1. Honda Civic: Honda's Blue Eyed Boy
Honda's Civic has become the firm's best selling car (and the most purloined) compact vehicle in its
class. In fact in 2012, Honda marketed 331,872 of them. And that despite a poor review that year by
Consumer Reports.
But for 2014, Honda did a large makeover from exterior to inside, as well as the outcomes will
definitely keep Civics' top seller standing.
The CNG design gets a variation of the program but is simply ranked at 110-hp with EPA amounts of
27/38. The hybrid vehicle model uses a 1.5L, 4-canister with the electric engine to get a combined
standing of 110-hp and an EPA of 44/44. The Si gets its power from a 201-hp four with estimates of
22/31 mpg.
Due to the quick rear terrace overhang, trunk room is a modest 12.5 cubic feet that can hold one
large roll-a-long suitcase tote and some small duffels. Fold the back seatbacks and two golf bags may
match space to save.
Civic rides and handles appreciably better than earlier models thanks to several architectural
improvements that also manage better front safety. The suspension system was recalibrated to get a
much better journey plus it parks readily. Honda also added heavier glass and heightened sounddeadening to get a quieter trip.
Interior sessions now have soft touch surfaces with materials that seem and feel highend. The
dashboard is of a two-tier layout with digital speedometer, 5-inch sound screen, clock and
temperature indicators. The test car did not have a GPS nav program but one with voice control click
here for more is optionally accessible for inclusion with the rear-view camera program.
Included also certainly are a long listing of techy functions like Wireless, text messaging (that lets
hand free listening and answering), iPod interface, Pandora and much more. There are a myriad of
switches around the steering wheel, a few which need research of the proprietors manual for
functioning.
As they are a touch too soft, the leading cloth seats were encouraging, but could use a little more
cushioning. Order the leather enriched and they are probably firmer. The back seat has ample
headroom and leg and will seat three tweens or teens but practically simply two grownups. Back vis
is affected by high headrests that might be easily repaired by installing collapsable ones.
Outside wise, Social assumes an Accord-determined rear bumper and front end. It today looks like
part of the Honda family. And in truth has become the best-looking Civic to day using its slick
contours.
Honda definitely offers buyers a broad selection of sedans and coupes to choose from, as you see.
Civics are available in 10 variations offering a coupe, hybrid and gas model. More specifically,
there's the base LX, EX and top-line EXL trim models.
Except the hybrid vehicle and Si versions, all Social's are driven by means of a 1.8-litre, 140-hp four
cylinder that produces 128 pound/feet of torque with both a 5-speed manual or 5-speed automatic
2. tranny - that was within my evaluation auto. The mix supplied EPA mileage amounts of 28 city, 39highway mpg. Speed up from a standing stop was lively, while unifying right into a busy highway
needed a wait for a large starting, so configured.
Using its enhanced hardness, Civic earned a 5 star entire rating in frontal and side crash tests, and
obtained a highest Great evaluation for frontal-counter, facet and roof potency tests in the Insurance
Institute for Highway Security.