The great thing about releasing a new model in August before the alternating Frankfurt and Paris Motor Shows in September is that you gain more attention from the press and consequently, readers and consumers. The negative aspect, of course, is that most of the times, everyone loses interest about said product by the time the show comes.
In the case of Honda, the Japanese automaker decided that for its brand-new Civic Tourer , it would be wiser to reveal the compact station wagon to the online world now, several weeks ahead of the Frankfurt auto show.
Developed, designed and built in Europe for the estate-hungry local market, the Civic Tourer is the production version of the Civic Wagon Concept model displayed at the Geneva Salon in March this year . As we noted at the time, the road-going car has dropped some of the concept's fancier styling elements, including the big wheels, LED lights and the sweet looking rear diffuser with the central-mounted tailpipes, but otherwise, it remains the same.
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