dynamic stablility control for the HCH??

Honda offers stability control for the HCH-2, but only in units sold in Japan and Europe. North Americans are not that lucky to get the feature. Sorry.

Cheers;

MSantos

I saw this tonight on www.8thcivic.com. Hybrid is getting Honda's Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) --

From the Temple of VTEC website....Temple of VTEC Link for 2009 Civic and the rest of the Honda family

2009 Honda Civic
Available with a diverse lineup of powertrains, the Civic embraces traditional gasoline, hybrid, and natural gas technologies like no other vehicle in the world. For 2009, all Civic models receive freshened exterior styling with enhancements inside and out that include new colors and the introduction of available tech-friendly features like Bluetooth® HandsFreeLink® and a USB Audio Interface (available, Civic EX and above). An exclusively-equipped Civic LX-S includes alloy wheels, black sport cloth-trimmed seating surfaces, rear decklid spoiler and a chrome exhaust finisher. The Civic DX Sedan becomes available in a Value Package (VP) that adds A/C and an audio system. Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) is added to the Civic EX-L and the Civic Hybrid, plus the Civic Hybrid gains the availability of leather-trimmed seating surfaces with heated front seats and heated side mirrors. New features include:

Civic (all)
Freshened exterior styling with new front bumper cover and grille design, and new headlight and taillight color combinations (clear turn indicator lenses with amber bulbs)

Bluetooth HandsFreeLink added to Navigation-equipped models

USB Audio Interface added to Civic EX, EX-L, Hybrid and Si

New alloy wheel designs for Civic EX, Civic EX-L and Civic Si

New cloth materials and patterns on seats, door linings and armrests (if equipped), DX carries over from MY08

New colors: Urban Titanium Metallic, Redline Orange Pearl (Si only), Crystal Black Pearl, Polished Metal Metallic, Spectrum White Pearl (Hybrid only), and Dyno Blue Pearl (Si only)

Carryover colors: Taffeta White, Alabaster Silver Metallic, Green Tea Metallic, Atomic Blue Metallic, Tango Red Pearl, Rallye Red

Discontinued colors: Borrego Beige Metallic, Galaxy Gray Metallic, Nighthawk Black Pearl, Fiji Blue Pearl (Si only), Habanero Red Pearl (Si only), Taffeta White (Hybrid only), Opal Silver Blue Metallic (Hybrid only)

On sale: August 19 (Sedan, Hybrid), August 27 (GX), August 29 (Coupe), September 10 (Si Coupe), September 19 (Si Sedan)

Civic Sedan
Two new editions: Civic DX VP and Civic LX-S

VSA added to Civic EX-L

Sporty 3-spoke steering wheel (from Civic Coupe) added to all models

Rear chrome license plate trim

Civic Hybrid
VSA

Available leather-trimmed interior (includes heated front seats, leather-wrapped steering wheel and heated side mirrors)

Civic Si
Fog lights

New alloy wheel design

Civic GX
New NGV logo (rear doors)

Civic LX-S Sedan NEW (Adds to Civic LX Sedan features)
16-inch alloy wheels

Sport seats with synthetic suede bolsters (similar fabric to Civic Si, but with silver stitching)

Leather-wrapped steering wheel

Rear deck lid spoiler

Chrome exhaust finisher

Civic DX Sedan Value Package (VP) NEW
(Adds to Civic DX Sedan features)
A/C

AM/FM/CD audio system

Auxiliary input jack