The Civic, introduced in 1972, was once Honda's flagship car. The model got bigger over the years and now trails in popularity in Japan to the Fit subcompact and Insight hybrid.
At the height of the Civic's popularity in 1975, Honda sold 177,000 in Japan, and cumulative Civic sales in Japan totalled three million vehicles, according to Honda.
Honda will continue making export models including the gas-electric hybrid Civic at its Suzuka factory in Mie Prefecture, central Japan. The Civic is also being produced at 13 overseas factories, including Greensburg, Indiana.
The model, sold in 160 nations, remains relatively popular in some overseas markets.
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