Honda Orthia

The Honda Orthia is a Japanese domestic market car model manufactured by the Honda Motor Corporation. It is a small station wagon based on the sixth generation Honda Civic. Introduced in February 1996 as what Honda called a Sport Utility Wagon, it was available as 2WD or 4WD. It is powered by an 1834 cc (B18B) or 1972 cc (B20B) straight-4 engine. It was sold exclusively in Japan at Honda Primo dealerships. The name "orthia" comes from Artemis Orthia in Greek mythology. The following models were available at launch (with a choice of P or V equipment grade): In January 1998, an additional model, the 2.0GX-S Aero, was introduced. A facelift in June 1999 saw only the 2.0 engine available and the models were B, M, S (4AT only), M4 and L4...