The company, a joint venture between Siel and Honda is also ramping up its capacity by up to 50 per cent in the next month to meet the demand during the festival season.
According to sources familiar with the developments, the company is planning to come up with a new Civic with minor changes in its looks, such as a new bumper, possibly within the next months.
According to Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), sales of Civic has been falling rapidly in the recent months with July registering a 45.44 per cent dip. Its sales in the first four months of this fiscal declined by nearly 55 per cent at 1,598 units compared with 3,549 units in the year- ago period.
Published 30 August 2009, 18:06 IST