1978 honda civic commercial

[dahgutone]

Holy smokes, no catalytic converters? No wonder those cars were so dirty and cheap back then.

[wildfowler1999]

I had one of these little cars!!! I loved it!! Very reliable, great in snow, nearly 35 miles per gallon. Awesome little car.

[mokos23]

This car is still larger than a Smart Car.

[toyota420xp]

eroc2689 posted on different video that civics break down more than most cars. i let him have it. the civic is one of the most realible cars in the world period. i dont know about the old ones this one came out about 7 years before i was born

[mokos23]

that civic is small! still bigger than a smart car.

[89S10BlazerProject]

to bad you need a CAT in most places now...

[deeckhardt]

Honda go home!!!

[adape0884frank]

looks like fun to have one of these I was once the owner of a 2004 Honda Civic Coupe LX and I loved it now I own a 2007 Honda Accord and I love it to.

[streesmut70]

Wow CA Catalyst model

[sirberner12]

And now they make them so you can't do shit

[0100100011]

The things i'd do to own one of these.

[Annihilator1111]

the 1973-1979 Honda Civic was assembled in

Suzuka, Mie, Japan

Nelson, New Zealand

[joh2]

@Annihilator1111 The 1st Gen Civic was in fact initially assembled at the NZMC (British Leyland distributors) Petone plant, in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, in 3-door hatchback form only. Assembly switched to the Nelson plant in the 2nd generation.

[nightmathzombieethan]

@9234The Didn't make it? You mean they stopped making Civics? I must be halucinating cause it seems like the roads are clogged with them.

[ALRULZ1965]

Regular leaded fuel! Man time sure flies!

[streesmut70]

@ALRULZ1965

No more catalyst

[thatmuse76]

It might have been a small cramped car, but it compared to the Volkswagen Beetle which was roughly the same size, the Civic of that era would seem like a BMW. While it was Europe that invented the idea of a "city sized" car, the Japanese really improved on that idea adding a level of reliability and economy the Europeans simply could not compete with.

[TheLizardKing1967]

FULL SERVICE. LMAO

[peter455sd]

-This car was so cramped it felt like a dog house on wheels,it was so slow it had a calendar instead of a speedometer,total disgrace...

-Economical though,but not worth the suffering.

[HowtoBuildThings]

@peter455sd thats why you slam a bigger engine in it

[joh2]

@peter455sd I recall a film (forgotten the name) where two tall guys commandeer a 1st Gen Civic - of course to fit properly they removed the front seats and sat in the back ones to drive the car!

[TheMelamia]

I loved my Honda CVCC!!!

[flatyellow7]

Still driving mine today.8)

[jsuttonus]

I had this exact car. Yes kids, back then the Civic - and all Honda cars really - were econo-boxes. I loved this car though!

[adape0884frank]

I remember my cousin had one and it really lasted a long time.

[390merc65]

i'm sorry , but these cars are crap ...its just a small econo shit box ..if you wanted gas millage back then you bought this..if you wanted comfort ..you bought a car

[kiujhht]

i have a 76 with a 5 speed

[3656761]

I had one...a 79 with 1200 engine and two speed hondamatic and it was a tank!

[azn27yo]

wow the lady was squished in the car

[spartarools]

This was when honda acctualy made good designs!

[teofthe1]

these have always been the most intellegent and innovative auto makers... GM advertisers try to make fun of them but i'm yet to see anything original come from the US

[rogueboater]

I had a '78 civic myself. Had a custom ground cam made, weber carb, and homemade header. That baby ripped.

[sdidi666]

I had a '75 Civic. It never ran right when it rained. After 50K miles it was burning a quart of oil a week. What a piece of crap.

[accordguy0325]

@sdidi666

Welcome to every American car from the late 60's to 2010-lol

[GatorsNation]

Man, I've owned 3 Civics...a 91 hatchback DX, a 95 coupe DX, and my current 97 coupe HX. I've had 3 Civics in a row cause the things are freaking dependable! Yeah, I'm American, and yeah I buy foreign, but does it count when they've all ben used? Hey look, I wasn't the one who sold out to the foreign market. Sue me for wanting a car I can rely on unlike most of the crap thats spit out by domestic engineering. I'd buy a Dodge Challenger or new Camaro if they weren't so fuckin high!!!

[mjkranig]

Honda was too cheap to put a catalyst on it, and were promoting the burning of regular leaded highly polluting fuel.  Very irresponsible of this company.

[ischul]

It didn't need a catalytic converter. Do some research on the following: CVCC and stratified charge engine....

[mjkranig]

@ischul Honda is and was supposed to be the "so very responsible company", it was CHEAPER for them to tweek the carb and heads to meet emissions then to put a CAT on it. They had to go to that later when the standards increased anyway.

[J90JAM]

No one cared about "pollution" back then anyway and 90% couldn't give a monkeys balls now tbh :)

[DamnStraightM35A2]

@mjkranig Who the fuck gives a fuck? It was 1978.....fuck, China puts out so fucking much pollutiants that using leaded gas makes no difference

[mjkranig]

@DamnStraightM35A2

What does China have to do with this? In 1978 they were a communist agrarian society with only a handful of cars per 1 Million people?

Obviously you are too slow to understand that I was speaking somewhat tongue in cheek about Honda, being they were so (perfect) and all.

[mrspivvy]

@mjkranig No, its just that the engine was so efficient it could meet the emissions regs without the need for a cat. so produced the same pollutants without a cat as something domestic with one. They wouldn't have been allowed to sell it if it couldn't meet the standards required for exhaust emissions.

[belizetj]

I wonder if the new Si commercials will seem this stupid 30 years from now? lol

[J90JAM]

Yesum

[Motorfordtoyota]

@belizetj They seem this stupid today, let alone 30 years from now.

[accordguy0325]

@Motorfordtoyota

word, the commercials for the new Civic are horribly awful... The car however- despite some reviewers - isn't all that bad...

[dahgutone]

@Motorfordtoyota

Yeah, what's with the monsters?...

[Prizm2356]

@belizetj im sure they will lol

[JoshuaPaulHollenbeck]

@belizetj sign of the times, sign says you are a Dick

[belizetj]

@JoshuaPaulHollenbeck Thanks

[jtart51]

1978 and 1979 were similar..just a chrome bar in the 79 grille, I had a silver 79 civic 1200 Hondamatic two speed...it was a tank!

[F41Driver]

Awesome! We had good times in my parents' '76 Civic. i wish you could buy a similarly simple Honda today.

[Canadianhell]

I had one as a padock bomb, it was fantasic. It's sad to see it rust away. My ones a 74 one tho

[joh2]

@Canadianhell Rust was an issue with these cars - Here in New Zealand it looked like Honda got its act together on rust in around 1982, judging by the 1982 onwards 2nd Gen models (though a few 1st gen have escaped the tin worm) still running here.

[jakesaintsrow123]

AWESOME THANKS i loved these but most of them from 1978 have turned to rust lol personally i like the 1981 model the most but these very awsome to 5/5 stars

[landyachtfan79]

THIS IS AN '81 HONDA, HOW DARE YOU?!!!

[jakesaintsrow123]

no this is a 78 model i was saying i liked the 1981 model more

[landyachtfan79]

I know, I noticed your comment & thought of that line!