Honda Civic Hatchback sales discontinued in Thailand

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By Matthew H Tong

 

It appears that sales of the Honda Civic Hatchback in Thailand have come to an end. The reason for its discontinuation, according to Headlightmag, is the relatively small sales volume when compared to the sedan.

 

Even on a good year, the sedan outsells the hatch by a ratio of 10 to one (on average). In 2017, Honda Thailand sold 24,432 units of the Civic FC, versus 3,016 units of the Civic FK. Then, in 2019, the updated sedan went on to find 28,259 new homes, while total sales of the hatch stood at just 1,843 units.

 

Given these statistics, it’s unfortunate that the latest Civic FL won’t be launched in the kingdom. That also means it won’t be producing the hatch at the new high-tech plant in Prachinburi, leaving Australia to source its hatches from Japan instead.

 

Full story: https://paultan.org/2021/12/24/honda-civic-hatchback-sales-discontinued-in-thailand/

 

--2021-12-24 Paultan

[JoePai]

Shame as it's the better car, far more practical

[kotsak]

Yeap, they dislike hatchbacks but they love those huge bucket sized SUVs..

 

 

 

[Karma80]

Shame. The sedan sucks, by comparison.

[tomazbodner]

I'm sure if you guys buy some 30,000 of them, they'll restart production.

[thaivisareader]

I was wondering why my son chose the sedan over the hatchback. He said HB looks lame.???? whatever...

[digger70]

30 minutes ago, thaivisareader said:

I was wondering why my son chose the sedan over the hatchback. He said HB looks lame.???? whatever...

They all think bigger is better .

[Ralf001]

6 hours ago, JoePai said:

Shame as it's the better car, far more practical

Mechanically they are the same so better because ?

[DavisH]

Did I mis-read the article? I thought the article was stating that the new civic hatchback (11th gen) would not be sold in Thailand. 

[AwwYesNice1]

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

Mechanically they are the same so better because ?

 

Correct, exactly the same chassis and engine.

[Stargeezr]

The big SUVs fare betters in most crashes. They are also handier for hauling more people

and supplies around. Plus it floods in BKK and SUVs seems to do better then as well.

  Bye Bye Honda Civic hatchback. So long.

[JoePai]

12 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Mechanically they are the same so better because ?

Shame as it's the better car, far more practical

[Ralf001]

1 hour ago, JoePai said:

 far more practical

Maybe for some but me personally find them utterly useless.

 

Saloon for the win, or an Estate.

[thaivisareader]

17 hours ago, digger70 said:

They all think bigger is better .

tru dat!

[LarrySR]

Damn, I was waiting for the 2022 hatchback. The previous model just looks too goofy.