2022 Honda Civic Will Debut on Twitch

by Tim Healey

Published: November 12th, 2020

I’ve long resisted being the kind of person who could have The Simpsons “old man yells at cloud” jpeg thrown at me. Figuratively speaking, of course, since you can’t really throw a jpeg.

My reaction to the announcement that the unveiling of the 2022 Honda Civic will take place on Twitch is dangerously close to putting me at risk of having that meme used against me. If I had a lawn, and you were on it, I might start to form the words “get off.”

Proving that I’m not totally out of touch, I know what Twitch is. I’ve even used it a time or two to watch my favorite sports-radio yakkers dish out hot sports takes. For those who don’t possess the level of knowledge I have, it’s a streaming service, mostly used to watch video gamers play video games. Fans of those gamers can even interact with them, and each other, live by chatting.

Honda will be using to showcase the next Civic on its Head2Head channel on Tuesday, November 17, starting at 5 p.m. Pacific Time. The wraps come off the car at 6:45 PST, and musical artist Cordae will be part of the proceedings. This is where I embarrass myself by admitting I don’t know who Cordae is, and I try to keep up with current music. I guess I was once with it, then they changed what “it” is. It will happen to you.

There will be two hosts, Rachel Seltzer and Monster DFace (I know, I know) and four Fortnite players who are considered top performers, along with four popular Twitch streamers. These eight will duke it out in a game of or games of Fortnite (I’ve only played once, on mobile, so I don’t know how long games take). Honda will also have a presence on Reddit and Twitter among the communities of video-game players.

I’d love to tell you more about the car, but that’s all Honda has given us so far. Unless other news comes our way sooner, we’ll be tuning in with you.

Or is it Twitching? Is that a thing? Do the kids say that?

Hey, cloud, get off my lawn!

[Image: Honda]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Moparmann on Nov 13, 2020

"Twitch" Is that something that happens after too many Tweets on Twitter? :-)

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Monkeydelmagico on Nov 13, 2020

I think it's brilliant. Since auto shows are dead and Honda needs to pull the wraps off a new Civic why not? Right now Twitch is seeing some high growth. Higher viewership than CNN. Closing in on ESPN. I've never used it but seen my 20 something son and all his friends use it for years now. Anyone under 30 probably knows exactly what Twitch is. They have the money for a Civic.

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