Pristine 1977 Honda Civic CVCC up for auction with only 19,950 miles — autoblog.com

I really hope someone eventually tells this car's story, and specifically how it ended up so meticulous and with so few miles after all these years. I'm guessing an old lady was involved, as is usually the case, but who knows. The Civic CVCC is about as historic as a Honda could possibly get as it arguably launched the brand into the American mainstream. During the 1970's, its estimated 40 mpg was a mind-boggling figure in an era of vast V8-powered land yachts that would be lucky to achieve an mpg figure in the teens. Plus, its CVCC system, or Compound Vortex Controlled Combustion, allowed it to meet increasingly stringent emissions requirements without a catalytic converter. It was like VW's Clean Diesel technology of its time, except actually a real thing.

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