6 ▁L ▁( D 1 6 Y 2 / Y 3 , ▁D 1 6 W 2 / W 3 , ▁D 1 6 B 2 ▁etc .) ▁and ▁ 1 . 8 ▁lit re ▁( B 1 8 C 4 ) ▁pet rol ▁engines ▁were ▁available . ▁These ▁came ▁with ▁five - door ▁body ▁and ▁fifty - five ▁lit re ▁fuel ▁tank , ▁A BS , ▁driver ▁and ▁passenger ▁air ▁b ags , ▁power ▁ste ering ▁and ▁electric ▁door ▁mirror s , ▁amongst ▁other ▁things . ▁The ▁later ▁models ▁came ▁with ▁air ▁condition ing ▁as ▁standard . ▁The ▁ 1 . 8 ▁V T i ▁model ▁was ▁the ▁flags hip ▁model ▁( exp la ined ▁in ▁detail ▁below ) ▁with ▁the ▁biggest ▁pet rol ▁engine ▁to ▁be ▁given ▁to ▁MA ▁MB ▁MC ▁C iv ics . ▁The ▁D oman i - based ▁C iv ics ▁were ▁also ▁available ▁with ▁the ▁R over ▁L - Series ▁dies el ▁engine ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁ 2 - lit re , ▁eight - val ve , ▁direct - in jection ▁tur bo charg ed ▁unit ▁( 2 0 T 2 N , ▁ 2 0 T 2 R ); ▁an ▁essential ▁addition ▁in ▁the ▁European ▁market . ▁Later ▁dies el ▁engines ▁came ▁with ▁inter co ol ers . ▁The ▁ch ass is ▁codes ▁designated ▁to ▁this ▁model ▁and ▁generation ▁of ▁C iv ics ▁were ▁ch ass is ▁codes ▁MA 8 , ▁MA 9 , ▁MB 1 , ▁MB 2 , ▁MB 3 , ▁MB 4 ,