2016 Honda Civic Sedan REVIEW | How Honda Got Its Groove Back
THE 2016 HONDA CIVIC ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA AS A CLEAN-SHEET DESIGN, READY TO SURPRISE AND DELIGHT BUYERS WHERE ITS PREDECESSOR MERELY UNDERWHELMED.
The new Civic features a bolder new design, with strongly sculpted styling and a flowing coupe-like roofline, while inside there’s new technology with some surprising standout features across the range.
A larger and more comfortable interior, improved visibility, and a high-spec turbo engine also join the list of ‘new or improved’ features, transforming the Civic from ho-hum to humdinger in the process.
Vehicle Style: Small sedan
Price: $22,390 - $33,590 (plus on-roads)
Engine/trans: 104kW/174Nm 1.8 4cyl petrol, 127kW/205Nm 1.5 4cyl turbo petrol | CVT automatic
Fuel Economy, Claimed: 6.4 l/100km (1.8) 6.0 l/100km (1.5 Turbo)
OVERVIEW
Honda is adamant that the new tenth-generation Civic is the second step (after the HR-V) in restoring the company to its glory days of the 1980s and 1990s.
Honda Australia has even been involved in the new Civic’s development from the outset, and Australia is set to become the largest export market for the Civic, sourced from Honda’s new Prachinburi, Thailand factory.
To begin with, the Civic range will arrive as a four-door sedan with two petrol engines and five model grades. A five-door hatch is on the way, but won’t arrive until early 2017, when it does it will offer the same five model structure.