There's been no indication thus far that the Civic Hybrid will be any different. In fact when you watch the Honda web movie, you can see they show the size, shape, and position of the battery pack for the 06 Civic as being behind the back seats, once again meaning you don't even get fold down rear seats for the hybrid. Normally hatchbacks don't sell very well in America, but thus far the Prius has creamed the Civic Hybrid in sales, even with it costing more and only getting marginally better real world fuel economy. We'll see if the big power boost and slight increase in economy do much to improve Honda's Civic Hybrid sales.