G1 Prius and 2012 Civic... looks similar!

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  1. mlibanio

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    Hi everyone, anyone notice how extremely similar the new civic looks to our first gen prius'? I thought the other day, wow that Prius looks nice, only to pull up and find it was 2012 civic. Its a good looking car, but wow the rear is too close to be believed!

    Just wondering what others think.
     
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    Right, here is a picture of the two rear ends!
     

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    Well being a car guy, I can differentiate between the two but I never did make the connection until you posted the picture above. The first thing that came to mind when I saw the taillights of the 2012 Civic was "Camry". After you posted the pic above, I can kinda see the passing resemblance. The front is just a tweaked version of the current Civic with a few more grille bars and a stylized headlight unit instead of the straight cut design.
     
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    I thought it looked a great deal like the Camry from a couple generations back.[​IMG]