Honda Civic hatchback review - CarBuyer

The new Honda Civic is available to order from dealers now, with the first UK deliveries arriving in January 2012. Up against the Ford Focus and BMW 1 Series, the new Civic's styling is an evolution of the radical look of the previous edition, retaining the split rear window and short, curved bonnet. The new design gets LED running lights and a useful rear windscreen wiper.

[markwhittlesea]

Had my Civic for two months and it's great. I don't have a problem with the rear visibility nor has anyone complained of limited head room in the back. I'm finding the car handles well plus its comfortable, practical and economical.

[hillaryforincarceration]

I owned one of these when I lived in Europe, and I sold it when I moved back to the US. It was a great car. I still have fond memories of it.

[turquoisecat]

The Civic 1.6 diesel is a great car, much nicer I think than the boring Golf and Focus plus the best I've had so far based on proper brim to brim calculations is 77 mpg (using super diesel, a bit less with normal diesel). The rear vision is fine, they've all jumped on this band wagon when reviewing this model Civic, the bar across the screen actually shields from headlights at night and it's pretty nippy too.

[ndjim]

I get a bit of a biased feel from his review. Simple things like when talking about space in rear he says he's 5 ft 10 and in the Ford Focus review he says he's 5 ft 11. In both reviews he seems to have the same amount of room but says the civic is tight for space!? Doesn't mention that the steering wheel can be adjusted and doesn't admit that there are plenty of cars out there with a lot worse rear visibility. Too many car reviews seem now to be based on not upsetting the big two of Ford and VW.
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[ians]

Always the hard vs soft thing.. we don’t care about reliability, we just want to review the car daily by pressing the soft and hard interiors, Turing to our passengers “ hard, hard, hard…. Soft! Look at that!”

[IreGlenn]

'secret under-floor storage area' - also known as the space where typically the space saver wheel would go but now, unless you're happy with the tyre gunk, you have to pay extra for such luxuries...it's the way most cars are going but it's a shame.

[HonorGuard]

I really like the design of this hatchback. The Front looks neat.

[eecorr]

I have this car for 6 years now and I still enjoy driving it !

[kennstmichehhnicht]

After 8 years and 250.000km I can say, that it is a very good car. The power and torque of the 2.2 i-dtec engine is amazing and great to drive. There are only two things that I don't like about it: the very low groundclearance and the headlights. If you want to change a lightbulb you will nearly break your hands.

[gardini]

i just bought a 2012 that have only 20 k miles on it full spec sport, 1, 8 i vtec it is all red and black full leather, and i love the car, a joy to drive , and it comes from a former VW owner, need some practice to drive it it is not like a diseal with a turbo, but pretty quick over 4k :)

[stevenvater]

We run 2, 1.6 dtec and overall unbeatable cars . Performance comfort practicality reliability, and off the scale fuel economy. Economy cars used to be boring but though not a ball of fire, they are an excellent drive.

[wolverinepl]

rear spoiler limits lights blinding you from drivers in the back. i actually love this in civic

[Ares]

bought it in 2014, now almost 100'000 km done. absolutely fantastic car. the only thing i miss, is a bit of power. it's very much enough in the city, the engine has enough torque, however on the highway or uphill well.... you just hope you had more :)

[RickChan]

Since we have the previous version of the civic hatch I understand people will expect more for the new civic, When I see it for the first time I wasn't really happy with it. It doesn't wows me like the previous version but in fact the new version is way more better as they are more piratical. They have the magic seat. larger interior and improved the interior of the driver seat. the material is better as well. for the looks, I am quite into it now just give it a bit of time and actually try to see it physically. It's different than what you would expect. The only thing I don't like for it is the petrol engine. The petrol engine is seriously so underpower. Honda, you got some work to do. 

[AbdonPhirathon]

Honda sells different models in different regions of the world ( american, european & asian) but they also release newer models at about the same time in every region too. Also if you were to buy this car you would have to pay in british pounds or in euro which essentially means that you will pay a lot more money for the same brand. Here in Germany the basic model sells for € 16.950, 00 ($ 22.410, 00), in America sells for $ 15.995, 00 not to mention the conversion that would be around $ 2.500, 00.

[meryuk]

Maybe the nicest looking civic, after all these years...

[rolexr]

I have mine since 4 Days and love it! Great suspension and the 2.2 i-dtec has good power and torque! My Civic is lowered and has 8x18 wheels on it - looks great! The interior quality is way better than in my FN2 TypeR before!

[johntate]

Having driven vans with bulkheads for decades, the lack of rear vision doesn't bother me. I'm used to living in my wing mirrors.

[AsherPiesman]

I love the styling on the new Civic, I'd much rather have a car that looks like that than be seen in a boring Focus or Golf

[chriswhite]

You can use 3.5mm jack to RCA 10M lead wired in along the door trim for a sound system