he excuse of not having a diesel engine though sounds quite lame, given the fact that Honda just unveiled the 1.6 Liter i-DTEC turbo diesel engine that was showcased a while ago, amidst much fanfare, given that it was first in the new range of diesel motors from Honda. This 1.6 Liter diesel engine, to be built in the United Kingdom, delivers 120 Bhp of peak power and 300 Nm of peak torque, along with class leading fuel economy and low tail pipe emissions. This very engine will be used on the 2012 Civic. However. Honda seems reluctant to launch the 2012 Civic diesel in India, for reasons best known to it.
So, that means that we’ll still have to
wait many more months, for the 2013 Honda Civic, that the Japanese
automaker has assiduously began developing, following the disappointing
reaction to the 2012 Civic. However, with the current Civic becoming
dated by the passing week, Honda will have a task at hand to push the
car out of showroom shelves. Once a decent seller in India, the Civic,
which was quite radical when it was first launched in India, has become a
sluggard as it doesn’t have a diesel engine under its hood.
The 2012 Civic sedan that is sold in Europe has also been offered with a
2.2 Liter i-DTEC turbo diesel engine, that pumps out 148 Bhp and 350
Nm. While this engine has been around for quite a while in cars like the
Accord and CR-V in Europe, Honda has been stating that it is not
suitable to run on Indian diesel, thus refraining from launching diesel
versions of the aforementioned cars in India. Needless to say, the lack
of diesel engines in Honda’s Indian car range has cost the car maker
dearly at the hustings.
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