Vehicle Description
1993 Honda Civic DX (Please note: If you happen to be viewing this
1993 Honda Civic DX on a website other than our Garage Kept Motors
site, it's possible that you've only seen some of our many
photographs of the car due to third-party website limitations. To
be sure you access all the more than 155 photographs, as well as a
short start-up and walk-around video, and a link to the Honda's
accident-and-damage-free, two-owner, low-mileage Carfax history
report, please go to our main website: Garage Kept Motors.) Fifth
Generation (Honda Civics): VTEC Kicked in, Yo - Car and Driver ,
April 2021 The Car and Driver writers continued with a little
history: It might seem odd to fawn over an economy car, but where
the Honda Civic is concerned, it has earned our respect. When it
debuted in 1972, Americans were listening to Carole King records
the size of the Civic's first wheels. It was a weird decade, but in
a country of bell-bottoms and roller skates along came a Japanese
hatchback with a transversely mounted 1.2-liter engine. The first
Civic was everything other small cars weren't. The Chevrolet Vega
and Ford Pinto were rolling sacrifices amid an international fuel
crisis, but the small and efficient Civic felt like perfect timing.
It was also fun to drive, something that's still true today.
Offered here in an especially lovely metallic teal over two-tone
gray, is a 1993 Honda Civic DX Hatchback. In overall excellent
condition and wearing its original factory color, the car has
traveled 68,844 miles since new, or just 1,812 miles per-year on
average in the hands of just two owners in New Jersey. The exterior
metallic teal paint shows the benefit of Honda's paint and assembly
technology. What's more, the color is as attractive as it is rare.
All body panels share consistent, glossy, even paint with no signs
of fading and no damage, no dents, and no dings. Exclusively black
trim-including window surrounds, body-side rub strips, front chin
spoiler, lower-front air intakes and grille-against the teal makes
for a handsome look. The only brushed metal on the car's
exterior-the rear Honda emblem and Civic DX script as well as the
split-spoke, factory alloy wheels-stands out in a tasteful way.
Cabin glass and lighting lenses are clear and undamaged. Inside,
the fabric upholstery on the properly bolstered front buckets and
rear bench seat, featuring a two-tone gray, vertical stripe design,
is all in excellent condition. Only minor and expected light signs
of use show on the front seat-bottom cushions. Charcoal-colored
carpeting covers the cabin and cargo-area floors; door trim
combines gray and black. The black dashboard is the simple,
well-laid-out design Civics are known for; analog instruments and
functional controls (including HVAC) are easy to read and operate.
The factory audio unit remains mounted in the correct location. The
5-speed manual-transmission shifter is console-mounted. Under the
hood, Honda's legendary V-Tech 16-valve, transversely mounted,
1.5-liter, inline 4-cylinder powerplant has clearly been maintained
to a high standard. All surfaces are showroom-clean; all components
(including air conditioning) are properly mounted, and no
modifications are noted. All data tags and stickers on the car are
present and properly located. While the more than 155
high-definition photographs and the short walk-around-and-startup
video available on the GarageKeptMotors website showcase this '93
Civic DX in detail from every angle, including from below, we
expect and encourage in-person inspections at our Grand Rapids,
Michigan showroom. Please call to arrange an appointment in advance
as our showroom is not open to the public. And feel free to get in
touch anytime by phone or email if you have questions. Honda Civics
of this era are rightly valued as reliable, interesting cars with
performance to match. Finding well-maintained, low-mileage
examples--especially with 5-speed manual transmissions-- is
becoming i
