It was a new design, sharing no components with the outgoing model.

The car is expected to be lighter than the outgoing model to make it more fuel efficient.

It is slightly longer and lower than the outgoing model.

The company aims to nearly quadruple sales compared with the outgoing model.

It is also notable that the vehicle remains the same size as the outgoing model.

But seen in profile all the body shapes look similar to the outgoing models.

Compared to the outgoing model, the average new design of the French line is less eccentric.

A new Civic is imminent, but the outgoing model can still be found.

However the new body has resulted in substantially increased weight over the outgoing model.

The new model is slightly smaller and lighter than the outgoing models.