Yeah it looks much better in flesh than the camo cars and patent models lead to believe. I hope the double 5-spoke wheels make it to production- they look ace.
The emissions requirements for auto makers are getting tougher in the EU (to a silly extent, TBH), and without hybrids and electric vehicles making up a large amount of the sales, no auto maker can escape the fines.
We don't get the Insight either, so a Civic hybrid would fit the bill just...
Here's my speculative take: we'll still have the 1,5 turbo in some guise. We are also bound to have a hybrid powertrain option and I guess it will be the 1,5 litre hybrid unit found in the 3rd gen Insight (ZE4) and not the 2,0 hybrid of the CRV. Some naturally aspirated versions for various...
The lower beltline makes it look more like the current Accord, which is to say the design is more elegant than the 10th gen. Sad to see they ditched the see-through lower part of the hatch...
I'm not sure how it will translate to a car the size of a Civic though... Will have to wait to see one IRL.