Production chronology1972–1979
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗8 years
← Honda
Honda / Model record
HondaCivic (first generation)
Production1972–1979
Recorded originJapan
ClassAutomobile
Background
The first-generation Honda Civic is an automobile that was produced by Honda in Japan from July 1972 until 1979. It was their first genuine market success, eschewing the air-cooling and expensive engineering solutions of the slow-selling Honda 1300 and being larger than the minuscule N-series. The Civic laid down the direction Honda's automobile design has followed since.
Text adapted from “Honda Civic (first generation)” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger