March 27, 2025 ZhouGuifeng

🚗✨ Urban Legend: The Second-Generation Honda Civic ✨🚗

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The second-generation Honda Civic debuted in June 1979. This generation introduced a sharper, more angular design and larger body dimensions, making it closer in feel to the Accord 🏙️. Compared to its predecessor, the second-gen Civic saw major improvements in comfort and significant upgrades in powertrain performance 💪.

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🛻 The second-gen Civic came in five body styles: 5-door and 3-door hatchback, 4-door sedan, and 5-door wagon. For the first time, a 4-door sedan version was introduced, while the earlier fastback version was discontinued.

🔧 Variants included CE, GL-E, ES, EX, CX-S, and GF. Engine options featured both 1300cc and 1500cc displacements. Honda also replaced the 2-speed automatic from the first-gen with a newly developed 3-speed automatic gearbox.

🔥 The CX-S sport model was striking with its black paint, red trim accents, and golden wheels. Its sporty spirit continued inside with black and red racing seats 🏁. Only a 5-speed manual transmission was available.

⚙️ Early models used the 1335cc EN-series engine with Cross Flow tech, but without CVCC. Later models featured the 1335cc EJ engine and 1488cc EM engine, both with CVCC. The EJ produced 56 hp and the EM offered 68 hp.

🌍 In some markets, base models retained the 1170cc EB1 and EN3 engines. Transmission options included 4-speed manual, 5-speed manual, 2-speed auto (pre-1980), and 3-speed auto (post-1981).

🧰 In North America, Civic variants included the 1300 and 1500 models, each available in base and DX trims. DX versions featured 5-speed manual, fabric seats, carpets, rear defogger, intermittent wipers, and a clock 🕒.

🔄 Minor facelifts occurred in late 1980 and again in 1982. The latter brought bigger plastic bumpers, a new grille, and rectangular headlights 💡. Honda also introduced the Quint and Ballade during this period — the former eventually led to the beloved Integra series.

🏡 The 4-door sedan body made its debut, replacing the Fastback. It featured a classic 3-box design with beige interior, highlighting a cozy, homey vibe.

🛻 The 5-door wagon was known as the "Country." It had brown body stripes, a stretched body based on the 4-door hatchback, and an even larger boot space 📦. Interior color choices included beige and red.

🏁 The sporty lineage continued. In 1979, the Civic CX launched in Japan with a 1488cc EM engine and sport-tuned suspension for better handling. A year later, the CX-S was added, with a sunroof and gold pinstripe livery on black bodywork, accented by red lines. Both CX and CX-S were Japan-only models.

🌐 The export-market Civic S appeared in 1983, available outside Japan. It came with two engine choices — a detuned EM-series engine for North America, and a 1355cc EN4 inline-four using 1200RS-style intake manifold, enhanced with trumpet intake ends 🎯 for better mid-to-high RPM responsiveness.