Looks like a Hybrid to be honest.
Honda is moving into GREEN... the cost of petrol increasing.
Honda cannot afford to build CIVIC EK or FD type that can last 10years in terms of looks and design.
Nowadays trend for manufacturer is to come out with new model design every 5 years. Therefore manufacturer will profit with new sales and consumer will change their vehicle in order to follow the trend and upgrade their status as well.
Take Toyota for example, see where they're today with their strategy and we cant blame Honda by following them.