March 29, 2025 ZhouGuifeng

🚗 Have you ever seen that high-definition big TV at the rear of a Civic?

🛠️ Original by Honda誌, Japanese Car Enthusiast Magazine
📅 Updated: March 29, 2025
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At that time, the Civic was offered in three different body styles.
🚙 The Civic Hatchback and the Shuttle (wagon version).
Just like the previous two generations, it adopted a front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout. The suspension system of this generation was improved, with MacPherson struts at the front and a torsion beam at the rear. This already made the handling significantly better than the previous generation.

🛠️ The third-generation Honda Civic was born in September 1983 and brought major changes—including bigger dimensions and improved suspension. It also gave rise to several legendary models, such as the Quint Integra.

🧩 For example, the Hatchback's wheelbase grew by 50mm, while the Sedan increased by 120mm.

🛞 Honda finally equipped the front suspension with MacPherson struts and the rear with coil-spring torsion beams—an upgrade in handling, though not yet the famed double wishbone.

🏆 In 1983, the Civic won Japan's Car of the Year award.
📦 The Hatchback (AG/AH) featured a boxy design like its predecessor.

📺 The rear design—resembling a shooting brake—was so flat and vertical that fans nicknamed it the “big TV.”
This iconic design even influenced later models like the Accord, City, and Today.

🚗 Body styles included:
— three-door coupe
— three-door hatchback
— four-door sedan
— five-door Shuttle
Not to mention the wedge-shaped Kammback CR-X, later loved as the “Bullet Kid” in Hong Kong.

🔧 Engine Options and Performance

⚙️ This gen offered 6 engines: ZA1/2, EV/EV1, EW1/2, EW3/4, EW5, and ZC.
🔩 ZA1/2 (1.2L) for Europe; 55–62 hp depending on fuel used.
🇯🇵 EV/EV1 (1.3L) used SOHC 12-valve; Japanese versions had CVCC, reaching 80 hp & 111 Nm.

🚘 EW1/2 (1.5L) were Japan-only and marked the end of the E-series. EW1 had 58 hp; EW3/4 boosted to 92 hp.
🔥 EW5 introduced CVCC and made 100 hp in the Civic, 110 hp in CR-X (with 135 Nm vs 129 Nm), thanks to CR-X’s 4-2-1 exhaust manifold.

🪶 The CR-X was lighter, sportier, and more powerful—though sharing the same platform.
🎌 As always, Japan kept the strongest engines (EW5, K20A, B16B, etc.) to itself.

🏁 Si Variant & ZC Engine

🆕 The Civic Si debuted in November 1984—Honda’s first Si ever.
🏎️ Si stood for “Sport Injected.” It featured:

Bulging hood (for ZC DOHC)
Red Si badge
Four-lug wheel covers
5-speed manual
New steering wheel
Two-tone cloth + velvet seats

⚙️ ZC engine (1.6L DOHC) specs:

1984–87: 115 hp / 134 Nm (9.3:1)
1988–89: 120 hp / 137 Nm (9.5:1)
Later: 130 hp / 144 Nm
🔁 Also known as D16 in Europe

🇺🇸 North America & CRX

🌎 Civic S (85 hp) remained in US/Europe.
🇺🇸 1985: CRX Si introduced (with EW3 engine)
🇺🇸 1986: Civic Si Hatchback added features like sunroof, tilt wheel, full-width taillight, 5MT, and roof spoiler.

🏁 CR-X had unique styling, 2-door 2-seater form, and Si version updates:

New bumpers
Rear spoiler
13" alloys
Rear wiper

🚘 Derivatives: Ballade, Quint, Integra

📍 Honda Ballade continued into 3rd-gen
💥 CR-X became iconic on its own
🔧 The Quint later evolved into the Integra, Honda’s sports coupe legend.