this special example celebrates 25 years of hybrids

The Japanese firm presented a special example of the Honda Civic, dressed with a unique paint job, to celebrate 25 years of its hybrid technology.

This Honda Civic e:HEV celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Honda Insight, the first gasoline-electric hybrid car in Europe.

A “Silveriest Civic” for a special birthday

To celebrate this 25th anniversary of its hybrid technology, echoing the “silver jubilee”, Honda has dressed this Civic e:HEV with a unique gray paint created by Stuart Semple, an artist who made his reputation with unusual colors.
He actually created “the silveriest money in the world”but also the rosiest pink, the most golden gold, and the blackest black… This silver paint was created for the Honda Civic by his studio: “Culture Hustle”. To make this painting, Stuart used 64% real silver flakes as well as pigments, mixed in an acrylic suspension.
This paint was then taken to specialists at ‘The Syrup Room’ in Bournemouth, UK to be applied to the car. It would have been necessary three days of work to prepare the bodywork and apply the different layers of this silver paint “the silveriest in the world”, making this Civic e:HEV a unique model in the world.

Honda Civic: 25 years of hybrid technology

In September 1999, the Japanese manufacturer launched the Honda Insightthe first gasoline-electric hybrid car in Europe: “Honda’s expertise in hybrid technology is unmatched in the industry. In 1999 we developed the world’s most fuel-efficient vehicle, the revolutionary Insight, which was Europe’s first petrol-electric hybrid car. Today we offer a range of fully electrified models, the majority of which feature our innovative e:HEV powertrain. It’s for these reasons that we wanted to celebrate 25 years of our hybrid technology with this exceptional silver anniversary gift, the Silveriest Civic. And it is quite successful! »declared Nik Pearson, Managing Director of Corporate Communications and Motorsport at Honda Motor Europe.
In 2022, the new 11th generation Civic was equipped with the e:HEV hybrid powertrain, which includes a 2.0-liter direct-injection gasoline engine, two electric motors, a power-density lithium-ion battery , a power control module and an intelligent power supply.

She joins the range of electrified models from Honda, which includes the Jazz Hybrid, HR-V, ZR-V and CR-V.