Category: Small Family 
Price Range: £14,750 to £21,780
Petrol 1.8 engine unrefined at speed, no rear wash/wipe, styling not to everyone's tastes and could look very dated, very quickly
Petrol 1.8 engine unrefined at speed, no rear wash/wipe
The Civic, while not totally without flaws, is that rare thing: an eye-catching car that also functions as it should
This is where Honda's core values reside, so we're happy to predict that Civic's reliability and essential quality will continue to be exceptional. Indeed, the fit and finish of external panels on our test cars was first rate, as was the paint finish.
Inside, most surfaces have a quality feel to them, although the transition from soft-touch plastic on the dash to a harder, differently textured plastic on the centre console jars slightly.
For those of us who remember the terrible rust problems of the first-generation Civics, the fact that Honda has increased the perforation warranty to 12 years on the new car is evidence of just how far the little Civic has come. The original would have been reduced to a pile of red dust in that time...
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