Honda Planning Civic Refresh To Help Halt Sliding Sales

Honda Australia will rejig the Civic range in the second quarter of this year as it aims to stem falling sales of its once-popular small car.

Last year just 7878 Civic hatches and Civic sedans left Honda showrooms, giving the Japanese automaker a 3.4 percent slice of the sub-$40k small car segment.

That puts it well behind the Toyota Corolla and Mazda3, which led the segment with 18.7 and 18.5 percent market share respectively.

It also trails also-rans like the ancient Holden Cruze, the Mitsubishi Lancer and the thoroughly underwhelming Nissan Pulsar.