1979 Honda Civic — brown hatchback, front three-quarter view

1979 Honda Civic

First generation · SB/SG (1973–1979) 1973–1979

The original Civic — a tiny, front-wheel-drive economy car that launched in the US in 1973 and made Honda a serious automaker, helped by the clean-burning CVCC engine.

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