Falling sales have forced Honda to pull the plug on the Civic sedan, which has sold just over 50,000 cars since its launch in 2006. Honda Car India Senior Vice-President for Marketing and Sales Jnaneswar Sen told Business Line that sales of the car have been falling steadily over the years with other models such as the City eating into its sales. The last of the Civic models was sold in March this year. “We felt there was no point in investing in a segment that was declining over the last three years,” he said. Civic, which competes with Corolla and Elantra, is part of the lower D segment. This segment of passenger cars have an engine capacity of 1800cc or more and are bigger three-box cars with a price tag of Rs 11-15 lakh. The segment sales dropped 29 per cent to 19,239 units in 2012-13 over the previous year and the Civic sold 70 per cent less, at 685 units, during the same period. Interestingly, in its first year of launch in 2005, Civic sold as much as the entire segment in 2012-13. In another development, Honda has said it will launch a new generation Jazz next year while a new model of City and a multi-purpose vehicle are also expected to be launched soon. A compact SUV showcased at the Detroit Auto Show recently may also be launched in the Indian market.