Official pricing of the 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas variant is a base MSRP of $26,155. The vehicle will be available for test drives at 200 dealerships throughout the US, in 38 states total. There will also be vehicles coming to Canadian dealers.

This announcement comes on the heel of the Japanese auto maker having the next-gen of Civic's CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) car hitting dealer lots, including Diamond Honda of Puente Hills in City of Industry, CA.

There are a number of benefits to driving a Natural Gas vehicle. One of the top reasons is cost - natural…