1977 Honda Civic CVCC Hatchback
date: label: date made
content: 1977
label: used date
content: 1977-2003
name: label: maker
content: American Honda Motor Company
notes: label: Description
content: The much-publicized technical advances of the new Honda Civic reflected growing demand for economical, environmentally friendly cars. In 1974, as Americans coped with high gasoline prices and shortages, the Civic was the most fuel-efficient car according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ratings. In 1977 it received an all-time high EPA rating of 54 mpg highway. The clean-burning CVCC engine, added in 1975, met EPA emissions standards without a catalytic converter. Only 12 feet long, the Civic had a roomy interior because of its unusual (for the time) transverse engine and front-wheel drive. Strong sales signaled the growing competitiveness of Japanese imports in the American market.
place: label: place made
content: Japan
label: used
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Automobiles
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.3065.01
label: catalog number
content: 2003.3065.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2003.3065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: automobile
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (windows material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 132.588 cm x 150.368 cm x 375.412 cm; 52 3/16 in x 59 3/16 in x 147 13/16 in