Honda Motor Co. is sprucing up its Civic sedan, which received poor reviews, after less than a year on the market as part of a plan to boost the automaker's U.S. sales by 24 percent in 2012.
Honda will unveil "upgrades" on its 2013 Civic, going on sale late next year, Tetsuo Iwamura, the automaker's top North American executive, said in an interview Tuesday in Romulus, Michigan.
The current Civic sedan failed to receive the "recommended" status its predecessors had from Consumer Reports magazine, which criticized it for a decline in interior quality, choppier ride, and more road noise. The magazine on Wednesday recommended the sportier Si version of the Civic.