Honda Civic outpaces rivals Skoda, Hyundai in first month of bookings

A month after Honda opened bookings for its 10th generation Civic, the local arm of the Japanese carmaker has managed to garner bookings for more than 1,600 units, three times the monthly sales in the segment, a top company official said.

Honda launched the Civic on March 7 and accepted bookings for the model from February 15. The prices start from Rs 17.70 lakh to Rs 21 lakh (ex-showroom, petrol variant). “The respo­nse to the Civic has been phenomenal. The bookings that we have for the first month are more than three months’ sales of the segment,” said Rajesh Goel, senior