2022 Honda Civic Hatchback is as stylish as it is versatile – Roadshow [CNET]

Honda revealed its 11th-generation Civic in sedan form a couple months back, but now it’s time for the versatile five-door variant to take center stage. The 2022 Honda Civic Hatchback was officially unveiled on Wednesday evening and it’s pretty much what we expected. The hatch is basically the same as the sedan but with additional cargo space and a more dramatic roofline, though there are a couple more significant changes, as well.

Front and center, the Civic hatch has a new grille. With a coarse mesh texture and subtle concavity to the main insert, this styling element makes it easy to distinguish the five-door model from its sedan sibling when viewed head-on. Moving rearward, the hatchback’s roofline tapers aggressively, giving it more of a coupe profile than competing hatchbacks like the Volkswagen Golf, which is far boxier. Designers were supposedly inspired by European liftback models, which is obvious when the car is viewed in profile. Finally, the hatchback is nearly 5 inches shorter than the sedan, length that was taken out of the rear overhang, which gives this machine a nimbler, less-formal appearance.

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Civic hatchback has been tuned to feel sportier than its four-door counterpart, so the dynamics should match the styling. Rounding out this car’s exterior, eight paint colors are offered for 2022. Spicing things up, this includes two new hues: Boost Blue Pearl, which is available on the Civic Type R and Smoky Mauve Pearl.

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Moving inside, the Civic hatchback features the same lovely cabin as the 2022 sedan. You get a low, flat dashboard that looks far more upscale than the outgoing model’s, plus there are fewer cutlines for reduced windshield reflections. A distinctive honeycomb applique runs clear across the cabin, looking sophisticated and cool, though it also disguises the air vents, which you control with little joysticks.

Interior materials are of top quality and the tech is solid, too. A 7-inch color touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto is standard in LX, Sport and EX-L trims, as is an instrument-cluster display of the same size. A nicer 9-inch panel with both wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto is included in the top-of-the-heap Sport Touring model. This particular variant also comes with a 12-speaker Bose sound system, Qi wireless charging and a 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster.

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