2009 Honda Civic Hybrid Sedan Review. 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid Sedan Honda's Civic Hybrid has proven popular since its debut in the previous generation of the car, back in model year 2003. Increasing interest in hybrids, and the recent fuel price spike, have only added to that popularity. But Honda has not left the Civic Hybrid alone - like its stablemates, it has some new features and improvements for 2009. If the external styling freshening common to all 2009 Civics is not all that readily apparent, newly-available interior options for the Hybrid like leather seating and a navigation system and Bluetooth¨ phone connectivity certainly are. And Vehicle Stability Assist (tm) (VSA¨) electronic stability control is now standard equipment.