Honda Civic Sedan LX
Honda's ninth-generation Civic reached U.S. buyers as a 2012 model during calendar 2011. This LX sedan pairs a 1.8-litre i-VTEC four-cylinder with the standard five-speed manual, 15-inch covered wheels and a five-seat cabin.
2012 Honda Civic LX sedan · IFCAR · Public domain (copyright holder release)
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More than a set of wheels.
Honda released its U.S. 2012 Civic press kit on April 20, 2011. Japan did not receive the queue's claimed 2011 Civic 1.8G FB2: Honda's domestic archive ends the preceding four-door Civic in August 2010. This page therefore follows one defensible identity—the U.S.-specification 2012-model-year LX four-door with the standard five-speed manual. It excludes the optional five-speed automatic, higher EX/EX-L trims, the Si, Hybrid and Natural Gas models, and the substantially restyled 2013 sedan.
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It wore a 2012 model-year name even though Honda introduced it in April 2011—an easy example of why model year and calendar year are not always the same.
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Built in one year, named for the next
Honda dated the U.S. press kit April 20, 2011 but called the car a 2012 Civic. Model years are product labels, not a promise that every example was built after New Year's Day. Keeping both dates visible prevents a launch date from being mistaken for a manufacturing date.
Source: Honda · 2012 Civic press kit ↗Why 1.8G cannot simply become LX
Grade names belong to a particular market and generation. Honda's Japanese archive ends the earlier domestic four-door in August 2010, while the U.S. specification table defines LX equipment and its manual gearbox. Replacing the unsupported Japan-market label with U.S. LX changes the identity rather than merely translating a badge.
Source: Honda Japan · sold-car archive for the four-door Civic ↗Where these facts come from
- Honda · 2012 Civic Sedan specifications and features
- Honda · 2012 Civic press kit
- Honda Japan · sold-car archive for the four-door Civic
Selected facts checked for this edition. Some source pages link to broader model families. Last reviewed 2026-10-05.