Honda is offering new incentives on the 2009 Honda Civic sales and leases. Qualified buyers can now get 1.9 percent financing for 24 to 36 months. For 37 to 60 months Honda is offering 3.9 percent financing.

Qualified buyers can also go for Honda’s new lease incentive of 36-months for $189 a month with $1,999 down. That’s pretty good comparing to the previous lease terms of $199 per month with $2,799 down. The Civic Hybrid is also included in the promotion.

Why the new incentive all of the sudden? According to Honda spokesman Chris Martin, Honda is doing its best to keep demand steady for the Civic. “We just opened a new factory in Indiana, and gas prices are coming down,” Martin told Automotive News.

2009 Honda Civic:

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There was hardly anything new for the 2009 Honda Civic but work is underway on the next-generation Civic and AutoExpress has some new details. The next-generation Honda Civic will take major design cues from the recently seen Open Study Model Concept that made its debut at the London Motor Show.

The hatchback variant will add some new elements as well as carry over some from the current Civic like the single strip lights at the rear. The front fascia, however, will be inspired by the OSM concept.

Sources are saying that Honda will also throw in a 1.5 liter IMA hybrid engine powered by lithium-ion batteries that produces more than 150-hp.

For all you high-performance hatchback lovers, a new Type R is also in the works which will be powered by a 2.0 liter i-VTEC engine that could also get Honda’s new 4-cylinder hybrid electric-motor currently in development.

Honda Open Study Model :

Source: AutoExpress