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2022 Honda Civic Unofficially Morphs Into a Wagon With German Performance DNA

A few good months since the 2022 Honda Civic Prototype was revealed on Twitch but mere days before the officially official online introduction, the series-produced model shined brightly in a single crimson image. But that was clearly enough to trigger the pixel wizards into action.
2022 Honda Civic rendered as Audi RS6 Wagon by carfrontswaps on Instagram 38 photos
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2022 Honda Civic
Have you seen what happened with the Toyota GR 86 mere hours and days after Toyota Gazoo Racing and Subaru officially introduced it in a joint event at home in Japan? It’s like the affordable sports coupe flipped a Eureka switch among virtual artists and everything spiraled out of control into countless mid-engine, Shooting Brake, or Convertible depictions.

It’s too early to tell if there’s a trend with Japanese rides going for CGI applications just yet, but here’s the sole official depiction of the 2022 Honda Civic already getting treated to a family hauler appearance. Because it’s the handy work of an Instagram channel called Car Front Swaps, it’s also plain obvious we’re not dealing with a complete makeover.

Instead, we’re treated with yet another odd mashup that sees the front end of the decidedly sporty and stylish red 2022 Civic plastered all over a station wagon. Luckily, this time around we’re not dealing with something that looks entirely alien; instead, the Honda lines seem to work very well on the body of an Audi.

Naturally, that might be owed to the fact that we’re not dealing with just any Ingolstadt-born family hauler, but rather the all-mighty RS6 Avant. Hands down, it’s one of our favorite models with the four rings logo, and it hilariously blends rather well with Honda’s depiction of the eleventh-generation compact legend.

Of course, the Civic has been transformed from the factory in a five-door station wagon before, so it won’t be a huge surprise if the Japanese automaker decides to give the practical body type another go further down the line. Just don’t expect to see a 4.0-liter TFSI V8 strapped up front and better dream of a K20C1 port instead.


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Editor's note: The gallery includes official images of the 2022 Honda Civic and Audi RS6 Avant.

About the author: Aurel Niculescu
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Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution.
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