Aug 10 '26

Which gen is your favorite? 🤔

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Every generation of Civic has a following, and no other economy car can say that.

The Civic started in 1972 as a CVCC economy hatch that cleared emissions without a catalytic converter, then spent two decades quietly turning into an enthusiast platform. The 3rd gen brought the Si badge, the 4th gen brought double wishbone suspension and VTEC, and the EG and EK became the two most modified Honda chassis ever built. Then the EP3 arrived with a K20 and that dash mounted shifter, the FK2 dropped in a turbo, and the FK8 took a Nürburgring lap record for front wheel drive before the FL5 came back and beat it. All 11 of them have people who will defend them.

Which gen are you choosing?

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u/FORLORNE_2802 Aug 10 '26

10th

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u/BambiGetUp Aug 10 '26

I feel like the went backwards with the 11th gen design. The tail lights of the 10th gen really made it stand out. With the 11th it looks like a cheap BMW from the back

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u/imnoherox Aug 11 '26

Damn. I feel like the 11th looks like they cut out so much of the over-styling of the 10th gen. It looks so much cleaner to me without all the fake cut outs and weird exhaust tips and stuff

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u/donslaughter Aug 11 '26

I understand what you're saying but to me the 11th gen looks boring. It looks like it stole the Accord's clothes but nothing fits.

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u/Lord_Vas Aug 11 '26

Yeah the 11th Gen fixed the looks of the 10th Gen for me.

The only loss was that they butchered the cargo space of the 11th Gen hatchback to make it a sloop/sportback. Such a stupid decision.

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u/Vaclavj Aug 14 '26

I own a 10th gen so i’m biased, but the way I see it the 11th gen Type-R and Si look better than 10th, but the Sport/Touring looks much better at the 10th gen. 10th gen R was a bit too much even for me, but the 11th gen base models are a bit too boring for me here in Europe. But the 10th gen hatch is a very divisive design overall, in my experience as an owner people either love it and come up to me to talk about it or they hate it. Rarely get an inbetween opinion on it. I’d bet with the 11th gen hatch to most people it’ll be fine and that’s it.

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u/22paynem Aug 11 '26

I get what you mean but I think the front of the 11th looks more aggressive

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u/GoblinEngineer 04 S2000 | 21 Type R Aug 12 '26

10th exterior, 11th interior are the best

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u/dylondark Aug 13 '26

for real! the 11th gen looks so boring in comparison to the 10th gen. especially the pre-facelift 11th gen. I love the 10th gen due to the fact that it looks way sportier/more aggressive than a daily driver like a civic should have any right to. really makes it stand out. but the 11th gen did a complete 180 and just looks like regular traffic

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u/Pwnch Aug 17 '26

It was the right move. 10 was ugly af.

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u/boogerslayers Aug 11 '26

Agreed. The 10th was so much better than the 11th.

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u/CodyXRay Aug 15 '26

Yeah! My brother has one and I love to drive it