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  • Road Test: Honda Civic (2006-)
    Small Family by: Gavin Conway
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    Some value monitoring organisations are already predicting excellent residual values for new Civic, which will take the bite out of depreciation costs (one of the largest for new car buyers).

    The first service costs £110 for the diesel and £82 for the 1.8 petrol, with intervals stretching out to 12,500 miles, so the Civic won't break the bank on that score, either.

    There's good news on the fuel consumption front, too, with the diesel returning 55.4mpg overall. Even the 1.8 petrol manages 44.1mpg overall. These are impressive figures, even taking into account that real-world fuel consumption is rarely as optimistic as official claims.

    Honda has also done much to reduce the Civic's repair costs, particularly in low-speed impacts, where design efforts have gone into restricting damage to cheaper plastic parts.

    Having said that, the entry-level diesel Civic 2.2-CTDi S costs over £15K, which seems a bit stiff given that aircon and alloys aren't even offered as an optional extra.

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