Tune In: Epic All-New 2016 Honda Civic Sedan to Make Global Debut September 16 Live on YouTube

TORRANCE, Calif., Sept. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The all-new 2016 Honda Civic Sedan (http://automobiles.honda.com/2016-civic/), the 10^th-generation of Honda's best-selling model worldwide, will make its global debut live on YouTube, Sept. 16 at 6:15 pm PDT. The completely overhauled 2016 Civic receives the most ambitious remake in its 43-year history, and viewers can tune-in to watch the live reveal and performance by buzzworthy alt-rockers, Night Riots, directly from the YouTube Space LA on YouTube www.youtube.com/Honda. The debut of the 2016 Honda Civic Sedan marks the first-ever vehicle to be introduced at the YouTube Space LA (www.youtube.com/yt/space/los-angeles.html).

The Honda Civic, America's top retail selling compact car for the past five years¹ and the most popular vehicle with U.S. millennials², receives a complete redesign with a decidedly sporty, sophisticated and youthful new look, along with the first application of Honda turbo engine technology to a U.S. model. To celebrate the unveiling of this epic Civic redesign, the 2016 Civic Sedan will be joined onstage by the vehicle's Los Angeles-based design team, and on-the-rise alternative rockers Night Riots (www.nightriots.com), who will give an electric live performance as part of the reveal. Fans that tune in also will be introduced to the story behind the music; how The Power of Dreams connects Night Riots – known for their anthemic, synth-heavy dance-rock –with the revamped 2016 Civic lineup.

The Sept. 16 reveal of the 2016 Honda Civic Sedan follows the introduction of the ultra-sporty Civic Concept at the New York International Auto Show in April, and kicks off the launch of this completely reimagined lineup of 10th-Generation Civic models. With the most diverse range of models in Civic history, the new Civic lineup will include Civic Sedan, Coupe and Si models, along with the first-ever five-door Civic hatchback for the U.S. market, as well as an all-new, radically powerful Civic Type-R as the performance flagship of the Civic lineup.

Further details about the all-new 2016 Honda Civic Sedan will be revealed on Sept. 16 at 6:15 p.m. PST at www.YouTube.com.  

About Civic

The current generation Civic has been the best-selling small car in America with individual retail car buyers every year since its launch as a 2012 model in calendar year 2011, with sales in excess of 300,000 units in each of the past three years. The first-generation Civic debuted in America in 1972, and Civic has played a leading role in advancing fuel efficiency, small-car safety performance, design, technology and fun-to-drive performance over nine generations. American car buyers have purchased more than 10 million Civics over the course of 43 years and Civic has been manufactured in North America since 1986, with cumulative production in North America approaching 9 million units.

About Honda

Honda offers a complete lineup of Honda cars, trucks and service through a network of more than 1,000 Honda dealerships within the United States. Eight Honda auto plants in North America, including four in the U.S., have the capacity to produce 1.92 million automobiles each year³. In 2014, more than 97 percent of the Honda and Acura automobiles sold in the U.S. were produced in North America.

About Night Riots

Night Riots is setting the alternative underworld ablaze as swift and smartly as their brooding, melody rich and timeless songs have already endeared them to critics. The Southern California based band has a unique melodic sensibility - delivering transcendent pop music that is both modern and timeless; as well as both sinister and romantic, with the downbeat flare of new wave, '80s movie soundtracks.

Frontman Travis Hawley spent five years in England before moving to a small coastal town with only one traffic light, where he met guitarists Nick Fotinakes and Matt DePauw, bassist Mikel Van Kranenburg and drummer Rico Rodriguez. Now heralded by Rolling Stone as one of the "Top 16 Unsigned Bands in North America," Night Riots just wrapped up their Fall Tour with K.Flay and Step Rockets, and have shared the stage with a diverse group of bands including The Mowgli's, Wild Cub, Driver Friendly, Youngblood Hawke, The Front Bottoms, Angels & Airwaves and many more.

About YouTube Spaces

YouTube Spaces are state-of-the-art production facilities designed specifically for YouTube creators to produce great video content, from production and editing through uploading to YouTube. Run by YouTube's in-house experts, the Spaces serve as a creative production facility for both established and emerging YouTube creators globally. Located in Los Angeles, London, Tokyo, New York, Sao Paulo and Berlin. YouTube Spaces enable creators to learn from industry experts, collaborate with other creators, and have access to the latest production and post-production digital video equipment -- all made at no charge by YouTube provided you qualify and your application to use the Space is accepted. For more information, please visit www.youtube.com/space.

¹  Based on IHS Automotive, Polk U.S. new vehicle retail registrations for CY2013 and 2014 among all Non-Luxury Traditional Compact Segment.
² Based on IHS Automotive, Polk U.S. new retail vehicle registrations and the age of head of household data for CY2010-2014 and CYTD Mar. 2015
³ Honda products are produced using domestic and globally sourced parts.

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