A look at the upcoming Honda Civic Tourer prior launch

The Honda Civic Tourer will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in the month of September 2013. However, this car has been partially revealed by the spying eyes of the media. Among the new features of vehicles is revealed a class leading cargo space of 624 liters, which increases up to a whopping 1,668 liters after folding the rear seats.

Honda has kept its Civic Tourer to be basically of the same measurements as the hatchback counterpart of the Civic brand. The Tourer shares the same height, width and wheelbase as its five door hatch avatar. The overall design and shape are also essentially the same. What Honda has done is to add an additional 235mm to the back of the Civic hatchback.

The tailgate of the Civic Tourer swings open high above, which may be problem for the owners of low car parks. And the tailgate is also not electrically powered as Honda explains it is too costly to develop. Once the tailgate is up you get access to the Honda Civic Tourer’s expansive boot space that can take on anything from medium to large suitcases to humongous weekend bags, picnic baskets and more. The Tourer also includes a power point and offers an optional luggage net which can be used while the rear seats are folded up or spread down.

The Tourer does not facilitate one to flip down the rear seats can’t be flipped down from the cargo space, as the release button is located in the cabin, but the vehicle does feature Honda’s acclaimed Magic Seats, which lets you flip up the rear seat bases to get enough space to fit in a bicycle or a wheelchair. As far as the exterior design is concerned as mentioned before, the Civic Tourer borrows’ most from its hatchback counterpart. However, the Tourer also has many individual features owing to its bigger size and functionality.

The Civic Tourer was entirely designed and developed in Honda’s Research & Development centers based in the UK and Germany, and will be produced in the company’s manufacturing plant in Swindon, Wiltshire. The Honda Civic Tourer offers two engine options, namely the1.6 liter i-DTEC diesel motor that is mated to a manual transmission, and a 1.8 liter petrol motor that will be coupled with a manual or an automatic gearbox.

The Honda Civic Tourer also offers three driving mode options of Normal, Comfort and Dynamic. The vehicle has been endowed with improved technological specifications to offer a smooth driving and easy handling to the owners. All the Tourer trim models get to have enhanced steering software as standard. Honda Motor will start taking orders for the Civic Tourer from December 2013, and will start delivering the units from February, 2014. The Tourer’s trim models are expected to be kept the same as the hatchback version. Honda will reveal the car’s prices and specifications at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show. The expected price tag of the Honda Civic Tourer petrol variant is around £19,000.

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