car manufacturer Honda is to unveil its new Civic at the Geneva motor show.

The car, built exclusively at Swindon, will at the show in Switzerland from March 1 and will give a close indication of what the production version will look like.

The production version will make its public debut at the Frankfurt show in September and go on sale across Europe from January 2006.

Also on the stand will be the new Honda Legend European Prototype, which features a four-wheel drive system and a night-vision system, which detects pedestrians and provides driver cautions.