This Ballade wasn't just a Civic with a different face — its shared body panels also became the basis for the CR-X sports car and, an ocean away, the Rover 200.
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Lead trim: Ballade 1.3 EV · up to 100 hp
Honda Ballade AJ / AKAJ/AK · 1983–1987
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FactThis Ballade wasn't just a Civic with a different face — its shared body panels also became the basis for the CR-X sports car and, an ocean away, the Rover 200.
The second-generation Ballade shared most of its body panels with the Civic apart from a sportier front end, and formed the basis of the CR-X sports car and the Rover 200; from 1983 it adopted partially concealed headlights, shared with the Vigor, Quint Integra, Ballade Sports CR-X and Prelude. The top EX-i had a 1.5-litre naturally aspirated 12-valve all-aluminium engine with PGM-FI multi-point fuel injection developing 100 bhp (75 kW), the same engine as the CR-X, plus electric windows all round, heated electric mirrors, metallic paint, vented front discs and power steering; lower-specification models had the same 1.5 with a carburettor and 85 bhp (63 kW), and the 1.3-litre EV and 1.5-litre EW engines paired with a 3-speed automatic or 4/5-speed manual. The Ballade in Japan was replaced in September 1987 by the Concerto 5-door hatchback and sedan as the luxury Civic at the newly established Honda Clio dealerships (later the Domani), and the sport-oriented version of the Civic it loosely held evolved into the Integra in 1985.
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballade 1.3 EV | 1983–1987 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 79 hp | 82 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| Ballade 1.5 EW carburettor (85 bhp) | 1983–1987 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 85 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ballade EX-i 1.5 EW PGM-FI (100 bhp) | 1983–1987 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 100 hp | 96 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
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This Ballade wasn't just a Civic with a different face — its shared body panels also became the basis for the CR-X sports car and, an ocean away, the Rover 200.
This first-generation Ballade kicked off a huge alliance: nine months after Honda struck a deal with British Leyland, the same car launched in Britain as the Triumph Acclaim — the start of the Honda-Rover partnership.
Rivals
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